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Simon Cowell

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Simon Phillip Cowell (; born 7 October 1959) is an English television personality and businessman. 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). Cowell founded the British entertainment company Syco Entertainment in 2005, as well as its defunct predecessor, Syco Music (also known as S Records) in 2002. After some success in the 1980s and 1990s as a record producer, talent agent and consultant in the British music industry, Cowell came to public prominence in 2001 as a judge on Pop Idol, a television show which he and its creator Simon Fuller successfully pitched to ITV Controller of Entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Simon Cowell is the 9th most popular producer, the 937th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 866th 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

Among producers, Simon Cowell ranks 9 out of 140. Before him are Carlo Ponti, Kathleen Kennedy, Robert Evans, Rick Rubin, Dino De Laurentiis, and René Angélil. After him are Jerry Bruckheimer, Phil Spector, David O. Selznick, Louis B. Mayer, Toshio Suzuki, and Joseph M. Schenck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Simon Cowell ranks 35. Before him are Michael Kors, Ahmet Davutoğlu, Luciano Spalletti, Robert Knepper, Vahagn Khachaturyan, and Maurizio Sarri. After him are The Ultimate Warrior, János Áder, Kyle MacLachlan, John McEnroe, John Magufuli, and Magic Johnson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Simon Cowell ranks 937 out of 8,785. Before him are William Parry (1790), E. H. Carr (1892), John Harrison (1693), Jim Broadbent (1949), Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset (1499), and Rob Halford (1951). After him are Thomas Hill Green (1836), Tom Wilkinson (1948), Thomas Cook (1808), Ray Milland (1907), Ann Radcliffe (1764), and John Fowles (1926).

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Among PRODUCERS In United Kingdom

Among producers born in United Kingdom, Simon Cowell ranks 1. After 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), Eric Fellner (1959), and Miles Millar (1967).

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