1959 - Today
Simon Phillip Cowell (; born 7 October 1959) is an English television personality, entrepreneur and record executive. He is the creator of The X Factor and Got Talent franchises and is the founder and sole owner of the British entertainment company Syco. He has judged on the British television talent competition series Pop Idol (2001–2003), The X Factor UK (2004–2010, 2014–2018) and Britain's Got Talent (2007–present), and the American television talent competition series 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 20,631,262 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia. Simon Cowell is the 10th most popular producer (down from 5th in 2019), the 945th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 730th 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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Among producers, Simon Cowell ranks 10 out of 89. Before him are Dino De Laurentiis, Phil Spector, René Angélil, Rick Rubin, Jerry Bruckheimer, and David O. Selznick. After him are Louis B. Mayer, Albert R. Broccoli, Joel Silver, Gene Roddenberry, Aaron Spelling, and William Fox.
1919 - 2010
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 4
1939 - 2021
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 5
1942 - 2016
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 6
1963 - Present
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 7
1943 - Present
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 8
1902 - 1965
HPI: 60.02
Rank: 9
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 10
1884 - 1957
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 11
1909 - 1996
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 12
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 13
1921 - 1991
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 14
1923 - 2006
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 15
1879 - 1952
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 16
Among people born in 1959, Simon Cowell ranks 31. Before him are John McEnroe, Boris Nemtsov, Mike Pence, Sam Raimi, Florence Griffith Joyner, and Inger Nilsson. After him are Ahmet Davutoğlu, Milorad Dodik, Frank Darabont, Vincent D'Onofrio, Gerhard Berger, and Ramón Díaz.
1959 - Present
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 25
1959 - 2015
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 26
1959 - Present
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 27
1959 - Present
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 28
1959 - 1998
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 29
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 30
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 31
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 32
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 33
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 34
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 35
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 36
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 37
Among people born in United Kingdom, Simon Cowell ranks 945 out of 7,765. Before him are John Tenniel (1820), Orlando Bloom (1977), Arthur Hailey (1920), Desmond Morris (1928), Susan Boyle (1961), and Charles Scott Sherrington (1952). After him are Thomas De Quincey (1785), Anne Hyde (1637), Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (1982), John Berger (1926), John Hawkwood (1320), and Michael Palin (1943).
1820 - 1914
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 939
1977 - Present
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 940
1920 - 2004
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 941
1928 - Present
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 942
1961 - Present
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 943
1952 - 1952
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 944
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 945
1785 - 1859
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 946
1637 - 1671
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 947
1982 - Present
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 948
1926 - 2017
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 949
1320 - 1394
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 950
1943 - Present
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 951
Among producers born in United Kingdom, Simon Cowell ranks 1. After him are David Heyman (1961), Emma Thomas (1971), Mark Ronson (1975), and Eric Fellner (1959).
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 1
1961 - Present
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 2
1971 - Present
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 3
1975 - Present
HPI: 42.74
Rank: 4
1959 - Present
HPI: 34.05
Rank: 5