1974 - Today
Paul Scholes (born 16 November 1974) is an English football coach, pundit, former player, and co-owner of Salford City. He spent his entire professional playing career with Manchester United, for whom he scored over 150 goals in more than 700 appearances between 1993 and 2013. He is widely regarded as one of the best midfielders of his generation and one of the greatest Manchester United players of all time.Scholes came through the Manchester United youth academy as one of Fergie's Fledglings, a group of players recruited by Manchester United under the management of Sir Alex Ferguson. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Scholes has received more than 4,770,198 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). Paul Scholes is the 602nd most popular soccer player (up from 764th in 2019), the 1,572nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,821st in 2019) and the 28th most popular British Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Paul Scholes ranks 602 out of 16,923. Before him are Abedi Pele, Gonzalo Higuaín, Isidro Lángara, Henri Michel, Manfred Kaltz, and Roger Byrne. After him are Silvio Marzolini, Philipp Lahm, Aldair, Manuel Sanchís Martínez, Lucien Muller, and Tatsuya Shiji.
1964 - Present
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 596
1987 - Present
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 597
1912 - 1992
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 598
1947 - 2018
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 599
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 600
1929 - 1958
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 601
1974 - Present
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 602
1940 - 2020
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 603
1983 - Present
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 604
1965 - Present
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 605
1938 - 2017
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 606
1934 - Present
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 607
1938 - Present
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 608
Among people born in 1974, Paul Scholes ranks 22. Before him are Bear Grylls, Eva Mendes, Hilary Swank, Camilla Läckberg, Laura Pausini, and Zé Roberto. After him are Mahershala Ali, Itziar Ituño, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Sharon den Adel, Elizabeth Banks, and Sébastien Loeb.
1974 - Present
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 16
1974 - Present
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 17
1974 - Present
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 18
1974 - Present
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 19
1974 - Present
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 20
1974 - Present
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 21
1974 - Present
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 22
1974 - Present
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 23
1974 - Present
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 24
1974 - Present
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 25
1974 - Present
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 26
1974 - Present
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 27
1974 - Present
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 28
Among people born in United Kingdom, Paul Scholes ranks 1,572 out of 6,924. Before him are Matthew Arnold (1822), Malcolm McLaren (1946), Elizabeth Siddal (1829), Elizabeth Hurley (1965), Sam Worthington (1976), and Roger Byrne (1929). After him are William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738), Elvis Costello (1954), Eileen Atkins (1934), Prince William, Duke of Gloucester (1689), Kate Sheppard (1848), and Alvin Lee (1944).
1822 - 1888
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 1,566
1946 - 2010
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 1,567
1829 - 1862
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 1,568
1965 - Present
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 1,569
1976 - Present
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 1,570
1929 - 1958
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 1,571
1974 - Present
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 1,572
1738 - 1809
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 1,573
1954 - Present
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 1,574
1934 - Present
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 1,575
1689 - 1700
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 1,576
1848 - 1934
HPI: 65.39
Rank: 1,577
1944 - 2013
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 1,578
Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Paul Scholes ranks 28. Before him are Wayne Rooney (1985), Ian Rush (1961), Herbert Kilpin (1870), Peter Bonetti (1941), Alan Shearer (1970), and Roger Byrne (1929). After him are William Foulke (1874), Michael Owen (1979), Geoff Hurst (1941), Dixie Dean (1907), Jimmy Savile (1926), and John Toshack (1949).
1985 - Present
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 22
1961 - Present
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 23
1870 - 1916
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 24
1941 - 2020
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 25
1970 - Present
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 26
1929 - 1958
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 27
1974 - Present
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 28
1874 - 1916
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 29
1979 - Present
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 30
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 31
1907 - 1980
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 32
1926 - 2011
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 33
1949 - Present
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 34