MUSICIAN

David Knopfler

1952 - Today

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David Knopfler (born 27 December 1952) is a British musician. He was born in Scotland, but raised in Blyth, near Newcastle upon Tyne, England. 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 1,522,835 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). David Knopfler is the 647th most popular musician (down from 605th in 2019), the 1,936th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,870th in 2019) and the 118th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of David Knopflers by language

Over the past year David Knopfler has had the most page views in the with 271,806 views, followed by German (38,773), and French (23,459). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (90.08%), Croatian (40.75%), and English (34.12%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, David Knopfler ranks 647 out of 3,175. Before him are Rachid Taha, Joe Pass, Steve Gadd, Moondog, Mikhail Pletnev, and Gerry Mulligan. After him are Tony Banks, Gerd Albrecht, Pierre Rode, Manfred Mann, Andrea Guarneri, and Marcus Miller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, David Knopfler ranks 172. Before him are Herb Ritts, Diane Venora, Ahmed Ouyahia, Sergio Marchionne, Ian Hill, and Semyon Bychkov. After him are Alfre Woodard, Ulrich Seidl, Péter Erdő, Krystyna Janda, Michael Cunningham, and Vasco Rossi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Knopfler ranks 1,936 out of 8,785. Before him are Richard Long (1945), John Gould (1804), June Whitfield (1925), Adele (1988), Andy Whitfield (1971), and Arthur Rostron (1869). After him are Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730), Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1516), Edward Vernon (1684), Tony Banks (1950), John Wyndham (1903), and Robert Darwin (1766).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, David Knopfler ranks 118. Before him are Rick Wakeman (1949), Steve Howe (1947), Clive Burr (1957), Damon Albarn (1968), Mike Rutherford (1950), and Ian Hill (1952). After him are Tony Banks (1950), Roger Hodgson (1950), Eric Woolfson (1945), Chas Chandler (1938), Robert Smith (1959), and Alan Price (1942).

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