1960 - Today
Gary Winston Lineker (; born 30 November 1960) is an English former professional footballer and current sports broadcaster. He is regarded as one of the greatest English strikers. His media career began with the BBC, where he has presented the flagship football programme Match of the Day since the late 1990s. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gary Lineker has received more than 7,244,363 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Gary Lineker is the 479th most popular soccer player (down from 277th in 2019), the 1,359th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,064th in 2019) and the 20th most popular British Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Gary Lineker ranks 479 out of 16,923. Before him are Mihály Lantos, Fernando Redondo, Ottmar Walter, Eric Abidal, Mordechai Spiegler, and Harry Gregg. After him are Hiroshi Kanazawa, Koji Sasaki, Preben Elkjær, Fernando Santos, Ali Sami Yen, and Jack Charlton.
1928 - 1989
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 473
1969 - Present
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 474
1924 - 2013
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 475
1979 - Present
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 476
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 477
1932 - 2020
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 478
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 479
1950 - Present
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 480
1936 - Present
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 481
1957 - Present
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 482
1954 - Present
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 483
1886 - 1951
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 484
1935 - 2020
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 485
Among people born in 1960, Gary Lineker ranks 57. Before him are Sarah Brightman, Rafael Benítez, Hiroyuki Sanada, Barham Salih, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, and Anne Parillaud. After him are Gia Carangi, Damon Wayans, Jorge Sampaoli, Walter Zenga, Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran, and Kim Wilde.
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 51
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 52
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 53
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 54
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 55
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 56
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 57
1960 - 1986
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 58
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 59
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 60
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 61
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 62
1960 - Present
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 63
Among people born in United Kingdom, Gary Lineker ranks 1,359 out of 6,924. Before him are Neville Marriner (1924), Harry Gregg (1932), Charles Rolls (1877), P. F. Strawson (1919), Emilia Clarke (1986), and John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713). After him are Ruth Belville (1854), John Bowring (1792), Christine Keeler (1942), John Martin (1789), William Prout (1785), and Chris Patten (1944).
1924 - 2016
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 1,353
1932 - 2020
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 1,354
1877 - 1910
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 1,355
1919 - 2006
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 1,356
1986 - Present
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 1,357
1713 - 1792
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 1,358
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 1,359
1854 - 1943
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 1,360
1792 - 1872
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 1,361
1942 - 2017
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 1,362
1789 - 1854
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 1,363
1785 - 1850
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 1,364
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 1,365
Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Gary Lineker ranks 20. Before him are Bob Paisley (1919), Frank Lampard (1978), Ryan Giggs (1973), Steven Gerrard (1980), John Charles (1931), and Harry Gregg (1932). After him are Jack Charlton (1935), Wayne Rooney (1985), Ian Rush (1961), Herbert Kilpin (1870), Peter Bonetti (1941), and Alan Shearer (1970).
1919 - 1996
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 14
1978 - Present
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 15
1973 - Present
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 16
1980 - Present
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 17
1931 - 2004
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 18
1932 - 2020
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 19
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 20
1935 - 2020
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 21
1985 - Present
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 22
1961 - Present
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 23
1870 - 1916
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 24
1941 - 2020
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 25
1970 - Present
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 26