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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 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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  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 32.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Alan Johnston ranks 123 out of 127Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Alan Johnston ranks 682Before 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.

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In Tanzania

Among people born in Tanzania, Alan Johnston ranks 28 out of 32Before 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).

Among JOURNALISTS In Tanzania

Among journalists born in Tanzania, Alan Johnston ranks 1After him are Vicky Ntetema (1959).

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