1967 - Today
Paul John Gascoigne (, born 27 May 1967), nicknamed Gazza, is an English former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Regarded as one of the best playmakers of his generation and one of the best English footballers of all time, Gascoigne is described by the National Football Museum as "widely recognised as the most naturally talented English footballer of his generation". Gascoigne was immensely popular during his playing career, with television broadcaster Terry Wogan calling him "probably the most popular man in Britain today" in September 1990, and public interest in and adoration for him came to be known as "Gazzamania".Born and raised in Gateshead, Gascoigne signed schoolboy terms with Newcastle United, before turning professional with the club in 1984. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Gascoigne has received more than 7,788,445 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Gascoigne is the 660th most popular soccer player (up from 863rd in 2019), the 1,727th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,963rd in 2019) and the 37th most popular British Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Paul Gascoigne ranks 660 out of 16,880. Before him are Marco Tardelli, Míchel, Aad de Mos, Karl Rappan, Kikuzo Kisaka, and Antonio de la Cruz. After him are Eric Abidal, Mario Gómez, Shigeru Takahashi, Luca Toni, Enzo Scifo, and Gianluca Pagliuca.
1954 - Present
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 654
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 655
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 656
1905 - 1996
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 657
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 658
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 659
1967 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 660
1979 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 661
1985 - Present
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 662
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 663
1977 - Present
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 664
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 665
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 666
Among people born in 1967, Paul Gascoigne ranks 54. Before him are Yingluck Shinawatra, Bjørn Dæhlie, Naim Süleymanoğlu, Mathieu Kassovitz, Liev Schreiber, and Eddie Guerrero. After him are Rufus Sewell, Bodo Illgner, Andreas Möller, Miranda Otto, Kate Walsh, and Jeanine Áñez.
1967 - Present
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 48
1967 - Present
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 49
1967 - 2017
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 50
1967 - Present
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 51
1967 - Present
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 52
1967 - 2005
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 53
1967 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 54
1967 - Present
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 55
1967 - Present
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 56
1967 - Present
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 57
1967 - Present
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 58
1967 - Present
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 59
1967 - Present
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 60
Among people born in United Kingdom, Paul Gascoigne ranks 1,727 out of 7,765. Before him are Robert Morrison (1782), J. Lee Thompson (1914), Dixie Dean (1907), Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom (1768), Rick Parfitt (1948), and John Watson (1946). After him are Nell Gwyn (1650), John Hannah (1962), Henry More (1614), Charles Hatchett (1765), Tobias Smollett (1721), and Cenwalh of Wessex (601).
1782 - 1834
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 1,721
1914 - 2002
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 1,722
1907 - 1980
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 1,723
1768 - 1840
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 1,724
1948 - 2016
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 1,725
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 1,726
1967 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 1,727
1650 - 1687
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 1,728
1962 - Present
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 1,729
1614 - 1687
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 1,730
1765 - 1847
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 1,731
1721 - 1771
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 1,732
601 - 672
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 1,733
Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Paul Gascoigne ranks 37. Before him are Roger Hunt (1938), Paul Scholes (1974), Michael Owen (1979), Phil Jones (1992), Geoff Hurst (1941), and Dixie Dean (1907). After him are Bill Foulkes (1932), Alf Ramsey (1920), Ian Callaghan (1942), Jack Charlton (1935), Erling Braut Håland (2000), and Billy Wright (1924).
1938 - 2021
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 31
1974 - Present
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 32
1979 - Present
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 33
1992 - Present
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 34
1941 - Present
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 35
1907 - 1980
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 36
1967 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 37
1932 - 2013
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 38
1920 - 1999
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 39
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 40
1935 - 2020
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 41
2000 - Present
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 42
1924 - 1994
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 43