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Mark Knopfler is a singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer (United Kingdom).
Mark Freuder Knopfler (born 12 August 1949) is a British musician. He was the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of the rock band Dire Straits from 1977 to 1995. He pursued a solo career after the band dissolved, and is now an independent artist. Knopfler was born in Glasgow, and raised in Blyth, near Newcastle. After graduating from the University of Leeds and working for three years as a college lecturer, Knopfler co-founded Dire Straits with his younger brother, David Knopfler. The band recorded six albums, including Brothers in Arms (1985), one of the best-selling albums in history. After Dire Straits disbanded in 1995, Knopfler began a solo career, and has produced ten solo albums to date. He has composed and produced film scores for nine films, including Local Hero (1983), Cal (1984), The Princess Bride (1987), Wag the Dog (1997) and Altamira (2016).
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| Born | 12 August 1949 |
| Profession | singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Educated at | University of Leeds, Gosforth Academy, Harlow College |
| Spouse | Kitty Aldridge |
| Children | Katya Ruby Rose Knopfler |
| Awards | Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance, Grammy Award for Best Immersive Audio Album, Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals, Officer of the Order of the British Empire |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Pisces |
| Nakshatra | Uttara Bhadrapada (Pada 3) |
| Sun Sign | Cancer |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Capricorn |
| Birth data reliability | Reference |
Birth details come from a published reference (source: Internet) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 126 singers with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 15 of them (12%) have the Moon in Pisces, like Mark Knopfler, and 6 (5%) share the Uttara Bhadrapada Nakshatra — the #5 most common Moon Nakshatra among singers, where Swati leads with 12 (10%).
For scale, an even spread would put about 3.7% in each of the 27 Nakshatras and 8.3% in each Moon sign. These are simple counts from our dataset, not a prediction.
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Mark Knopfler was born on 12 August 1949. Birth details come from a published reference (source: Internet) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Mark Knopfler's Moon sign (Rashi) is Pisces and the Nakshatra is Uttara Bhadrapada, pada 3, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
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