1959 - Today
Steven Patrick Morrissey (; born 22 May 1959), known professionally as Morrissey, is an English singer, songwriter, and author. He came to prominence as the frontman of rock band the Smiths, who were active from 1982 to 1987. Since then, he has pursued a successful solo career. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Morrissey has received more than 8,840,742 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Morrissey is the 95th most popular singer (down from 88th in 2019), the 462nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 436th in 2019) and the 13th most popular British Singer.
Morrissey is most famous for being the lead singer of the rock band The Smiths.
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Among singers, Morrissey ranks 95 out of 3,541. Before him are Dolly Parton, Gwen Stefani, Kenny Rogers, Lys Assia, Diana Ross, and Mercedes Sosa. After him are France Gall, Yma Sumac, Mirella Freni, Donna Summer, Roy Orbison, and Rihanna.
1946 - Present
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 89
1969 - Present
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 90
1938 - 2020
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 91
1924 - 2018
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 92
1944 - Present
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 93
1935 - 2009
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 94
1959 - Present
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 95
1947 - 2018
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 96
1923 - 2008
HPI: 73.27
Rank: 97
1935 - 2020
HPI: 73.25
Rank: 98
1948 - 2012
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 99
1936 - 1988
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 100
1988 - Present
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 101
Among people born in 1959, Morrissey ranks 4. Before him are Luc Besson, Kevin Spacey, and Carlo Ancelotti. After him are Jens Stoltenberg, Emma Thompson, Magic Johnson, Evo Morales, John McEnroe, Klaus Iohannis, Maurizio Sarri, and Hugh Laurie.
1959 - Present
HPI: 74.47
Rank: 1
1959 - Present
HPI: 74.08
Rank: 2
1959 - Present
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 3
1959 - Present
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 4
1959 - Present
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 5
1959 - Present
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 6
1959 - Present
HPI: 73.08
Rank: 7
1959 - Present
HPI: 72.78
Rank: 8
1959 - Present
HPI: 72.21
Rank: 9
1959 - Present
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 10
1959 - Present
HPI: 71.79
Rank: 11
1959 - Present
HPI: 71.74
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Morrissey ranks 462 out of 6,924. Before him are Donald Winnicott (1896), Thomas Bayes (1702), Mike Oldfield (1953), John le Carré (1931), Graham Hill (1929), and John Smith (1580). After him are Donald Pleasence (1919), John Hicks (1904), Christian de Duve (1917), Sam Neill (1947), William Ewart Gladstone (1809), and Richard Arkwright (1732).
1896 - 1971
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 456
1702 - 1761
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 457
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 458
1931 - 2020
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 459
1929 - 1975
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 460
1580 - 1631
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 461
1959 - Present
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 462
1919 - 1995
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 463
1904 - 1989
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 464
1917 - 2013
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 465
1947 - Present
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 466
1809 - 1898
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 467
1732 - 1792
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 468
Among singers born in United Kingdom, Morrissey ranks 13. Before him are Marianne Faithfull (1946), Rod Stewart (1945), George Michael (1963), Ian Gillan (1945), Bonnie Tyler (1951), and Robert Plant (1948). After him are Kate Bush (1958), Peter Gabriel (1950), Annie Lennox (1954), Bruce Dickinson (1958), Tom Jones (1940), and Eric Burdon (1941).
1946 - Present
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 7
1945 - Present
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 8
1963 - 2016
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 9
1945 - Present
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 10
1951 - Present
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 11
1948 - Present
HPI: 73.71
Rank: 12
1959 - Present
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 13
1958 - Present
HPI: 72.79
Rank: 14
1950 - Present
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 15
1954 - Present
HPI: 71.80
Rank: 16
1958 - Present
HPI: 71.48
Rank: 17
1940 - Present
HPI: 71.29
Rank: 18
1941 - Present
HPI: 70.84
Rank: 19