1941 - Today
Paul Albert Anka (born July 30, 1941) is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter and actor. He is best known for his signature hit songs including "Diana", "Lonely Boy", "Put Your Head on My Shoulder", and "(You're) Having My Baby". Anka also wrote the theme for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson; one of Tom Jones' biggest hits, "She's a Lady"; and the English lyrics to Claude François and Jacques Revaux's music for Frank Sinatra's signature song "My Way", which has been recorded by many, including Elvis Presley. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Anka has received more than 8,245,827 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Paul Anka is the 156th most popular singer (down from 114th in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from Canada (down from 27th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Canadian Singer.
Paul Anka is most famous for his song, "Puppy Love," which he wrote when he was 14 years old.
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Among singers, Paul Anka ranks 156 out of 3,528. Before him are Tony Bennett, Gilbert Bécaud, Dr. Dre, Feodor Chaliapin, Ibrahim Ferrer, and Chris Norman. After him are Mirella Freni, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Chester Bennington, John Denver, Bob Geldof, and Alessandro Moreschi.
1926 - Present
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 150
1927 - 2001
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 151
1965 - Present
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 152
1873 - 1938
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 153
1927 - 2005
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 154
1950 - Present
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 155
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 156
1935 - 2020
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 157
1925 - 2012
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 158
1976 - 2017
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 159
1943 - 1997
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 160
1951 - Present
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 161
1858 - 1922
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 162
Among people born in 1941, Paul Anka ranks 66. Before him are Dan Shechtman, Otis Redding, Pete Best, Ray Tomlinson, Milan Kučan, and Franco Columbu. After him are Claudine Auger, Igor Smirnov, Mohamed Ghannouchi, Toyo Ito, Louis Ignarro, and Neil Diamond.
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 60
1941 - 1967
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 61
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 62
1941 - 2016
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 63
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 64
1941 - 2019
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 65
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 66
1941 - 2019
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 67
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 68
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 69
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 70
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 71
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 72
Among people born in Canada, Paul Anka ranks 39 out of 1,350. Before him are Howard Shore (1946), Henry Mintzberg (1939), Richard E. Taylor (1929), René Angélil (1942), William Giauque (1895), and Joni Mitchell (1943). After him are Bertram Brockhouse (1918), Denis Villeneuve (1967), Mary Pickford (1892), Jim Peebles (1935), Charles Brenton Huggins (1901), and Lois Maxwell (1927).
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 33
1939 - Present
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 34
1929 - 2018
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 35
1942 - 2016
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 36
1895 - 1982
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 37
1943 - Present
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 38
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 39
1918 - 2003
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 40
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 41
1892 - 1979
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 42
1935 - Present
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 43
1901 - 1997
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 44
1927 - 2007
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 45
Among singers born in Canada, Paul Anka ranks 3. Before him are Celine Dion (1968) and Bryan Adams (1959). After him are Drake (1986), Mylène Farmer (1961), Justin Bieber (1994), Denny Doherty (1940), Shania Twain (1965), Nelly Furtado (1978), Shawn Mendes (1998), Michael Bublé (1975), and Alanis Morissette (1974).
1968 - Present
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 1
1959 - Present
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 2
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 3
1986 - Present
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 4
1961 - Present
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 5
1994 - Present
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 6
1940 - 2007
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 7
1965 - Present
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 8
1978 - Present
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 9
1998 - Present
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 10
1975 - Present
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 11
1974 - Present
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 12