1967 - Today
David John Matthews (born January 9, 1967) is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and political activist. He is best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band (DMB). Matthews was born in Johannesburg, and moved frequently between South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States while growing up. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dave Matthews has received more than 5,966,415 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Dave Matthews is the 658th most popular singer (up from 762nd in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 59th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South African Singer.
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Among singers, Dave Matthews ranks 658 out of 3,528. Before him are Zinka Milanov, Leontyne Price, Massimo Ranieri, Edita Piekha, Grethe Ingmann, and Shi Pei Pu. After him are Lisa Della Casa, Kim Jung-sook, Shane MacGowan, Christine McVie, Marietta Alboni, and Emma Calvé.
1906 - 1989
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 652
1927 - Present
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 653
1951 - Present
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 654
1937 - Present
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 655
1938 - 1990
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 656
1938 - 2009
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 657
1967 - Present
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 658
1919 - 2012
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 659
1954 - Present
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 660
1957 - 2023
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 661
1943 - 2022
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 662
1823 - 1894
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 663
1858 - 1942
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 664
Among people born in 1967, Dave Matthews ranks 87. Before him are John Petrucci, Michael Jai White, Tom Hollander, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, Michael Johnson, and Lauren Graham. After him are Leslie Jones, Pierre Omidyar, Henry Ian Cusick, Peter Thiel, Kennet Andersson, and Suman Pokhrel.
1967 - Present
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 81
1967 - Present
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 82
1967 - Present
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 83
1967 - Present
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 84
1967 - Present
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 85
1967 - Present
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 86
1967 - Present
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 87
1967 - Present
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 88
1967 - Present
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 89
1967 - Present
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 90
1967 - Present
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 91
1967 - Present
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 92
1967 - Present
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 93
Among people born in South Africa, Dave Matthews ranks 48 out of 374. Before him are Eugène Terre'Blanche (1941), Marais Viljoen (1915), Dingane kaSenzangakhona (1795), Manfred Mann (1940), Rory Byrne (1944), and Jamie Uys (1921). After him are Christiaan de Wet (1854), Glynis Johns (1923), Oscar Pistorius (1986), Marlene Dumas (1953), Alice Krige (1954), and C. R. Swart (1894).
1941 - 2010
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 42
1915 - 2007
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 43
1795 - 1840
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 44
1940 - Present
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 45
1944 - Present
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 46
1921 - 1996
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 47
1967 - Present
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 48
1854 - 1922
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 49
1923 - 2024
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 50
1986 - Present
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 51
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 52
1954 - Present
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 53
1894 - 1982
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 54
Among singers born in South Africa, Dave Matthews ranks 2. Before him are Miriam Makeba (1932). After him are Yolandi Visser (1984), Theuns Jordaan (1971), Brenda Fassie (1964), ZP Theart (1975), Shaun Morgan (1978), Alice Phoebe Lou (1993), and Bok van Blerk (1978).
1932 - 2008
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 1
1967 - Present
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 2
1984 - Present
HPI: 41.98
Rank: 3
1971 - 2021
HPI: 38.13
Rank: 4
1964 - 2004
HPI: 36.74
Rank: 5
1975 - Present
HPI: 33.28
Rank: 6
1978 - Present
HPI: 30.10
Rank: 7
1993 - Present
HPI: 28.88
Rank: 8
1978 - Present
HPI: 25.14
Rank: 9