1936 - Today
Arnold George Dorsey (born 2 May 1936), known professionally as Engelbert Humperdinck, is a British pop singer who has been described as "one of the finest middle-of-the-road balladeers around". He achieved international prominence in 1967 with his recording of "Release Me". Starting as a performer in the late 1950s under the name "Gerry Dorsey", he later adopted the name of German composer Engelbert Humperdinck as a stage name and found success after he partnered with manager Gordon Mills in 1965. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Engelbert Humperdinck has received more than 421,670 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Engelbert Humperdinck is the 164th most popular singer (down from 145th in 2019), the 109th most popular biography from India (down from 92nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Indian Singer.
Engelbert Humperdinck is most famous for his 1967 single, "Release Me."
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Among singers, Engelbert Humperdinck ranks 164 out of 3,528. Before him are Chester Bennington, John Denver, Bob Geldof, Alessandro Moreschi, Birgit Nilsson, and Eduard Khil. After him are Anatoliy Solovianenko, Ivan Rebroff, Celia Cruz, Ben E. King, Charles Trenet, and Beniamino Gigli.
1976 - 2017
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 158
1943 - 1997
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 159
1951 - Present
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 160
1858 - 1922
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 161
1918 - 2005
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 162
1934 - 2012
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 163
1936 - Present
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 164
1932 - 1999
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 165
1931 - 2008
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 166
1925 - 2003
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 167
1938 - 2015
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 168
1913 - 2001
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 169
1890 - 1957
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 170
Among people born in 1936, Engelbert Humperdinck ranks 48. Before him are B. J. Habibie, Kris Kristofferson, Ferid Murad, Benedict Anderson, Uwe Seeler, and Don Cherry. After him are Dean Stockwell, Yasuo Fukuda, Anna German, Choummaly Sayasone, Günter Blobel, and Denny Hulme.
1936 - 2019
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 42
1936 - Present
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 43
1936 - 2023
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 44
1936 - 2015
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 45
1936 - 2022
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 46
1936 - 1995
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 47
1936 - Present
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 48
1936 - 2021
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 49
1936 - Present
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 50
1936 - 1982
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 51
1936 - Present
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 52
1936 - 2018
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 53
1936 - 1992
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 54
Among people born in India, Engelbert Humperdinck ranks 109 out of 1,493. Before him are Radha (null), Syed Ahmad Khan (1817), Pete Best (1941), Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924), Basava (1134), and Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838). After him are Gopal Krishna Gokhale (1866), Ahmed Deedat (1918), Dadabhai Naoroji (1825), Pervez Musharraf (1943), Vinoba Bhave (1895), and Julia Margaret Cameron (1815).
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 103
1817 - 1898
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 104
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 105
1924 - 2018
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 106
1134 - 1196
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 107
1838 - 1894
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 108
1936 - Present
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 109
1866 - 1915
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 110
1918 - 2005
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 111
1825 - 1917
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 112
1943 - 2023
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 113
1895 - 1982
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 114
1815 - 1879
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 115
Among singers born in India, Engelbert Humperdinck ranks 2. Before him are Lata Mangeshkar (1929). After him are Asha Bhosle (1933), Mohammed Rafi (1924), Kishore Kumar (1929), M. S. Subbulakshmi (1916), Bhimsen Joshi (1922), Kumar Sanu (1957), S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1946), Gangubai Hangal (1913), Peter Sarstedt (1941), and Ali Akbar Khan (1922).
1929 - 2022
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 1
1936 - Present
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 2
1933 - Present
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 3
1924 - 1980
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 4
1929 - 1987
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 5
1916 - 2004
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 6
1922 - 2011
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 7
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 8
1946 - 2020
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 9
1913 - 2009
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 10
1941 - 2017
HPI: 46.65
Rank: 11
1922 - 2009
HPI: 46.24
Rank: 12