1953 - Today
Michael Gordon Oldfield (born 15 May 1953) is an English musician, songwriter, and producer best known for his debut studio album Tubular Bells (1973), which became an unexpected critical and commercial success. Though primarily a guitarist, Oldfield plays a range of instruments, which includes keyboards and percussion, as well as vocals. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mike Oldfield has received more than 4,020,236 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia. Mike Oldfield is the 103rd most popular musician (down from 99th in 2019), the 455th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 458th in 2019) and the 29th most popular British Musician.
Mike Oldfield is most famous for his album Tubular Bells, which was the soundtrack to the 1973 horror film The Exorcist.
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Among musicians, Mike Oldfield ranks 103 out of 2,662. Before him are Gary Moore, Ludovico Einaudi, Glenn Miller, Bill Evans, Paul Mauriat, and Nat King Cole. After him are Henryk Wieniawski, Buddy Holly, Fernando Sor, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Nadia Boulanger, and Lady Gaga.
1952 - 2011
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 97
1955 - Present
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 98
1904 - 1944
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 99
1929 - 1980
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 100
1925 - 2006
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 101
1919 - 1965
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 102
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 103
1835 - 1880
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 104
1936 - 1959
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 105
1778 - 1839
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 106
1644 - 1704
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 107
1887 - 1979
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 108
1986 - Present
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 109
Among people born in 1953, Mike Oldfield ranks 21. Before him are Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Richard Stallman, Benazir Bhutto, Tony Blair, Thomas Bach, and Anders Fogh Rasmussen. After him are Hulk Hogan, Jim Jarmusch, Teresa Teng, Nigel Mansell, Carlos Queiroz, and Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
1953 - Present
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 15
1953 - Present
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 16
1953 - 2007
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 17
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 18
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 19
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 20
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 21
1953 - Present
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 22
1953 - Present
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 23
1953 - 1995
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 24
1953 - Present
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 25
1953 - Present
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 26
1953 - Present
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 27
Among people born in United Kingdom, Mike Oldfield ranks 455 out of 7,765. Before him are Charles Dance (1946), Morrissey (1959), Sweyn II of Denmark (1020), Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (1863), Robert Plant (1948), and William Shockley (1910). After him are Tony Scott (1944), James Callaghan (1912), William Kidd (1645), Mary Anning (1799), Caroline Matilda of Great Britain (1751), and John Knox (1514).
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 449
1959 - Present
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 450
1020 - 1076
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 451
1863 - 1950
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 452
1948 - Present
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 453
1910 - 1989
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 454
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 455
1944 - 2012
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 456
1912 - 2005
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 457
1645 - 1701
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 458
1799 - 1847
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 459
1751 - 1775
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 460
1514 - 1572
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 461
Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Mike Oldfield ranks 29. Before him are Syd Barrett (1946), Jon Lord (1941), Robert Fripp (1946), Richard Wright (1943), Angus Young (1955), and Gary Moore (1952). After him are John Bonham (1948), Ronnie Wood (1947), John Dowland (1563), Sid Vicious (1957), Bill Wyman (1936), and Stuart Sutcliffe (1940).
1946 - 2006
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 23
1941 - 2012
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 24
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 25
1943 - 2008
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 26
1955 - Present
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 27
1952 - 2011
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 28
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 29
1948 - 1980
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 30
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 31
1563 - 1626
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 32
1957 - 1979
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 33
1936 - Present
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 34
1940 - 1962
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 35