1952 - Today
David Knopfler (born 27 December 1952) is a British singer-songwriter. He was born in Scotland and raised in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England, from the age of two. Together with his older brother Mark Knopfler, John Illsley, and Pick Withers, he founded the rock band Dire Straits in 1977, serving as rhythm guitarist on their first two albums. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Knopfler has received more than 1,109,576 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). David Knopfler is the 655th most popular musician (down from 623rd in 2019), the 1,983rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,854th in 2019) and the 119th most popular British Musician.
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Among musicians, David Knopfler ranks 655 out of 2,675. Before him are Sam Phillips, Giovanni Sgambati, Nelson Freire, Jörg Demus, Vasco Rossi, and Joan Jett. After him are Jean-Baptiste Arban, Manfred Mann, Fritz Busch, Tommy Lee, Eric Woolfson, and Mike Rutherford.
1923 - 2003
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 649
1841 - 1914
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 650
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 651
1928 - 2019
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 652
1952 - Present
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 653
1958 - Present
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 654
1952 - Present
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 655
1825 - 1889
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 656
1940 - Present
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 657
1890 - 1951
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 658
1962 - Present
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 659
1945 - 2009
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 660
1950 - Present
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 661
Among people born in 1952, David Knopfler ranks 140. Before him are Per Petterson, Amir Peretz, Anote Tong, Alfre Woodard, Jean-Dominique Bauby, and Vasco Rossi. After him are Jung Chang, Freddy Maertens, Masaki Yokotani, François Berléand, Ludmilla Tourischeva, and Lam Ching-ying.
1952 - Present
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 134
1952 - Present
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 135
1952 - Present
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 136
1952 - Present
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 137
1952 - 1997
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 138
1952 - Present
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 139
1952 - Present
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 140
1952 - Present
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 141
1952 - Present
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 142
1952 - Present
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 143
1952 - Present
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 144
1952 - Present
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 145
1952 - 1997
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 146
Among people born in United Kingdom, David Knopfler ranks 1,983 out of 6,924. Before him are Samuel Morland (1625), Mary Anne MacLeod Trump (1912), William Hartnell (1908), Aelred of Rievaulx (1110), Ernest William Brown (1866), and David Gill (1843). After him are Paul Freeman (1943), John Maynard Smith (1920), Peter Frampton (1950), Michael Apted (1941), Dua Lipa (1995), and Æthelfrith (600).
1625 - 1695
HPI: 63.62
Rank: 1,977
1912 - 2000
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 1,978
1908 - 1975
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 1,979
1110 - 1167
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 1,980
1866 - 1938
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 1,981
1843 - 1914
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 1,982
1952 - Present
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 1,983
1943 - Present
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 1,984
1920 - 2004
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 1,985
1950 - Present
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 1,986
1941 - 2021
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 1,987
1995 - Present
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 1,988
600 - 616
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 1,989
Among musicians born in United Kingdom, David Knopfler ranks 119. Before him are Bill Bruford (1949), Alan Price (1942), Dick Taylor (1943), David A. Stewart (1952), Andy Fletcher (1961), and K. K. Downing (1951). After him are Eric Woolfson (1945), Mike Rutherford (1950), Ray Davies (1944), Damon Albarn (1968), Tony Banks (1950), and Mark Hollis (1955).
1949 - Present
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 113
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 114
1943 - Present
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 115
1952 - Present
HPI: 63.78
Rank: 116
1961 - Present
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 117
1951 - Present
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 118
1952 - Present
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 119
1945 - 2009
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 120
1950 - Present
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 121
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 122
1968 - Present
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 123
1950 - Present
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 124
1955 - 2019
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 125