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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 70 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 5,468,891 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Bruce Forsyth is the 74th most popular presenter (down from 63rd in 2019), the 5,605th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,747th in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Presenter.

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  • 16

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  • 1.18

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  • 3.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PRESENTERS

Among presenters, Bruce Forsyth ranks 74 out of 110Before him are Drew Carey, Erez Tal, Maury Povich, Tony Wilson, Alexa Chung, and Dennis Miller. After him are Nadia Hasnaoui, Gavin McInnes, Mélissa Theuriau, John Oliver, Bassem Youssef, and Judith Rakers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Bruce Forsyth ranks 494Before him are Věra Růžičková, Tom Aldredge, Dave Power, Jackie Mason, William Kennedy, and Jim Rathmann. After him are Barbara Nichols, Joseph Bernardin, Dolphy, Malachi Throne, Philip Levine, and Toaripi Lauti. Among people deceased in 2017, Bruce Forsyth ranks 561Before him are Denis Johnson, Jim Bunning, Al Lawrence, Maria Verónica Reina, Tommy Gemmell, and Frank Spellman. After him are Bill Hougland, Donna Williams, Francine York, Denis Voronenkov, Robert Osborne, and Sergei Mylnikov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bruce Forsyth ranks 5,605 out of 7,765Before him are Finn Jones (1988), Frederick Denison Maurice (1805), Magda Szubanski (1961), Bruce Rioch (1947), John Bradley (1988), and Nick Moran (1969). After him are David Hare (1947), Hallucinogen (1971), Paul McGillion (1969), Ronnie Barker (1929), Tom Robinson (1950), and Alan Minter (1951).

Among PRESENTERS In United Kingdom

Among presenters born in United Kingdom, Bruce Forsyth ranks 9Before him are Jimmy Savile (1926), Sharon Osbourne (1952), John Peel (1939), David Frost (1939), Tony Wilson (1950), and Alexa Chung (1983). After him are Gavin McInnes (1970), John Oliver (1977), Matt Lucas (1974), Charlie Brooker (1971), Caroline Flack (1979), and Karl Pilkington (1972).