1942 - Today
John Davies Cale (born 9 March 1942) is a Welsh musician, composer, and record producer who was a founding member of the American rock band the Velvet Underground. Over his six-decade career, Cale has worked in various styles across rock, drone, classical, avant-garde and electronic music.He studied music at Goldsmiths College, University of London (UoL), before relocating in 1963 to New York City's downtown music scene, where he performed as part of the Theatre of Eternal Music and formed the Velvet Underground. Since leaving the band in 1968, Cale has released seventeen solo studio albums, including the widely acclaimed Paris 1919 (1973) and Music for a New Society (1982). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Cale has received more than 3,088,063 page views. His biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia. John Cale is the 218th most popular musician (down from 186th in 2019), the 846th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 754th in 2019) and the 49th most popular British Musician.
John Cale is most famous for being a founding member of the Velvet Underground.
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Among musicians, John Cale ranks 218 out of 2,662. Before him are Lenny Kravitz, Bill Haley, Dr. Alban, Pete Townshend, Duff McKagan, and Lucio Dalla. After him are J. J. Cale, Leslie Cheung, Mike Shinoda, Billy Idol, Romano Mussolini, and Stéphane Grappelli.
1964 - Present
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 212
1925 - 1981
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 213
1957 - Present
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 214
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 215
1964 - Present
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 216
1943 - 2012
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 217
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 218
1938 - 2013
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 219
1956 - 2003
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 220
1977 - Present
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 221
1955 - Present
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 222
1927 - 2006
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 223
1908 - 1997
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 224
Among people born in 1942, John Cale ranks 95. Before him are Conrad Schumann, Giuseppe Bertello, Mike Markkula, Geneviève Bujold, António Lobo Antunes, and Pál Schmitt. After him are Terry Jones, Manolo Blahnik, Mike Newell, Maria Kaczyńska, Robert H. Grubbs, and John McLaughlin.
1942 - 1998
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 89
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 90
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 91
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 92
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 93
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 94
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 95
1942 - 2020
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 96
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 97
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 98
1942 - 2010
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 99
1942 - 2021
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 100
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 101
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Cale ranks 846 out of 7,765. Before him are Owen Tudor (1400), Peter Finch (1916), Robert Graves (1895), Richard Hamilton (1922), Anthony James Leggett (1938), and Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764). After him are John Cockcroft (1897), Damon Hill (1960), Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671), Albert Pierrepoint (1905), W. H. Auden (1907), and Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881).
1400 - 1461
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 840
1916 - 1977
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 841
1895 - 1985
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 842
1922 - 2011
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 843
1938 - Present
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 844
1764 - 1845
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 845
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 846
1897 - 1967
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 847
1960 - Present
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 848
1671 - 1713
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 849
1905 - 1992
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 850
1907 - 1973
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 851
1881 - 1959
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 852
Among musicians born in United Kingdom, John Cale ranks 49. Before him are Brian Eno (1948), George Martin (1926), John Paul Jones (1946), Ian Paice (1948), Amy Winehouse (1983), and Pete Townshend (1945). After him are Billy Idol (1955), Ken Hensley (1945), John Mayall (1933), Keith Moon (1946), John McLaughlin (1942), and Steve Harris (1956).
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 43
1926 - 2016
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 44
1946 - Present
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 45
1948 - Present
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 46
1983 - 2011
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 47
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 48
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 49
1955 - Present
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 50
1945 - 2020
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 51
1933 - Present
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 52
1946 - 1978
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 53
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 54
1956 - Present
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 55