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Sabah

1927 - 2014

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Jeanette Georges Feghali (10 November 1927 – 26 November 2014), known professionally as Sabah, was a Lebanese singer and actress. Over a seven-decade career in entertainment mainly spanning Egypt and Lebanon, her influence continuously spread across the wider Arab world and regarded her as one of the greatest icons ever known to the region. More popular for her songs, she sang both folkloric and Westernized genres, while in films she took on mostly comedic and romantic roles. Over the years of her professional life, she had come to be known by several other nicknames, the most notable of which being Al-Shahroura (alternatively Shahrourat al-Wadi), Shams al-Shomous, Al-Sabbouha, and Al-Ustura,, as well as "The Notorious Diva" (in the 2009 duet of Yana Yana with Rola Saad). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2024). Sabah is the 425th most popular singer (down from 290th in 2024), the 52nd most popular biography from Lebanon (down from 35th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Lebanese Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Sabah ranks 425 out of 4,381. Before her are David Byron, Helena Vondráčková, LP, Solomiya Krushelnytska, Val Valentino, and V. After her are Arsen Dedić, Dana International, Harry Connick Jr., Amadou & Mariam, Inna, and Atahualpa Yupanqui.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Sabah ranks 118. Before her are Dana Elcar, Margaret Keane, Marvin Harris, William Labov, Jorge Batlle, and Wadie Haddad. After her are Carlos José Castilho, Eldar Ryazanov, Raymond Chow, Robert Plutchik, Óscar Míguez, and Gordon Cooper. Among people deceased in 2014, Sabah ranks 105. Before her are Run Run Shaw, Menahem Golan, Joan Rivers, Mário Coluna, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, and Riz Ortolani. After her are Elizabeth Peña, Johnny Winter, Marina Ginestà, Björn Waldegård, Andrea de Cesaris, and Igor Mitoraj.

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In Lebanon

Among people born in Lebanon, Sabah ranks 52 out of 145. Before her are Bechara El Khoury (1890), Camille Chamoun (1900), Nassim Nicholas Taleb (1960), Gazebo (1960), Omar Karami (1934), and Hassan Diab (1959). After her are Bertrand, Count of Toulouse (1065), Elias Hrawi (1926), Layal Abboud (1982), Maximus of Tyre (200), Antonella Lualdi (1931), and Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian (1946).

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Among SINGERS In Lebanon

Among singers born in Lebanon, Sabah ranks 3. Before her are Fairuz (1935), and Gazebo (1960). After her are Layal Abboud (1982), Nancy Ajram (1983), Wadih El Safi (1921), Fayza Ahmed (1934), Maher Zain (1981), Elissa (1972), Najwa Karam (1966), Julia Boutros (1968), and Myriam Fares (1983).

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