Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte was an American singer, actor, and civil rights activist who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s and 1960s. Belafonte's career breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the first million-selling LP by a single artist.

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Who was born first?

• Harry Belafonte and Johnnie Ray were born the same year
• Harry Belafonte and Dick Hyman were born the same year
• Harry Belafonte and Mstislav Rostropovich were born the same year
• Harry Belafonte and Gerry Mulligan were born the same year
• Harry Belafonte and Gilbert Bécaud were born the same year

Timeline

1. Dick HymanMarch 8, 1927 – present
2. Gerry MulliganApril 6, 1927 – January 1996
3. Gilbert BécaudOctober 24, 1927 – December 18, 2001
4. Harry Belafonte (this page)March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023
5. Johnnie RayJanuary 10, 1927 – February 24, 1990
6. Mstislav RostropovichMarch 27, 1927 – April 27, 2007

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