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Bruce Forsyth

1928 - 2017

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Sir Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson (22 February 1928 – 18 August 2017) was an English entertainer and television presenter whose career spanned more than 75 years. Forsyth came to national attention from the late 1950s through the ITV series Sunday Night at the London Palladium. He went on to host several game shows, including The Generation Game, Play Your Cards Right, The Price Is Right and You Bet!. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bruce Forsyth has received more than 5,697,926 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Bruce Forsyth is the 81st most popular presenter (down from 74th in 2019), the 5,859th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,592nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Presenter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PRESENTERS

Among presenters, Bruce Forsyth ranks 81 out of 143. Before him are Matt Lucas, Nadia Hasnaoui, Monty Hall, Lucy Aharish, Maury Povich, and Tony Wilson. After him are Fred Allen, Masahiro Nakai, Vladimir Turchinsky, Mélissa Theuriau, Don Cornelius, and Judith Rakers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Bruce Forsyth ranks 571. Before him are Russell Mockridge, Balakh Sher Mazari, Jimmy Dean, William Kennedy, Olle Larsson, and Maureen Gardner. After him are Vince Edwards, Conrad Janis, Keely Smith, Kapila Vatsyayan, Herbert Flam, and Richard M. Sherman. Among people deceased in 2017, Bruce Forsyth ranks 599. Before him are Darrall Imhoff, Ian Stewart, Dudley Storey, Nelsan Ellis, Sotsha Dlamini, and Simon Dickie. After him are Lorne Loomer, Margit Schumann, Peggy Cummins, Uli Vos, Jim Bunning, and George Avakian.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bruce Forsyth ranks 5,859 out of 8,785. Before him are Old Tom Morris (1821), Priti Patel (1972), Tony Wilson (1950), Pippa Middleton (1983), Carole Shelley (1939), and Maureen Gardner (1928). After him are Simon Webbe (1978), Kwame Anthony Appiah (1954), Lilian Bond (1908), Anthony Dod Mantle (1955), Paula Malcomson (1970), and John George Children (1777).

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Among PRESENTERS In United Kingdom

Among presenters born in United Kingdom, Bruce Forsyth ranks 10. Before him are Sharon Osbourne (1952), David Frost (1939), John Peel (1939), Gavin McInnes (1970), Matt Lucas (1974), and Tony Wilson (1950). After him are Alexa Chung (1983), John Oliver (1977), Charlie Brooker (1971), Caroline Flack (1979), Noel Fielding (1973), and Karl Pilkington (1972).

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