1950 - Today
Bernard John Taupin (born 22 May 1950) is an English songwriter. He is best known for his long-term collaboration with musician Elton John, a songwriting partnership that is one of the most successful in history. Taupin has written the lyrics for most of John's songs.In 1967, Taupin answered an advertisement in the music paper New Musical Express placed by Liberty Records, a company that was seeking new songwriters. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernie Taupin has received more than 8,117,586 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Bernie Taupin is the 391st most popular musician (up from 407th in 2019), the 1,339th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,379th in 2019) and the 78th most popular Musician.
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Among musicians, Bernie Taupin ranks 391 out of 2,662. Before him are Glenn Tipton, Buddy Guy, Pat Martino, Arthur Grumiaux, Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, and Moondog. After him are Jacques Dutronc, Wayne Shorter, John Frusciante, Ivry Gitlis, Sérgio Mendes, and Chet Atkins.
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 385
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 386
1944 - 2021
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 387
1921 - 1986
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 388
1715 - 1739
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 389
1916 - 1999
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 390
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 391
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 392
1933 - Present
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 393
1970 - Present
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 394
1922 - 2020
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 395
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 396
1924 - 2001
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 397
Among people born in 1950, Bernie Taupin ranks 84. Before him are Julius Erving, Ueli Maurer, Michael Ironside, Corinne Cléry, Bobby McFerrin, and Chantal Akerman. After him are Hiroshi Kanazawa, Alberto Juantorena, Anghel Iordănescu, William Sadler, Mark Spitz, and Jean-Marc Ayrault.
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 78
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 79
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 80
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 81
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 82
1950 - 2015
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 83
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 84
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 85
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 86
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 87
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 88
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 89
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 90
Among people born in United Kingdom, Bernie Taupin ranks 1,339 out of 7,765. Before him are John Boorman (1933), Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774), Rhys Ifans (1967), John Eliot Gardiner (1943), Dominic Purcell (1970), and Evelyn De Morgan (1855). After him are David Icke (1952), Edmund Kean (1787), John Austin (1790), Timothy Spall (1957), John Gay (1685), and William McDougall (1871).
1933 - Present
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 1,333
1774 - 1850
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 1,334
1967 - Present
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 1,335
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 1,336
1970 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 1,337
1855 - 1919
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 1,338
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 1,339
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 1,340
1787 - 1833
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 1,341
1790 - 1859
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 1,342
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 1,343
1685 - 1732
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 1,344
1871 - 1938
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 1,345
Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Bernie Taupin ranks 78. Before him are Mick Taylor (1949), Wallace Hartley (1878), Adrian Smith (1957), Chris Martin (1977), Janick Gers (1957), and Glenn Tipton (1947). After him are Geezer Butler (1949), Martin Gore (1961), Stevie Young (1956), Andy Summers (1942), Paul Rodgers (1949), and Greg Lake (1947).
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 72
1878 - 1912
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 73
1957 - Present
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 74
1977 - Present
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 75
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 76
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 77
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 78
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 79
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 80
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 81
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 82
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 83
1947 - 2016
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 84