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Jacques Brel

1929 - 1978

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Jacques Romain Georges Brel ( pronúncia do nome em francês) (Schaerbeek, 8 de Abril de 1929 — Bobigny, 9 de Outubro de 1978) foi um autor de canções, compositor e cantor belga francófono. Esteve ainda ligado ao cinema de língua francesa. Tornou-se internacionalmente conhecido pela música Ne me quitte pas, interpretada e composta por ele. Leia mais na Wikipédia

His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Brel is the 55th most popular cantor (down from 46th in 2024), the 41st most popular biography from Belgium (down from 36th in 2019) and the most popular Belgian Cantor.

Jacques Brel is most famous for his song "Ne me quitte pas" which was translated into English as "Don't Leave Me."

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Among Cantors

Among cantors, Jacques Brel ranks 55 out of 4,381. Before him are Axl Rose, Mireille Mathieu, Jay-Z, Nana Mouskouri, Sammy Davis Jr., and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. After him are Albano Carrisi, Sade, Shakira, Kate Bush, Sinéad O'Connor, and James Brown.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Jacques Brel ranks 18. Before him are Jürgen Habermas, Imre Kertész, Sergio Leone, Ed Asner, Hassan II of Morocco, and Christopher Plummer. After him are Peter Higgs, Yayoi Kusama, Irene Papas, Michael Ende, Jean Baudrillard, and Frank Gehry. Among people deceased in 1978, Jacques Brel ranks 9. Before him are Golda Meir, Kurt Gödel, Aram Khachaturian, Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Manne Siegbahn, and Aldo Moro. After him are Mohammed Daoud Khan, Giorgio de Chirico, Robert Shaw, Harry Martinson, Ramón Mercader, and Adolf Dassler.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jacques Brel ranks 41 out of 1,190. Before him are Albert I of Belgium (1875), Mary of Hungary (1505), Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1697), Eleanor of Austria (1498), Georges Lemaître (1894), and William III of the Netherlands (1817). After him are Hergé (1907), Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564), Henri La Fontaine (1854), Princess Stéphanie of Belgium (1864), Pepin of Herstal (635), and Margaret of Parma (1522).

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Among Cantors In Belgium

Among cantors born in Belgium, Jacques Brel ranks 1. After him are Lara Fabian (1970), The Singing Nun (1933), Violetta Villas (1938), Stromae (1985), José van Dam (1940), René Jacobs (1946), Edgar P. Jacobs (1904), Sandra Kim (1972), Kate Ryan (1980), Arno (1949), and Natacha Atlas (1964).

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