1950 - Today
Christopher Ward Norman (born 25 October 1950) is an English soft rock singer. Norman was the lead singer of Smokie, an English soft rock band which found success in Europe in the 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chris Norman has received more than 969,567 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Chris Norman is the 190th most popular singer (up from 191st in 2019), the 825th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 823rd in 2019) and the 25th most popular British Singer.
Chris Norman is most famous for being a member of the rock band, Smokie.
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Among singers, Chris Norman ranks 190 out of 3,541. Before him are Chavela Vargas, Udo Jürgens, Mario Del Monaco, Mario Lanza, Ken Shimura, and Etta James. After him are Mercédès Jellinek, Kyu Sakamoto, Britney Spears, Sam Cooke, Petula Clark, and Dr. Dre.
1919 - 2012
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 184
1934 - 2014
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 185
1915 - 1982
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 186
1921 - 1959
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 187
1950 - 2020
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 188
1938 - 2012
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 189
1950 - Present
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 190
1889 - 1929
HPI: 69.70
Rank: 191
1941 - 1985
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 192
1981 - Present
HPI: 69.67
Rank: 193
1931 - 1964
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 194
1932 - Present
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 195
1965 - Present
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 196
Among people born in 1950, Chris Norman ranks 37. Before him are Suzi Quatro, Grzegorz Lato, Daniel Auteuil, Morgan Fairchild, Jörg Haider, and Ken Shimura. After him are Julie Walters, Mark Spitz, Ma Ying-jeou, Vesna Vulović, Bjarne Stroustrup, and William H. Macy.
1950 - Present
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 31
1950 - Present
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 32
1950 - Present
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 33
1950 - Present
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 34
1950 - 2008
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 35
1950 - 2020
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 36
1950 - Present
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 37
1950 - Present
HPI: 69.46
Rank: 38
1950 - Present
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 39
1950 - Present
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 40
1950 - 2016
HPI: 69.36
Rank: 41
1950 - Present
HPI: 69.19
Rank: 42
1950 - Present
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 43
Among people born in United Kingdom, Chris Norman ranks 825 out of 6,924. Before him are Robert FitzRoy (1805), Archibald Hill (1886), Leonora Carrington (1917), William Bateson (1861), Brian Eno (1948), and Edgar F. Codd (1923). After him are Emily Davison (1872), Edgar Adrian (1889), James Paul Moody (1887), Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (1861), James Hadley Chase (1906), and Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902).
1805 - 1865
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 819
1886 - 1977
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 820
1917 - 2011
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 821
1861 - 1926
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 822
1948 - Present
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 823
1923 - 2003
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 824
1950 - Present
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 825
1872 - 1913
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 826
1889 - 1977
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 827
1887 - 1912
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 828
1861 - 1936
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 829
1906 - 1985
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 830
1902 - 1942
HPI: 69.72
Rank: 831
Among singers born in United Kingdom, Chris Norman ranks 25. Before him are Eric Burdon (1941), Susan Boyle (1961), Bryan Ferry (1945), David Coverdale (1951), Vera Lynn (1917), and Chris Rea (1951). After him are Petula Clark (1932), Peter Green (1946), Rob Halford (1951), Shirley Bassey (1937), Robbie Williams (1974), and Dave Gahan (1962).
1941 - Present
HPI: 70.84
Rank: 19
1961 - Present
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 20
1945 - Present
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 21
1951 - Present
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 22
1917 - 2020
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 23
1951 - Present
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 24
1950 - Present
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 25
1932 - Present
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 26
1946 - 2020
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 27
1951 - Present
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 28
1937 - Present
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 29
1974 - Present
HPI: 68.47
Rank: 30
1962 - Present
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 31