1963 - 2016
George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou; 25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016) was an English singer-songwriter and record producer. He is one of the best-selling musicians of all time, with his sales estimated at between 100 million and 125 million records worldwide. Michael was known as a creative force in songwriting, vocal performance, and visual presentation. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Michael has received more than 36,321,136 page views. His biography is available in 86 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 84 in 2019). George Michael is the 53rd most popular singer (up from 66th in 2019), the 284th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 357th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Singer.
George Michael is most famous for being a singer-songwriter, record producer, and philanthropist. He has sold over 100 million records worldwide.
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Among singers, George Michael ranks 53 out of 3,528. Before him are Constanze Mozart, Billie Holiday, Joe Cocker, José Carreras, Celine Dion, and Ella Fitzgerald. After him are Phil Collins, 50 Cent, Jennifer Lopez, Kurt Cobain, Sarah Vaughan, and Stevie Wonder.
1762 - 1842
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 47
1915 - 1959
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 48
1944 - 2014
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 49
1946 - Present
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 50
1968 - Present
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 51
1917 - 1996
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 52
1963 - 2016
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 53
1951 - Present
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 54
1975 - Present
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 55
1969 - Present
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 56
1967 - 1994
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 57
1924 - 1990
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 58
1950 - Present
HPI: 67.98
Rank: 59
Among people born in 1963, George Michael ranks 8. Before him are Johnny Depp, Whitney Houston, Quentin Tarantino, Michael Jordan, José Mourinho, and Jet Li. After him are Garry Kasparov, Viktor Orbán, Ronald Koeman, Sergey Bubka, Till Lindemann, and Donnie Yen. Among people deceased in 2016, George Michael ranks 19. Before him are Zaha Hadid, Dario Fo, Cesare Maldini, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Islam Karimov, and Andrzej Wajda. After him are Abbas Kiarostami, Carlos Alberto Torres, Jerome Bruner, João Havelange, Alvin Toffler, and Elie Wiesel.
1963 - Present
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 2
1963 - 2012
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 3
1963 - Present
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 4
1963 - Present
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 5
1963 - Present
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 6
1963 - Present
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 7
1963 - 2016
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 8
1963 - Present
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 9
1963 - Present
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 10
1963 - Present
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 11
1963 - Present
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 12
1963 - Present
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 13
1963 - Present
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 14
1950 - 2016
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 13
1926 - 2016
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 14
1932 - 2016
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 15
1922 - 2016
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 16
1938 - 2016
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 17
1926 - 2016
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 18
1963 - 2016
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 19
1940 - 2016
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 20
1944 - 2016
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 21
1915 - 2016
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 22
1916 - 2016
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 23
1928 - 2016
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 24
1928 - 2016
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 25
Among people born in United Kingdom, George Michael ranks 284 out of 7,765. Before him are Alec Guinness (1914), Daniel Craig (1968), Mordred (null), Daniel Day-Lewis (1957), Anne Brontë (1820), and Cyrano de Bergerac (1619). After him are William Wordsworth (1770), William Ramsay (1852), Phil Collins (1951), Vanessa Redgrave (1937), Gary Oldman (1958), and Ælla of Northumbria (800).
1914 - 2000
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 278
1968 - Present
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 279
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 280
1957 - Present
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 281
1820 - 1849
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 282
1619 - 1655
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 283
1963 - 2016
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 284
1770 - 1850
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 285
1852 - 1916
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 286
1951 - Present
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 287
1937 - Present
HPI: 68.54
Rank: 288
1958 - Present
HPI: 68.50
Rank: 289
800 - 867
HPI: 68.47
Rank: 290
Among singers born in United Kingdom, George Michael ranks 6. Before him are David Bowie (1947), Mick Jagger (1943), Brian Johnson (1947), Ozzy Osbourne (1948), and Joe Cocker (1944). After him are Phil Collins (1951), Rod Stewart (1945), Ian Gillan (1945), Kate Bush (1958), Marianne Faithfull (1946), and Bonnie Tyler (1951).
1947 - 2016
HPI: 76.10
Rank: 1
1943 - Present
HPI: 73.82
Rank: 2
1947 - Present
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 3
1948 - Present
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 4
1944 - 2014
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 5
1963 - 2016
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 6
1951 - Present
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 7
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 8
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 9
1958 - Present
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 10
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.76
Rank: 11
1951 - Present
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 12