1989 - Today
Gareth Frank Bale (born 16 July 1989) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, on loan from Real Madrid of La Liga, and the Wales national team. Bale began his professional career at Southampton, playing at left-back and earning acclaim as a free kick specialist. Bale moved to Tottenham Hotspur in 2007, for an eventual £7 million fee. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gareth Bale has received more than 13,027,928 page views. His biography is available in 83 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 81 in 2019). Gareth Bale is the 764th most popular soccer player (down from 429th in 2019), the 1,848th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,330th in 2019) and the 37th most popular British Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Gareth Bale ranks 764 out of 16,923. Before him are Kazuhisa Kono, Jacinto Quincoces, Jair da Costa, Ernesto Mascheroni, Lothar Emmerich, and Roberto Cherro. After him are Seiki Ichihara, Wilson da Silva Piazza, Ignacio Zoco, Hugo Gatti, Hércules Brito Ruas, and Ignacio Trelles.
1950 - Present
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 758
1905 - 1997
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 759
1940 - Present
HPI: 64.18
Rank: 760
1907 - 1984
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 761
1941 - 2003
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 762
1907 - 1965
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 763
1989 - Present
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 764
1950 - Present
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 765
1943 - Present
HPI: 64.13
Rank: 766
1939 - 2015
HPI: 64.13
Rank: 767
1944 - Present
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 768
1939 - Present
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 769
1916 - 2020
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 770
Among people born in 1989, Gareth Bale ranks 8. Before him are Daniel Radcliffe, Carlos Valdes, Avicii, Thomas Müller, Chris Brown, and Taylor Swift. After him are Marco Reus, Taron Egerton, Dakota Johnson, Alexandre Pato, Úrsula Corberó, and Tyga.
1989 - Present
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 2
1989 - Present
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 3
1989 - 2018
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 4
1989 - Present
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 5
1989 - Present
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 6
1989 - Present
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 7
1989 - Present
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 8
1989 - Present
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 9
1989 - Present
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 10
1989 - Present
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 11
1989 - Present
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 12
1989 - Present
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 13
1989 - Present
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 14
Among people born in United Kingdom, Gareth Bale ranks 1,848 out of 6,924. Before him are William Blackstone (1723), James Bruce (1730), Caratacus (15), Anthony Asquith (1902), Angela Carter (1940), and Lady Hester Stanhope (1776). After him are Lindsay Duncan (1950), John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (1859), Chas Chandler (1938), Gorden Kaye (1941), Ronnie O'Sullivan (1975), and Princess Mary of Great Britain (1723).
1723 - 1780
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 1,842
1730 - 1794
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 1,843
15 - 54
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 1,844
1902 - 1968
HPI: 64.15
Rank: 1,845
1940 - 1992
HPI: 64.15
Rank: 1,846
1776 - 1839
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 1,847
1989 - Present
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 1,848
1950 - Present
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 1,849
1859 - 1935
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 1,850
1938 - 1996
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 1,851
1941 - 2017
HPI: 64.13
Rank: 1,852
1975 - Present
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 1,853
1723 - 1772
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 1,854
Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Gareth Bale ranks 37. Before him are Geoff Hurst (1941), Dixie Dean (1907), Jimmy Savile (1926), John Toshack (1949), Gordon Milne (1937), and Ally McCoist (1962). After him are Ian Callaghan (1942), Paul Gascoigne (1967), Billy Wright (1924), Bill Foulkes (1932), Herbert Chapman (1878), and Tommy Taylor (1932).
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 31
1907 - 1980
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 32
1926 - 2011
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 33
1949 - Present
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 34
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 35
1962 - Present
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 36
1989 - Present
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 37
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 38
1967 - Present
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 39
1924 - 1994
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 40
1932 - 2013
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 41
1878 - 1934
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 42
1932 - 1958
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 43