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Bob Woodward

1943 - Today

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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 honorific title of associate editor though the Post no longer employs him. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bob Woodward has received more than 5,491,807 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Bob Woodward is the 2,029th most popular writer (down from 1,858th in 2019), the 2,563rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,406th in 2019) and the 223rd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bob Woodward ranks 2,029 out of 7,302. Before him are Julian Tuwim, Jean Starobinski, Cassius Longinus, Karen Armstrong, Hallgrímur Pétursson, and Wahb ibn Munabbih. After him are Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Aloysius Bertrand, Alciphron, Jean Paulhan, Sulpicia, and Menander Protector.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Bob Woodward ranks 174. Before him are John Eliot Gardiner, Soad Hosny, Raphael, Horst-Dieter Höttges, Ian Kershaw, and Edward Herrmann. After him are Dick Taylor, Murtaz Khurtsilava, Boris Gromov, Robert Gates, Edward L. G. Bowell, and Alfio Basile.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob Woodward ranks 2,563 out of 20,380. Before him are Sarah Wayne Callies (1977), Ralph Waite (1928), Barbara W. Tuchman (1912), Rita Wilson (1956), Dianne Feinstein (1933), and Stephen Smale (1930). After him are Walter Cunningham (1932), Irving Baxter (1876), Russ Meyer (1922), Gia Carangi (1960), Tony Lip (1930), and John C. Bogle (1929).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Bob Woodward ranks 223. Before him are Nicholas Sparks (1965), Jane Jacobs (1916), Eugene Nida (1914), Lady Randolph Churchill (1854), Cornell Woolrich (1903), and Richard Brautigan (1935). After him are Tom Wolfe (1930), Erle Stanley Gardner (1889), John Grinder (1940), Walter Tevis (1928), James M. Cain (1892), and Terry Brooks (1944).

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