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 1,296,834 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. David Knopfler is the 604th most popular musician (up from 655th in 2019), the 1,875th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,982nd in 2019) and the 113th most popular British Musician.
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Among musicians, David Knopfler ranks 604 out of 2,662. Before him are Hilton Valentine, Claude Bolling, Julian Fontana, Elvis Costello, Jeff Buckley, and Pierre Rode. After him are Marty Friedman, Frank Beard, Mark Hollis, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Enrico Toselli, and GG Allin.
1943 - 2021
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 598
1930 - 2020
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 599
1810 - 1869
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 600
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 601
1966 - 1997
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 602
1774 - 1830
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 603
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 604
1962 - Present
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 605
1949 - Present
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 606
1955 - 2019
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 607
1812 - 1865
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 608
1883 - 1926
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 609
1956 - 1993
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 610
Among people born in 1952, David Knopfler ranks 142. Before him are Marilyn Chambers, Jung Chang, Amir Peretz, Jonathan Frakes, Annie Potts, and David Byrne. After him are Dirceu, Nikolai Andrianov, Chuck Lorre, Roger Y. Tsien, Lars Peter Hansen, and Annette O'Toole.
1952 - 2009
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 136
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 137
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 138
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 139
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 140
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 141
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 142
1952 - 1995
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 143
1952 - 2011
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 144
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.37
Rank: 145
1952 - 2016
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 146
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 147
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 148
Among people born in United Kingdom, David Knopfler ranks 1,875 out of 7,765. Before him are Perry Anderson (1938), Noel Gallagher (1967), John Cleland (1709), John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (1845), Eileen Atkins (1934), and John Fletcher (1579). After him are Eleanor of Woodstock (1318), David Cox (1924), A. S. Byatt (1936), Terry Eagleton (1943), Tim Hunt (1943), and Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1693).
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 1,869
1967 - Present
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 1,870
1709 - 1789
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 1,871
1845 - 1914
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 1,872
1934 - Present
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 1,873
1579 - 1625
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 1,874
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 1,875
1318 - 1355
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 1,876
1924 - 2022
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 1,877
1936 - Present
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 1,878
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 1,879
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 1,880
1693 - 1768
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 1,881
Among musicians born in United Kingdom, David Knopfler ranks 113. Before him are Tim Rice (1944), Phil Lynott (1949), Alan Wilder (1959), Tony Sheridan (1940), Hilton Valentine (1943), and Elvis Costello (1954). After him are Mark Hollis (1955), Robert Palmer (1949), Robert Smith (1959), Damon Albarn (1968), Thom Yorke (1968), and K. K. Downing (1951).
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 107
1949 - 1986
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 108
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 109
1940 - 2013
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 110
1943 - 2021
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 111
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 112
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 113
1955 - 2019
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 114
1949 - 2003
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 115
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 116
1968 - Present
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 117
1968 - Present
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 118
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 119