1948 - 2021
Michael David Rock (born Michael Edward Chester Smith; 21 November 1948 – 18 November 2021) was a British photographer. He photographed rock music acts such as Queen, David Bowie, Waylon Jennings, T. Rex, Syd Barrett, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop and The Stooges, The Sex Pistols, Ozzy Osbourne, The Ramones, Joan Jett, Talking Heads, Roxy Music, Thin Lizzy, Geordie, Mötley Crüe, Blondie and Third Eye Blind. Often referred to as "The Man Who Shot the Seventies", he shot most of the memorable photos of Bowie as Ziggy Stardust in his capacity as Bowie's official photographer. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mick Rock has received more than 385,084 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Mick Rock is the 109th most popular photographer, the 4,018th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 6th most popular British Photographer.
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Among photographers, Mick Rock ranks 109 out of 105. Before him are Ilse Bing, Sally Mann, Helen Levitt, Annemarie Heinrich, Bert Stern, and Francesca Woodman. After him are Karl Struss, Rineke Dijkstra, Sanja Iveković, Mary Ellen Mark, David LaChapelle, and Frank Hurley.
1899 - 1998
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 103
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 104
1913 - 2009
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 105
1912 - 2005
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 106
1929 - 2013
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 107
1958 - 1981
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 108
1948 - 2021
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 109
1886 - 1981
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 110
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.58
Rank: 111
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 112
1940 - 2015
HPI: 44.00
Rank: 113
1963 - Present
HPI: 44.00
Rank: 114
1885 - 1962
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 115
Among people born in 1948, Mick Rock ranks 469. Before him are Nancy Kress, Enriqueta Basilio, Giuseppe Petrocchi, Marc Okrand, David H. Levy, and Richard Sinclair. After him are Pekka Vasala, Pedro Artola, Carme Riera, Rita Barberá, Mamoru Mohri, and Ștefan Birtalan. Among people deceased in 2021, Mick Rock ranks 517. Before him are Moudud Ahmed, Giovanni Zucchi, Cornelius Sim, Enrique Chazarreta, Jacques Zimako, and Svante Thuresson. After him are Kinza Clodumar, Terry Cooper, Igor Zhelezovski, Mark Eaton, Tomoyasu Asaoka, and Jeannette Altwegg.
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 463
1948 - 2019
HPI: 44.82
Rank: 464
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.80
Rank: 465
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.76
Rank: 466
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 467
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.71
Rank: 468
1948 - 2021
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 469
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 470
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 471
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.60
Rank: 472
1948 - 2016
HPI: 44.59
Rank: 473
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.59
Rank: 474
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.59
Rank: 475
1940 - 2021
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 511
1931 - 2021
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 512
1951 - 2021
HPI: 44.80
Rank: 513
1947 - 2021
HPI: 44.71
Rank: 514
1951 - 2021
HPI: 44.68
Rank: 515
1937 - 2021
HPI: 44.68
Rank: 516
1948 - 2021
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 517
1945 - 2021
HPI: 44.55
Rank: 518
1944 - 2021
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 519
1963 - 2021
HPI: 44.42
Rank: 520
1957 - 2021
HPI: 44.42
Rank: 521
1962 - 2021
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 522
1930 - 2021
HPI: 44.27
Rank: 523
Among people born in United Kingdom, Mick Rock ranks 4,018 out of 7,765. Before him are John Loder (1898), Christopher Cockerell (1910), Carole Shelley (1939), Theo Walcott (1989), Juliet Mills (1941), and Michael Frayn (1933). After him are William Hopkins (1793), David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905), Scott Speedman (1975), H. B. Warner (1876), Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood (1880), and Thomas Campion (1567).
1898 - 1988
HPI: 44.68
Rank: 4,012
1910 - 1999
HPI: 44.67
Rank: 4,013
1939 - 2018
HPI: 44.67
Rank: 4,014
1989 - Present
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 4,015
1941 - Present
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 4,016
1933 - Present
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 4,017
1948 - 2021
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 4,018
1793 - 1866
HPI: 44.64
Rank: 4,019
1905 - 1981
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 4,020
1975 - Present
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 4,021
1876 - 1958
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 4,022
1880 - 1959
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 4,023
1567 - 1620
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 4,024
Among photographers born in United Kingdom, Mick Rock ranks 6. Before him are Eadweard Muybridge (1830), Roger Fenton (1819), Cecil Beaton (1904), Henry Peach Robinson (1830), and David Bailey (1938). After him are Allan Warren (1948).
1830 - 1904
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 1
1819 - 1869
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 2
1904 - 1980
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 3
1830 - 1901
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 4
1938 - Present
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 5
1948 - 2021
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 6
1948 - Present
HPI: 43.17
Rank: 7