Raffi

What I admire most about Raffi is that he conquered the hardest audience of all: children. Born in Cairo to Armenian roots and later Canadian, he became, by The Washington Post's own measure, the most popular children's singer in the English-speaking world, and kids are merciless critics who cannot be fooled. Holding their attention for decades takes real warmth and genuine musicianship, not marketing. That Canada named him a Companion of the Order of Canada tells me his nation treasures him as a cultural gift. Born in 1948 and still active, he has devoted a lifetime to honest song, and I respect that unwavering integrity deeply.

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Name (English)

Raffi

Name (Japanese)

ラフィ

Reading

らふぃ

Born

July 8, 1948 (age 78)

Origin

Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Occupation

singer / songwriter / recording artist / lyricist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rat

Awards & achievements

• Member of the Order of Canada
• Order of British Columbia
• Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award
• Companion of the Order of Canada

• Official sitehttps://raffinews.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/Raffi_RC
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raffi
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q199846

Tags

• Cairo Governorate
• singer
• songwriter
• recording artist

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.