1911 - 1999
David Mackenzie Ogilvy (; 23 June 1911 – 21 July 1999) was a British advertising tycoon, founder of Ogilvy & Mather, and known as the "Father of Advertising." Trained at the Gallup research organisation, he attributed the success of his campaigns to meticulous research into consumer habits. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Ogilvy has received more than 77,724 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). David Ogilvy is the 1,616th most popular writer (up from 1,777th in 2019), the 1,294th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,384th in 2019) and the 136th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, David Ogilvy ranks 1,616 out of 5,755. Before him are Dubravka Ugrešić, Peter Benchley, Hincmar, Ahmad ibn Mājid, Chikamatsu Monzaemon, and Javier Marías. After him are Barbara Cartland, Tanya Savicheva, Olaus Petri, Raul Hilberg, Archestratus, and Watchman Nee.
1949 - 2023
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 1,610
1940 - 2006
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 1,611
806 - 882
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 1,612
1432 - 1500
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 1,613
1653 - 1725
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 1,614
1951 - 2022
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 1,615
1911 - 1999
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 1,616
1901 - 2000
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 1,617
1930 - 1944
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 1,618
1493 - 1552
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 1,619
1926 - 2007
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 1,620
350 BC - 330 BC
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 1,621
1903 - 1972
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 1,622
Among people born in 1911, David Ogilvy ranks 81. Before him are Ishirō Honda, Elizabeth Bishop, Renée Simonot, William Stuart-Houston, Thanom Kittikachorn, and Jean-Pierre Aumont. After him are Lee J. Cobb, Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Shiing-Shen Chern, Andor Lilienthal, Viktor Barna, and David Seymour. Among people deceased in 1999, David Ogilvy ranks 61. Before him are André Martinet, Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Gyula Zsengellér, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Alfredo Kraus, and Dusty Springfield. After him are Barış Manço, Saul Steinberg, DeForest Kelley, Charlotte Perriand, Moondog, and Victor Mature.
1911 - 1993
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 75
1911 - 1979
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 76
1911 - 2021
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 77
1911 - 1987
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 78
1911 - 2004
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 79
1911 - 2001
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 80
1911 - 1999
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 81
1911 - 1976
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 82
1911 - 1979
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 83
1911 - 2004
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 84
1911 - 2010
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 85
1911 - 1972
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 86
1911 - 1956
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 87
1908 - 1999
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 55
1933 - 1999
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 56
1915 - 1999
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 57
1930 - 1999
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 58
1927 - 1999
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 59
1939 - 1999
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 60
1911 - 1999
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 61
1943 - 1999
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 62
1914 - 1999
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 63
1920 - 1999
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 64
1903 - 1999
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 65
1916 - 1999
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 66
1913 - 1999
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 67
Among people born in United Kingdom, David Ogilvy ranks 1,294 out of 7,765. Before him are William George Horner (1786), Charles Algernon Parsons (1854), Pattie Boyd (1944), Mark Phillips (1948), John Boyd Orr (1880), and Williamina Fleming (1857). After him are Barbara Cartland (1901), Tom Hiddleston (1981), Alexander of Hales (1175), Michael Redgrave (1908), Jacquetta of Luxembourg (1415), and Martin Lowry (1874).
1786 - 1837
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 1,288
1854 - 1931
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 1,289
1944 - Present
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 1,290
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 1,291
1880 - 1971
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 1,292
1857 - 1911
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 1,293
1911 - 1999
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 1,294
1901 - 2000
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 1,295
1981 - Present
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 1,296
1175 - 1245
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 1,297
1908 - 1985
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 1,298
1415 - 1472
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 1,299
1874 - 1936
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 1,300
Among writers born in United Kingdom, David Ogilvy ranks 136. Before him are Samuel Pepys (1633), Lee Child (1954), P. D. James (1920), Elizabeth Siddal (1829), Alistair MacLean (1922), and Colin Wilson (1931). After him are Barbara Cartland (1901), Ted Hughes (1930), Ruth Rendell (1930), Seamus Heaney (1939), Walafrid Strabo (808), and John Gay (1685).
1633 - 1703
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 130
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 131
1920 - 2014
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 132
1829 - 1862
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 133
1922 - 1987
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 134
1931 - 2013
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 135
1911 - 1999
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 136
1901 - 2000
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 137
1930 - 1998
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 138
1930 - 2015
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 139
1939 - 2013
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 140
808 - 849
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 141
1685 - 1732
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 142