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Peter Schilling

1956 - Today

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Peter Schilling (born Pierre Michael Schilling; 28 January 1956) is a German synthpop musician whose songs often feature science-fiction themes like aliens, astronauts and catastrophes. He is best-known for his 1983 hit single "Major Tom (Coming Home)" which was an international success. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Schilling is the 956th most popular singer (up from 1,105th in 2019), the 3,803rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,200th in 2019) and the 40th most popular German Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Peter Schilling ranks 956 out of 4,381. Before him are B.o.B., Giuseppe Taddei, Piero Cappuccilli, Gérard Lenorman, Natalie Imbruglia, and Limahl. After him are Berta Ambrož, Lena Philipsson, Kurt Moll, Carmen McRae, Şivan Perwer, and Jonas Kaufmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Peter Schilling ranks 206. Before him are Gabriela von Habsburg, Arsenio Hall, Christiana Figueres, Catherine Frot, Keith David, and Mae Jemison. After him are Maurice Cheeks, Douglas Preston, Matthew Garber, Chris Carter, Choi Soon-sil, and John Paul Getty III.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Peter Schilling ranks 3,805 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg (1766), Johann Georg Halske (1814), John II, Duke of Cleves (1458), Ralf Moeller (1959), Paul Renner (1878), and Margit Carstensen (1940). After him are Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1769), Carl Bolle (1821), Traugott Herr (1890), Georg Gottfried Gervinus (1805), Gustav Adolf, Cardinal Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1823), and Horst Blankenburg (1947).

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Among SINGERS In Germany

Among singers born in Germany, Peter Schilling ranks 40. Before him are Henriette Sontag (1806), Diana Damrau (1971), Lotte Lehmann (1888), Liane Augustin (1927), Hildegard Behrens (1937), and Hermann Prey (1929). After him are Kurt Moll (1938), Jonas Kaufmann (1969), Roy Black (1943), Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient (1804), Hans Hotter (1909), and Blixa Bargeld (1959).

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