1943 - Today
Robert Upshur Woodward (born March 26, 1943) is an American investigative journalist. He started working for The Washington Post as a reporter in 1971 and now holds the title of associate editor.While a reporter for The Washington Post in 1972, Woodward teamed up with Carl Bernstein, and the two did much of the original news reporting on the Watergate scandal. These scandals led to numerous government investigations and the eventual resignation of President Richard Nixon. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bob Woodward has received more than 4,886,892 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Bob Woodward is the 1,863rd most popular writer (down from 1,459th in 2019), the 2,410th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,778th in 2019) and the 218th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Bob Woodward ranks 1,863 out of 5,755. Before him are George MacDonald, Tarjei Vesaas, Dorothy L. Sayers, Jean François Paul de Gondi, Arseny Tarkovsky, and Marquis de Custine. After him are Hermann Bahr, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, Pjetër Bogdani, Trygve Gulbranssen, Alex Haley, and Luis de León.
1824 - 1905
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 1,857
1897 - 1970
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 1,858
1893 - 1957
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 1,859
1613 - 1679
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 1,860
1907 - 1989
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 1,861
1790 - 1857
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 1,862
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 1,863
1863 - 1934
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 1,864
1535 - 1615
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 1,865
1630 - 1689
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 1,866
1894 - 1962
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 1,867
1921 - 1992
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 1,868
1527 - 1591
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 1,869
Among people born in 1943, Bob Woodward ranks 161. Before him are Björn Waldegård, Clément Mouamba, Boris Gromov, Joan Manuel Serrat, Randy Newman, and Stanley Kamel. After him are Roberto Boninsegna, Lin Shaye, J. T. Walsh, Dick Taylor, Ramón Sampedro, and Rodney Alcala.
1943 - 2014
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 155
1943 - 2021
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 156
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 157
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 158
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 159
1943 - 2008
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 160
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 161
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 162
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 163
1943 - 1998
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 164
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 165
1943 - 1998
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 166
1943 - 2021
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 167
Among people born in United States, Bob Woodward ranks 2,410 out of 18,182. Before him are Baby Face Nelson (1908), Steve Guttenberg (1958), Richard Bull (1924), Richard Pryor (1940), Jasper Johns (1930), and Dexter Gordon (1923). After him are Frankie Valli (1934), Barbara Hutton (1912), Mark Dacascos (1964), Lisa Marie Presley (1968), Pinetop Perkins (1913), and Irvin Kershner (1923).
1908 - 1934
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 2,404
1958 - Present
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 2,405
1924 - 2014
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 2,406
1940 - 2005
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 2,407
1930 - Present
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 2,408
1923 - 1990
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 2,409
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 2,410
1934 - Present
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 2,411
1912 - 1979
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 2,412
1964 - Present
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 2,413
1968 - 2023
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 2,414
1913 - 2011
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 2,415
1923 - 2010
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 2,416
Among writers born in United States, Bob Woodward ranks 218. Before him are Robert Silverberg (1935), Donald E. Westlake (1933), Cornell Woolrich (1903), Maria Shriver (1955), Herman J. Mankiewicz (1897), and Frederik Pohl (1919). After him are Alex Haley (1921), Clarissa Pinkola Estés (1945), Kathy Reichs (1948), Nora Ephron (1941), Ross Macdonald (1915), and Shirley Jackson (1916).
1935 - Present
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 212
1933 - 2008
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 213
1903 - 1968
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 214
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 215
1897 - 1953
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 216
1919 - 2013
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 217
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 218
1921 - 1992
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 219
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 220
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 221
1941 - 2012
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 222
1915 - 1983
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 223
1916 - 1965
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 224