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Alan Johnston

1962 - Today

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Alan Graham Johnston (born 17 May 1962) is a British journalist working for the BBC. He has been the BBC's correspondent in Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, the Gaza Strip and Italy. He is based in London. Johnston was kidnapped in the Gaza Strip on 12 March 2007 by the militant group Army of Islam. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Johnston has received more than 120,746 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Alan Johnston is the 169th most popular journalist (down from 122nd in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from Tanzania (down from 28th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Tanzanian Journalist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Alan Johnston ranks 169 out of 196. Before him are Tim Russert, Jemima Goldsmith, Michael Wolff, Nina García, Katie Piper, and Lise Rønne. After him are Claas Relotius, Natalia Morar, Eliot Higgins, Katsiaryna Barysevich, Andrew Breitbart, and Victoria Marinova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Alan Johnston ranks 847. Before him are Angela Bailey, Michele Greene, Gregory H. Johnson, Masamitsu Kanemoto, Mark Begich, and Asha Haji Elmi. After him are Jill Talley, Stavros Lambrinidis, Jeff Turner, Lisa P. Jackson, Jack Pierce, and Jamie Raskin.

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In Tanzania

Among people born in Tanzania, Alan Johnston ranks 36 out of 39. Before him are Anna Tibaijuka (1950), Vicky Ntetema (1959), Mbwana Samatta (1992), Hasheem Thabeet (1987), Christine Prinsloo (1952), and David Adjaye (1966). After him are Elizabeth Mrema (1957), Ida Ljungqvist (1981), Chipo Chung (1977), Alphonce Simbu (1992), Gergely Salim (null), and Gabriel Geay (1996).

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Among JOURNALISTS In Tanzania

Among journalists born in Tanzania, Alan Johnston ranks 2. Before him are Vicky Ntetema (1959).

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