1962 - Today
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 109,825 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Johnston is the 123rd most popular journalist (down from 110th in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Tanzania (down from 20th in 2019) and the most popular Tanzanian Journalist.
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Among journalists, Alan Johnston ranks 123 out of 127. Before him are Martin Bashir, Bogna Koreng, Richard Corliss, Michael Wolff, Chris Cuomo, and Anastasia Baburova. After him are Vicky Ntetema, Natalia Morar, Zhanna Nemtsova, Frances Bean Cobain, Steven Sotloff, and Lise Rønne.
1963 - Present
HPI: 36.40
Rank: 117
1965 - Present
HPI: 36.13
Rank: 118
1944 - 2015
HPI: 35.75
Rank: 119
1953 - Present
HPI: 34.32
Rank: 120
1970 - Present
HPI: 34.05
Rank: 121
1983 - 2009
HPI: 33.98
Rank: 122
1962 - Present
HPI: 32.88
Rank: 123
1959 - Present
HPI: 32.38
Rank: 124
1984 - Present
HPI: 31.81
Rank: 125
1984 - Present
HPI: 31.77
Rank: 126
1992 - Present
HPI: 31.71
Rank: 127
1983 - 2014
HPI: 31.28
Rank: 128
1978 - Present
HPI: 30.64
Rank: 129
Among people born in 1962, Alan Johnston ranks 682. Before him are Jan Bartram, Gauri Lankesh, Sandro Cuomo, James Sie, Tamara McKinney, and Chris Savino. After him are Bonnie Bassler, Tammy Baldwin, Jon Rønningen, Takayuki Fujikawa, Barry E. Wilmore, and Brigitte Oertli.
1962 - Present
HPI: 33.38
Rank: 676
1962 - 2017
HPI: 33.18
Rank: 677
1962 - Present
HPI: 33.06
Rank: 678
1962 - Present
HPI: 33.00
Rank: 679
1962 - Present
HPI: 32.91
Rank: 680
1962 - Present
HPI: 32.90
Rank: 681
1962 - Present
HPI: 32.88
Rank: 682
1962 - Present
HPI: 32.88
Rank: 683
1962 - Present
HPI: 32.82
Rank: 684
1962 - Present
HPI: 32.74
Rank: 685
1962 - 2018
HPI: 32.71
Rank: 686
1962 - Present
HPI: 32.57
Rank: 687
1962 - Present
HPI: 32.54
Rank: 688
Among people born in Tanzania, Alan Johnston ranks 28 out of 32. Before him are Anna Tibaijuka (1950), Amani Abeid Karume (1948), Hasheem Thabeet (1987), Edward Lowassa (1953), Suleiman Nyambui (1953), and Mbwana Samatta (1992). After him are Vicky Ntetema (1959), David Adjaye (1966), Christine Prinsloo (1952), and Ida Ljungqvist (1981).
1950 - Present
HPI: 38.20
Rank: 22
1948 - Present
HPI: 37.22
Rank: 23
1987 - Present
HPI: 36.03
Rank: 24
1953 - 2024
HPI: 35.57
Rank: 25
1953 - Present
HPI: 35.35
Rank: 26
1992 - Present
HPI: 34.07
Rank: 27
1962 - Present
HPI: 32.88
Rank: 28
1959 - Present
HPI: 32.38
Rank: 29
1966 - Present
HPI: 31.75
Rank: 30
1952 - Present
HPI: 28.94
Rank: 31
1981 - Present
HPI: 27.88
Rank: 32
Among journalists born in Tanzania, Alan Johnston ranks 1. After him are Vicky Ntetema (1959).