Simon Cowell

A bitchy British personality whose heinous but often hilariously honest comments have dashed the dreams of thousands of wannabe singers, Cowell was a successful music producer before being tapped in 2...
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10/06/1959
Brighton, England
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Costarred as a judge alongside Sharon Osbourne for the UK talent-competition series The X Factor.
Ranked No. 33 on the 100 Worst Britons We Love to Hate list on the UK's Channel 4 network in 2003.
Penned the 2003 book I Don't Mean to Be Rude, But... : Backstage Gossip from American Idol and the Secrets that Can Make You a Star.
Started out as a clerk in the mail room of EMI Music.
Launched his own record label, Fanfare, in the '80s and produced his first hit, "So Macho," with singer Sinitta.