1979 - Today
Michael James Owen (born 14 December 1979) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker for Liverpool, Real Madrid, Newcastle United, Manchester United and Stoke City, as well as for the England national team. Since retiring from football in 2013, he has become a racehorse breeder and owner and regularly features as a sports pundit and commentator.The son of former footballer Terry Owen, Owen was born in Chester and began his senior career at Liverpool in 1996. Displaying rapid pace and composed finishing, he progressed through the Liverpool youth team and scored on his Premier League debut in May 1997, becoming the club's youngest goalscorer. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Owen has received more than 7,851,542 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). Michael Owen is the 616th most popular soccer player (down from 573rd in 2019), the 1,592nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,526th in 2019) and the 30th most popular British Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Michael Owen ranks 616 out of 16,923. Before him are Daniel Bertoni, Thiago Alcântara, Oscar, Pirri, Eizo Yuguchi, and Guido Buchwald. After him are Aymoré Moreira, Gianluca Zambrotta, Frank de Boer, Nevio Scala, Brian Laudrup, and Luis Molowny.
1955 - Present
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 610
1991 - Present
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 611
1954 - Present
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 612
1945 - Present
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 613
1945 - 2003
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 614
1961 - Present
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 615
1979 - Present
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 616
1912 - 1998
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 617
1977 - Present
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 618
1970 - Present
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 619
1947 - Present
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 620
1969 - Present
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 621
1925 - 2010
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 622
Among people born in 1979, Michael Owen ranks 18. Before him are Nicolas Anelka, Kourtney Kardashian, Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland, Adam Levine, Rosamund Pike, and James McAvoy. After him are Jason Momoa, Júlio César, Evangeline Lilly, Noomi Rapace, Olga Kurylenko, and Pink.
1979 - Present
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 12
1979 - Present
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 13
1979 - Present
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 14
1979 - Present
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 15
1979 - Present
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 16
1979 - Present
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 17
1979 - Present
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 18
1979 - Present
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 19
1979 - Present
HPI: 64.64
Rank: 20
1979 - Present
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 21
1979 - Present
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 22
1979 - Present
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 23
1979 - Present
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 24
Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Owen ranks 1,592 out of 6,924. Before him are William Foulke (1874), Edward Colston (1636), William Hamilton (1730), Beorhtric of Wessex (800), Tom Courtenay (1937), and Rupert Grint (1988). After him are John Fletcher (1579), Jeff Lynne (1947), John Muir (1838), Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (1770), Beau Brummell (1778), and Stephen Langton (1150).
1874 - 1916
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 1,586
1636 - 1721
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 1,587
1730 - 1803
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 1,588
800 - 802
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 1,589
1937 - Present
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 1,590
1988 - Present
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 1,591
1979 - Present
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 1,592
1579 - 1625
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 1,593
1947 - Present
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 1,594
1838 - 1914
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 1,595
1770 - 1840
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 1,596
1778 - 1840
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 1,597
1150 - 1228
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 1,598
Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Michael Owen ranks 30. Before him are Herbert Kilpin (1870), Peter Bonetti (1941), Alan Shearer (1970), Roger Byrne (1929), Paul Scholes (1974), and William Foulke (1874). After him are Geoff Hurst (1941), Dixie Dean (1907), Jimmy Savile (1926), John Toshack (1949), Gordon Milne (1937), and Ally McCoist (1962).
1870 - 1916
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 24
1941 - 2020
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 25
1970 - Present
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 26
1929 - 1958
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 27
1974 - Present
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 28
1874 - 1916
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 29
1979 - Present
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 30
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