1953 - Today
Michael Gordon Oldfield (born 15 May 1953) is a British musician, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter best known for his debut studio album Tubular Bells (1973), which became an unexpected critical and commercial success and propelled him to worldwide fame. Though primarily a guitarist, Oldfield is known for playing a range of instruments, which includes keyboards and percussion, and doing vocals. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mike Oldfield has received more than 2,393,162 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Mike Oldfield is the 99th most popular musician (up from 113th in 2019), the 459th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 474th in 2019) and the 32nd 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 99 out of 2,675. Before him are John Dowland, Sid Vicious, Victor Borge, Gary Moore, Charlie Watts, and Hans von Bülow. After him are Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Buddy Holly, Gheorghe Zamfir, Paul Mauriat, Glenn Miller, and Andrés Segovia.
1563 - 1626
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 93
1957 - 1979
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 94
1909 - 2000
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 95
1952 - 2011
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 96
1941 - Present
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 97
1830 - 1894
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 98
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 99
1644 - 1704
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 100
1936 - 1959
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 101
1941 - Present
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 102
1925 - 2006
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 103
1904 - 1944
HPI: 73.08
Rank: 104
1893 - 1987
HPI: 73.03
Rank: 105
Among people born in 1953, Mike Oldfield ranks 17. Before him are Richard Stallman, Isabelle Huppert, Richard Clayderman, Tony Blair, Jim Jarmusch, and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. After him are Paul Allen, John Malkovich, Hulk Hogan, Teresa Teng, Peter Stormare, and Nigel Mansell.
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 11
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 12
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 13
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.82
Rank: 14
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 15
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 16
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 17
1953 - 2018
HPI: 73.32
Rank: 18
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.10
Rank: 19
1953 - Present
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 20
1953 - 1995
HPI: 72.58
Rank: 21
1953 - Present
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 22
1953 - Present
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 23
Among people born in United Kingdom, Mike Oldfield ranks 459 out of 6,924. Before him are Roger Penrose (1931), Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1943), Æthelflæd (869), Edward the Confessor (1003), Donald Winnicott (1896), and Thomas Bayes (1702). After him are John le Carré (1931), Graham Hill (1929), John Smith (1580), Morrissey (1959), Donald Pleasence (1919), and John Hicks (1904).
1931 - Present
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 453
1943 - Present
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 454
869 - 918
HPI: 73.38
Rank: 455
1003 - 1066
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 456
1896 - 1971
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 457
1702 - 1761
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 458
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 459
1931 - 2020
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 460
1929 - 1975
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 461
1580 - 1631
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 462
1959 - Present
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 463
1919 - 1995
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 464
1904 - 1989
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 465
Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Mike Oldfield ranks 32. Before him are Angus Young (1955), Robert Fripp (1946), John Dowland (1563), Sid Vicious (1957), Gary Moore (1952), and Charlie Watts (1941). After him are John Bonham (1948), Tony Iommi (1948), Chris Slade (1946), Malcolm Young (1953), George Martin (1926), and Nick Mason (1944).
1955 - Present
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 26
1946 - Present
HPI: 73.96
Rank: 27
1563 - 1626
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 28
1957 - 1979
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 29
1952 - 2011
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 30
1941 - Present
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 31
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 32
1948 - 1980
HPI: 73.01
Rank: 33
1948 - Present
HPI: 72.62
Rank: 34
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 35
1953 - 2017
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 36
1926 - 2016
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 37
1944 - Present
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 38