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Simon Cowell

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Simon Phillip Cowell (; born 7 October 1959) is an English television personality, entrepreneur, and record executive. He has judged on the British television talent competition shows Pop Idol (2001–2003), The X Factor UK (2004–2010, 2014–2018), and Britain's Got Talent (2007–present), as well as the American television talent competition shows American Idol (2002–2010), The X Factor US (2011–2013), and America's Got Talent (2016–present). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simon Cowell has received more than 24,162,841 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Simon Cowell is the 9th most popular producer (up from 10th in 2019), the 865th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 944th in 2019) and the most popular British Producer.

Simon Cowell is most famous for being a judge on the TV show American Idol.

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  • 24M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PRODUCERS

Among producers, Simon Cowell ranks 9 out of 140Before him are Carlo Ponti, Rick Rubin, Dino De Laurentiis, René Angélil, Jerry Bruckheimer, and Phil Spector. After him are David O. Selznick, Aaron Spelling, Toshio Suzuki, Gene Roddenberry, Louis B. Mayer, and Irving Thalberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Simon Cowell ranks 35Before him are John McEnroe, Inger Nilsson, William Lai, Ramón Díaz, Ahmet Davutoğlu, and Abdullah of Pahang. After him are Kelly Lynch, Vahagn Khachaturyan, Michel Preud'homme, Florence Griffith Joyner, Sarah, Duchess of York, and Li Qiang.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Simon Cowell ranks 865 out of 8,785Before him are Thomas Cavendish (1560), Malcolm IV of Scotland (1141), George Canning (1770), Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443), James Gregory (1638), and Andy Serkis (1964). After him are Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428), Nevill Francis Mott (1905), Boris Karloff (1887), Rishi Sunak (1980), Daniel Burley Woolfall (1852), and Frederick Griffith (1879).

Among PRODUCERS In United Kingdom

Among producers born in United Kingdom, Simon Cowell ranks 1After him are Walter Legge (1906), David Heyman (1961), Chris Blackwell (1937), Emma Thomas (1971), Mark Ronson (1975), David Barron (1954), Peter Safran (1965), Hugh Padgham (1955), Miles Millar (1967), and Eric Fellner (1959).