David Knopfler's Birth Card: The 4 of Hearts

In the record

David Knopfler (born 27 December 1952) is a British musician. The birth-card coordinate for December 27 is the 4 of Hearts — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2018 Performers with Dire Straits induction.

Rock Hall record

• 2018 Performers — inducted member of Dire Straits

The 4 of Hearts coordinate

David Knopfler's birthday maps to the 4 of Hearts (The Emotional Foundation Builder). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame vote and not a verdict on David Knopfler. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You build a home people can count on, and you leave enough air for feeling to move.

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David Knopfler in the public record

Together with his older brother Mark Knopfler, John Illsley, and Pick Withers, he founded the rock band Dire Straits in 1977, serving as rhythm guitarist on their first two albums. After quitting the band in 1980 during the recording of their third album, Knopfler embarked upon a solo career as a recording artist. Knopfler was born in Glasgow, to an English mother, Louisa Mary (née Laidler), a teacher, and a Hungarian Jewish father, Erwin Knopfler, an architect. When Knopfler was four, his family moved to Newcastle upon Tyne, where he grew up and later attended Gosforth Grammar School. By the age of 11, Knopfler owned a guitar, a piano and a drum kit, and by 14 he was playing and singing his own compositions in folk clubs. After graduating from Bristol Polytechnic with an honours degree in Economics, Knopfler became a social worker in London. Knopfler is married to the former American art professor Leslie Stroz, who illustrates much of David's CD artwork. He lives with his family in Wolborough, which is a parish of Newton Abbott in Devon.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article David Knopfler (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 4 of Hearts

A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about David Knopfler, and not a forecast of induction.

Building reliable emotional foundations and trust

Knopfler was born in Glasgow, to an English mother, Louisa Mary (née Laidler), a teacher, and a Hungarian Jewish father, Erwin Knopfler, an architect.

Paired on relationship and feeling — the domain ♥ governs in this system. Markers in the record: father, mother.

Also on the record

1. Knopfler was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2023 Teignbridge District Council election, in which he stood as a representative for the South Devon Alliance.
2. Knopfler introduced his older brother, guitarist Mark Knopfler, to his bassist flatmate John Illsley.
3. After gaining the interest of drummer Pick Withers, the four founded the rock band Dire Straits.
4. One of Mark's friends came up with the band's name, which was supposedly a reference to their financial situation at the time the band was beginning to gain notice in the music industry.

Other inductees with this card

• Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz — 2012 Performers with Beastie Boys
• Denny Doherty — 1998 Performers with The Mamas & the Papas
• Felix Cavaliere — 1997 Performers with The (Young) Rascals
• Michael Dempsey — 2019 Performers with The Cure
• Mick Jones — 2024 Performers with Foreigner
• Mike Pinder — 2018 Performers with The Moody Blues

FAQ

What is David Knopfler's birth card?

The 4 of Hearts. December 27 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Rock Hall induction?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast awards, character, or fate.

Where do David Knopfler's dates come from?

Birth date 1952-12-27 is the day-precision date on David Knopfler's Wikipedia infobox, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Inductee identity comes from the Wikipedia Performers list, which cites RockHall.com. Year-only dates and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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