PRESENTER

Bob Barker

1923 - 2023

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Robert William Barker (December 12, 1923 – August 26, 2023) was an American media personality and animal rights advocate. He hosted CBS's The Price Is Right, the longest-running game show in North American television history, from 1972 to 2007. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bob Barker has received more than 14,910,514 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Bob Barker is the 24th most popular presenter (up from 43rd in 2019), the 3,599th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,114th in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Presenter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 15M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Bob Barkers by language

Over the past year Bob Barker has had the most page views in the with 3,934,229 views, followed by German (46,374), and French (40,800). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Russian (473.87%), Polish (381.20%), and Korean (368.45%)

Among PRESENTERS

Among presenters, Bob Barker ranks 24 out of 143. Before him are Johnny Carson, Nick Vujicic, Michael Buffer, Walter Cronkite, Thomas Gottschalk, and Rudi Carrell. After him are Sharon Osbourne, Mike Bongiorno, Barbara Walters, Howard Stern, Peter R. de Vries, and David Frost.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Bob Barker ranks 169. Before him are Ahmet Ertegun, Harrison Dillard, Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Tonino Delli Colli, Nirmala Srivastava, and Menahem Pressler. After him are Cesare Siepi, Nazik Al-Malaika, Linda Darnell, Inge Morath, D. N. Aidit, and Gerard Reve. Among people deceased in 2023, Bob Barker ranks 248. Before him are Maryanne Trump Barry, Paul de Senneville, Nadja Tiller, Meir Shalev, Jim Brown, and Menahem Pressler. After him are Endel Tulving, C. R. Rao, Ilya Kabakov, Elmar Wepper, Slim Borgudd, and Chuck Feeney.

Others Born in 1923

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob Barker ranks 3,599 out of 20,380. Before him are Frank Caprio (1936), Adam Baldwin (1962), Barbara Jones (1937), Peter MacNicol (1954), Allen J. Bard (1933), and Ben Hecht (1893). After him are Robert Ford (1862), George Speck (1824), Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (1981), Sixto Durán Ballén (1921), Jerry Buss (1933), and Kathy Baker (1950).

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Among PRESENTERS In United States

Among presenters born in United States, Bob Barker ranks 15. Before him are Ed Sullivan (1901), Chris Wallace (1947), Fred Rogers (1928), Johnny Carson (1925), Michael Buffer (1944), and Walter Cronkite (1916). After him are Mike Bongiorno (1924), Barbara Walters (1929), Howard Stern (1954), Conan O'Brien (1963), Phil McGraw (1950), and Jon Stewart (1962).

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