1946 - Today
Donovan Phillips Leitch (born 10 May 1946), mononymously known as Donovan, is a Scottish musician, songwriter, and record producer. He developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelic rock and world music (notably calypso). He has lived in Scotland, Hertfordshire (England), London, California, and—since at least 2008—in County Cork, Ireland, with his family. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Donovan has received more than 4,245,023 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Donovan is the 433rd most popular musician (up from 441st in 2019), the 1,438th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,439th in 2019) and the 84th most popular British Musician.
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Among musicians, Donovan ranks 433 out of 2,675. Before him are Tommy Ramone, Nick Drake, Carlos Puebla, Manitas de Plata, Joe Pass, and Grace Slick. After him are Glenn Tipton, Franco Battiato, Gerry Mulligan, Peter Schreier, Tansen, and Dee Dee Ramone.
1949 - 2014
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 427
1948 - 1974
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 428
1917 - 1989
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 429
1921 - 2014
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 430
1929 - 1994
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 431
1939 - Present
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 432
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 433
1947 - Present
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 434
1945 - Present
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 435
1927 - 1996
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 436
1935 - 2019
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 437
1493 - 1493
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 438
1951 - 2002
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 439
Among people born in 1946, Donovan ranks 138. Before him are Sonia Gandhi, Artur Jorge, Kabir Bedi, Ellison Onizuka, Pierino Prati, and Laurent Fabius. After him are Krister Henriksson, Brenda Blethyn, Alejandro Toledo, Craig Venter, Bernd Hölzenbein, and Héctor Yazalde.
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 132
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 133
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 134
1946 - 1986
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 135
1946 - 2020
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 136
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 137
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 138
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 139
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 140
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 141
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 142
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 143
1946 - 1997
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 144
Among people born in United Kingdom, Donovan ranks 1,438 out of 6,924. Before him are George Stubbs (1724), Thomas Hicks (1876), John Eliot Gardiner (1943), Keith O'Brien (1938), J. Lee Thompson (1914), and Norman Lockyer (1836). After him are John Nelson Darby (1800), Glenn Tipton (1947), Peter Vaughan (1923), Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet (1810), Robert Filmer (1588), and John Hume (1937).
1724 - 1806
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 1,432
1876 - 1952
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 1,433
1943 - Present
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 1,434
1938 - 2018
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 1,435
1914 - 2002
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 1,436
1836 - 1920
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 1,437
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 1,438
1800 - 1882
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 1,439
1947 - Present
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 1,440
1923 - 2016
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 1,441
1810 - 1895
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 1,442
1588 - 1653
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 1,443
1937 - 2020
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 1,444
Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Donovan ranks 84. Before him are Bernie Taupin (1950), George Young (1946), Greg Lake (1947), Janick Gers (1957), Julian Bream (1933), and Stevie Young (1956). After him are Glenn Tipton (1947), Steve Hackett (1950), Tony Sheridan (1940), Elvis Costello (1954), Alvin Lee (1944), and Rick Astley (1966).
1950 - Present
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 78
1946 - 2017
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 79
1947 - 2016
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 80
1957 - Present
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 81
1933 - 2020
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 82
1956 - Present
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 83
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 84
1947 - Present
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 85
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 86
1940 - 2013
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 87
1954 - Present
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 88
1944 - 2013
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 89
1966 - Present
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 90