1932 - Today
Petula Clark CBE (born 15 November 1932) is a British singer, actress, and songwriter. She started her professional career as a child performer and has had the longest career of any British entertainer, spanning more than 81 years. Clark's professional career began during the Second World War as a child entertainer on BBC Radio. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Petula Clark has received more than 5,207,228 page views. Her biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Petula Clark is the 193rd most popular singer (up from 195th in 2019), the 833rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 851st in 2019) and the 24th most popular British Singer.
Petula Clark is most famous for her song "Downtown."
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Among singers, Petula Clark ranks 193 out of 3,528. Before her are Desireless, George Benson, Etta James, Franco Corelli, Marie-Louise O'Murphy, and Astrud Gilberto. After her are Drake, Udo Jürgens, Sam Cooke, Mariska Veres, Lara Fabian, and Mario Del Monaco.
1952 - Present
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 187
1943 - Present
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 188
1938 - 2012
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 189
1921 - 2003
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 190
1737 - 1814
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 191
1940 - 2023
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 192
1932 - Present
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 193
1986 - Present
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 194
1934 - 2014
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 195
1931 - 1964
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 196
1947 - 2006
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 197
1970 - Present
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 198
1915 - 1982
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 199
Among people born in 1932, Petula Clark ranks 70. Before her are Pier Angeli, Sheldon Lee Glashow, David Scott, Sonny Liston, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, and Thomas Klestil. After her are Walter Gilbert, Rainer Weiss, Naina Yeltsina, Fernando Arrabal, Emmanuelle Arsan, and Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani.
1932 - 1971
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 64
1932 - Present
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 65
1932 - Present
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 66
1932 - 1970
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 67
1932 - 2007
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 68
1932 - 2004
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 69
1932 - Present
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 70
1932 - Present
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 71
1932 - Present
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 72
1932 - Present
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 73
1932 - Present
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 74
1932 - 2005
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 75
1932 - 2016
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 76
Among people born in United Kingdom, Petula Clark ranks 833 out of 7,765. Before her are W. O. Bentley (1888), Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (1982), Edmund Spenser (1552), Charles Vane (1680), Daniel Rutherford (1749), and Pete Townshend (1945). After her are Osborne Reynolds (1842), Joseph Chamberlain (1836), Malcolm IV of Scotland (1141), John Hanning Speke (1827), William Webb Ellis (1806), and Colin Maclaurin (1698).
1888 - 1971
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 827
1982 - Present
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 828
1552 - 1599
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 829
1680 - 1721
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 830
1749 - 1819
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 831
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 832
1932 - Present
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 833
1842 - 1912
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 834
1836 - 1914
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 835
1141 - 1165
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 836
1827 - 1864
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 837
1806 - 1872
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 838
1698 - 1746
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 839
Among singers born in United Kingdom, Petula Clark ranks 24. Before her are Tom Jones (1940), Bruce Dickinson (1958), Chris Norman (1950), Chris Rea (1951), David Coverdale (1951), and Bryan Ferry (1945). After her are Rob Halford (1951), Dave Gahan (1962), Dua Lipa (1995), Sarah Brightman (1960), Susan Boyle (1961), and Robbie Williams (1974).
1940 - Present
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 18
1958 - Present
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 19
1950 - Present
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 20
1951 - Present
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 21
1951 - Present
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 22
1945 - Present
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 23
1932 - Present
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 24
1951 - Present
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 25
1962 - Present
HPI: 60.02
Rank: 26
1995 - Present
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 27
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 28
1961 - Present
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 29
1974 - Present
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 30