1949 - Today
David Walter Foster OC OBC (born November 1, 1949) is a Canadian musician, composer, arranger, record producer, and music executive. Foster has won 16 Grammy Awards from 47 nominations. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Foster has received more than 10,473,311 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). David Foster is the 543rd most popular musician (up from 581st in 2019), the 132nd most popular biography from Canada (up from 142nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Canadian Musician.
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Among musicians, David Foster ranks 543 out of 2,675. Before him are András Schiff, Âşık Veysel, DJ BoBo, Ewa Demarczyk, Phil Lynott, and Sia. After him are John Lewis, Steve Howe, Alan Menken, Marty Friedman, Tom Petty, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
1953 - Present
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 537
1894 - 1973
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 538
1968 - Present
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 539
1941 - 2020
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 540
1949 - 1986
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 541
1975 - Present
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 542
1949 - Present
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 543
1920 - 2001
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 544
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 545
1949 - Present
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 546
1962 - Present
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 547
1950 - 2017
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 548
1915 - 1973
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 549
Among people born in 1949, David Foster ranks 139. Before him are Steve Perry, Walid Jumblatt, Paul Rodgers, Michael W. Young, John Savage, and Phil Lynott. After him are Alan Menken, Christopher Hitchens, Georges Leekens, Leopoldo Luque, John Toshack, and Clodoaldo.
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 133
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 134
1949 - Present
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 135
1949 - Present
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 136
1949 - Present
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 137
1949 - 1986
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 138
1949 - Present
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 139
1949 - Present
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 140
1949 - 2011
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 141
1949 - Present
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 142
1949 - Present
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 143
1949 - Present
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 144
1949 - Present
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 145
Among people born in Canada, David Foster ranks 132 out of 1,130. Before him are Jean Chrétien (1934), James Craig Watson (1838), Reginald Fessenden (1866), Wilfrid Laurier (1841), Walter Huston (1883), and Shulamith Firestone (1945). After him are Peter Cullen (1941), Bonar Law (1858), Robert Langlands (1936), Shawn Mendes (1998), Nelly Furtado (1978), and Louis Riel (1844).
1934 - Present
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 126
1838 - 1880
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 127
1866 - 1932
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 128
1841 - 1919
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 129
1883 - 1950
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 130
1945 - 2012
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 131
1949 - Present
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 132
1941 - Present
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 133
1858 - 1923
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 134
1936 - Present
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 135
1998 - Present
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 136
1978 - Present
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 137
1844 - 1885
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 138
Among musicians born in Canada, David Foster ranks 9. Before him are Neil Young (1945), Oscar Peterson (1925), Joni Mitchell (1943), Avril Lavigne (1984), Gil Evans (1912), and Loreena McKennitt (1957). After him are Neil Peart (1952), Maynard Ferguson (1928), Diana Krall (1964), Robbie Robertson (1943), Paul Bley (1932), and Buffy Sainte-Marie (1941).
1945 - Present
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 3
1925 - 2007
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 4
1943 - Present
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 5
1984 - Present
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 6
1912 - 1988
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 7
1957 - Present
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 8
1949 - Present
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 9
1952 - 2020
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 10
1928 - 2006
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 11
1964 - Present
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 12
1943 - Present
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 13
1932 - 2016
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 14
1941 - Present
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 15