1929 - Today
Barbara Jill Walters (born September 25, 1929) is an American retired broadcast journalist, author, and television personality. Known for her interviewing ability and popularity with viewers, Walters appeared as the host of numerous television programs, including Today, The View, 20/20, and the ABC Evening News. Walters was a working journalist from 1951 until 2015.Walters began her career on The Today Show in the early 1960s as a writer and segment producer of women's interest stories. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barbara Walters has received more than 4,394,901 page views. Her biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Barbara Walters is the 28th most popular presenter (up from 30th in 2019), the 4,900th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,921st in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Presenter.
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Among presenters, Barbara Walters ranks 28 out of 109. Before her are Mike Bongiorno, John Peel, Regis Philbin, Conan O'Brien, Thomas Gottschalk, and David Frost. After her are Casey Kasem, Phil McGraw, Jô Soares, Steve Allen, Bob Barker, and Joey Bishop.
1924 - 2009
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 22
1939 - 2004
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 23
1931 - 2020
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 24
1963 - Present
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 25
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 26
1939 - 2013
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 27
1929 - Present
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 28
1932 - 2014
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 29
1950 - Present
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 30
1938 - Present
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 31
1921 - 2000
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 32
1923 - Present
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 33
1918 - 2007
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 34
Among people born in 1929, Barbara Walters ranks 268. Before her are James McDivitt, Nina Ponomaryova, Karl-Erik Palmér, Dorothee Sölle, Haruo Nakajima, and Dominique Fernandez. After her are Chaim Potok, Charles Antenen, Jürgen Ehlers, Héctor Alterio, Hong Song-nam, and Toshiko Akiyoshi.
1929 - Present
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 262
1929 - 2016
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 263
1929 - 2015
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 264
1929 - 2003
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 265
1929 - 2017
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 266
1929 - Present
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 267
1929 - Present
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 268
1929 - 2002
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 269
1929 - 2000
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 270
1929 - 2008
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 271
1929 - Present
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 272
1929 - 2009
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 273
1929 - Present
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 274
Among people born in United States, Barbara Walters ranks 4,900 out of 15,968. Before her are Rikky von Opel (1947), Sandra Day O'Connor (1930), Alan Lomax (1915), Carlos Bernard (1962), Scott LaFaro (1936), and Harold Hotelling (1895). After her are Mimsy Farmer (1945), Sidney Howard (1891), Gina Carano (1982), Oliver Kirk (1884), Huey P. Newton (1942), and Levon Helm (1940).
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 4,894
1930 - Present
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 4,895
1915 - 2002
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 4,896
1962 - Present
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 4,897
1936 - 1961
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 4,898
1895 - 1973
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 4,899
1929 - Present
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 4,900
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 4,901
1891 - 1939
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 4,902
1982 - Present
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 4,903
1884 - 1960
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 4,904
1942 - 1989
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 4,905
1940 - 2012
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 4,906
Among presenters born in United States, Barbara Walters ranks 18. Before her are Walter Cronkite (1916), Michael Buffer (1944), Howard Stern (1954), Mike Bongiorno (1924), Regis Philbin (1931), and Conan O'Brien (1963). After her are Casey Kasem (1932), Phil McGraw (1950), Steve Allen (1921), Bob Barker (1923), Joey Bishop (1918), and Rush Limbaugh (1951).
1916 - 2009
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 12
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 13
1954 - Present
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 14
1924 - 2009
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 15
1931 - 2020
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 16
1963 - Present
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 17
1929 - Present
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 18
1932 - 2014
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 19
1950 - Present
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 20
1921 - 2000
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 21
1923 - Present
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 22
1918 - 2007
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 23
1951 - 2021
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 24