PRESENTER

Barbara Walters

1929 - 2022

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Barbara Jill Walters (September 25, 1929 – December 30, 2022) was an American broadcast journalist and television personality. Known for her interviewing ability and popularity with viewers, she appeared as a host of numerous television programs, including Today, the ABC Evening News, 20/20, and The View. Walters was a working journalist from 1951 until her retirement in 2016. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barbara Walters has received more than 10,633,375 page views. Her biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Barbara Walters is the 27th most popular presenter (up from 31st in 2019), the 4,660th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,723rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular American Presenter.

Barbara Walters is most famous for her trailblazing career in broadcast journalism, including being the first woman to co-anchor a network news program in the United States and for her numerous interviews with world leaders and celebrities. She is also known for co-creating the daytime talk show "The View," which has become a popular platform for discussing current events and social issues.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PRESENTERS

Among presenters, Barbara Walters ranks 27 out of 143. Before her are Walter Cronkite, Thomas Gottschalk, Rudi Carrell, Bob Barker, Sharon Osbourne, and Mike Bongiorno. After her are Howard Stern, Peter R. de Vries, David Frost, Conan O'Brien, John Peel, and Phil McGraw.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Barbara Walters ranks 261. Before her are Rutka Laskier, Slavko Avsenik, Hermann Prey, Ken McGregor, Harry Frankfurt, and Maarten Schmidt. After her are Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, Stanisław Mikulski, Rudi Glöckner, Vija Artmane, John Turner, and Francesco Alberoni. Among people deceased in 2022, Barbara Walters ranks 248. Before her are Julio Jiménez, Bo Hopkins, Vittorio Adorni, Hilda Bernard, Ian McDonald, and Maarten Schmidt. After her are Estelle Harris, Bob Rafelson, Cristina Calderón, Loretta Lynn, Petar Skansi, and Kenneth Welsh.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Barbara Walters ranks 4,660 out of 20,380. Before her are Ellsworth Kelly (1923), Richard Carpenter (1946), Miriam Hopkins (1902), Carol Kane (1952), Arthur Cronquist (1919), and Chip Taylor (1940). After her are Jorja Fox (1968), Adolph Gottlieb (1903), Donald Lippincott (1893), Sammy Hagar (1947), Milo Ventimiglia (1977), and Misha Collins (1974).

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Among PRESENTERS In United States

Among presenters born in United States, Barbara Walters ranks 17. Before her are Fred Rogers (1928), Johnny Carson (1925), Michael Buffer (1944), Walter Cronkite (1916), Bob Barker (1923), and Mike Bongiorno (1924). After her are Howard Stern (1954), Conan O'Brien (1963), Phil McGraw (1950), Jon Stewart (1962), Steve Allen (1921), and Joey Bishop (1918).

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