Alma Cogan

British pop singer (1932–1966)

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Facts

23 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: female^[9]
Date of birth: May 19, 1932
Date of death: October 26, 1966
Place of birth: Whitechapel
Place of death: London
Country of citizenship: United Kingdom^[7]
Occupation: singer
Educated at: St Joseph's College^[8]
Sibling: Sandra Caron^[24]
Genre: traditional pop, pop music^[10]^[11]
Official website: www.almacogan.com^[17]
Cause of death: ovarian cancer^[14]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[20]
Birth name: Alma Angela Cohen^[21]
Family name: Cogan^[15]
Given name: Alma^[16]
Instrument: voice^[19]
Manner of death: natural causes^[18]
Name in native language: Alma Cogan^[22]
Place of burial: Hertfordshire^[6]
Record label: His Master's Voice, Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.^[12]^[13]
Start of work period: 1952^[23]

🏷️ Also known as

en Alma Angela en Alma Angela Cohen Cogan en Alma Cogan en brandysam en Cogan ar ألما كوغان he אלמה קוגן ja アルマ・コーガン ko 알마 코간 ru Альма Коган ru Коган, Альма sv Cogan

🔖 Identifiers · 41

ISNI: 0000000059216149
VIAF cluster ID: 78318589
Library of Congress Authorities ID: no00018138
GND ID: 134348966
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000017159
BBC Things ID: d3570b9a-87ab-4b99-b6dd-ae03259b7ff5
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 14165439g
British Comedy Guide person ID: alma_cogan
Carnegie Hall agent ID: 1028345
Deezer artist ID: 166564
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 134348966
Discogs artist ID: 439544

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Europeana entity: agent/base/69537
FAST ID: 445254
Film.ru person ID: alma-cogan
Find a Grave memorial ID: 10464873
Freebase ID: /m/01q3rld
GTAA ID: 258052
Genius artist ID: Alma-cogan
Genius artist numeric ID: 350101
HAND ID: 6384-B596-1B42-F1CB-303A
IMDb ID: nm0168998
J9U entity ID: 987007282055905171
Kinobox person ID: 974487
LyricsTranslate ID: alma-cogan-lyrics.html
MusicBrainz artist ID: 9cadcc15-043f-4fed-ba38-de3c0131ddf5
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID: 16552
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000080099
NNDB people ID: 920/000268116
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX1027612
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID: mp17606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 070908605
Open Plaques subject ID: 3778
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID: 66775
Spotify artist ID: 0oGo1uX2IixGBLb3fsiVnK
TMDB person ID: 1238794
Tidal artist ID: 9856
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJdMhg9rybmGQB6XwXwQv3
Yale LUX ID: person/120ed030-34f3-4024-9829-3d553f1b1d27
Yandex Music artist ID: 94113
ČSFD person ID: 504844

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🔗 Connections

Genre 2

pop music, traditional pop

Record label 2

His Master's Voice, Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.

← Performer 2

Tennessee Waltz, But Beautiful

Cause of death 1

ovarian cancer

Country of citizenship 1

United Kingdom

Given name 1

Alma

Instance of 1

human

Instrument 1

voice

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Occupation 1

singer

Place of birth 1

Whitechapel

Place of burial 1

Hertfordshire

Place of death 1

London

Sex or gender 1

female

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Summary

Alma Cogan was born on May 19, 1932^[1], in Whitechapel^[2]. She died on October 26, 1966^[3], in London^[4]. She worked as a singer^[5].

FAQs

Where was Alma Cogan born?

Alma Cogan was born in Whitechapel^[2].

Where did Alma Cogan die?

Alma Cogan passed away in London^[4].

What did Alma Cogan do for work?

Alma Cogan worked as a singer^[5].

Where did Alma Cogan go to school?

Alma Cogan was educated at St Joseph's College^[8].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Alma Cogan — place of birth (P19): Whitechapel. Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Alma Cogan — place of death (P20): London. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Alma Cogan — sex or gender (P21): female. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Alma Cogan — country of citizenship (P27): United Kingdom. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Alma Cogan — educated at (P69): St Joseph's College. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Alma Cogan — occupation (P106): singer. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Alma Cogan — place of burial (P119): Hertfordshire. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Alma Cogan — genre (P136): traditional pop. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Alma Cogan — genre (P136): pop music. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Alma Cogan — record label (P264): His Master's Voice. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Alma Cogan — record label (P264): Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Alma Cogan — cause of death (P509): ovarian cancer. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Alma Cogan — date of birth (P569): May 19, 1932. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-04-29. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Alma Cogan — date of death (P570): October 26, 1966. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-04-29. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Alma Cogan — family name (P734): Cogan. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Alma Cogan — given name (P735): Alma. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-13. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Alma Cogan — official website (P856): http://www.almacogan.com/. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Alma Cogan — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Alma Cogan — instrument (P1303): voice. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Alma Cogan — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Alma Cogan — birth name (P1477): Alma Angela Cohen. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Alma Cogan — name in native language (P1559): Alma Cogan. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Alma Cogan — start of work period (P2031): 1952. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Alma Cogan — sibling (P3373): Sandra Caron. imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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12d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Deezer artist ID → 166564

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63224: Import Deezer artist ID from MusicBrainz via its artist ID in Wikidata. Also matched on name. Part1: imp"
12d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Tidal artist ID → 9856

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63220: Import Tidal artist ID from MusicBrainz, also matching on name. Part1.: import Tidal artist ID (P4576) f"
13w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗

HAND ID → 6384-B596-1B42-F1CB-303A

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #46230: HAND ID (0)"
15w ago · AwkwardChester · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Record label → His Master's Voice, Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.

Occupation → singer

Place of death → London

Place of burial → Hertfordshire

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"Created claim: Plaque image: Alma Cogan 1932-1966 singer lived here 1951-1966.jpg"

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