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Valery Leontiev

1949 - Today

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Valery Yakovlevich Leontiev (Russian: Валерий Яковлевич Леонтьев; born 19 March 1949) is a Soviet and Russian pop singer, sometimes songwriter and actor, whose popularity peaked in the 1980s and 1990s. He was titled a People's Artist of Russia in 1996. During his career, he achieved international success in Eastern Europe, has the status of a pop icon along with Alla Pugacheva, and is a winner of ZD Awards. In 1993, Leontyev headlined the Voice of Asia festival, along with Boney M and Gloria Gaynor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Valery Leontiev is the 203rd most popular singer, the 336th most popular biography from Russia (up from 392nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Russian Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Valery Leontiev ranks 203 out of 4,381. Before him are Celia Cruz, Mina, David Coverdale, Lata Mangeshkar, Meat Loaf, and Johnny Logan. After him are Cass Elliot, İbrahim Tatlıses, Rob Halford, Kylie Minogue, Desireless, and Joan Sutherland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Valery Leontiev ranks 79. Before him are Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Jerry Lawler, Peter Agre, Zoia Ceaușescu, Brahim Ghali, and Anders Arborelius. After him are Jim Broadbent, Vicky Leandros, Salif Keita, Paul Manafort, Ed Begley Jr., and Teófilo Cubillas.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Valery Leontiev ranks 336 out of 3,761. Before him are Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia (1779), Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (1783), Nikolai Kondratiev (1892), Sergey Ilyushin (1894), Nikolai Trubetzkoy (1890), and Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia (1843). After him are Kirill Meretskov (1897), Henri Troyat (1911), Nikolai Rubinstein (1835), Lyudmila Ulitskaya (1943), Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1933), and Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia (1554).

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Among SINGERS In Russia

Among singers born in Russia, Valery Leontiev ranks 4. Before him are Alla Pugacheva (1949), Anna Netrebko (1971), and Feodor Chaliapin (1873). After him are Viktor Tsoi (1962), Eduard Khil (1934), Galina Vishnevskaya (1926), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (1962), Lidia Ruslanova (1900), Georg Ots (1920), Elena Obraztsova (1939), and Martti Talvela (1935).

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