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Dan Rather

1931 - Today

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Daniel Irvin Rather Jr. (; born October 31, 1931) is an American journalist, commentator, and former national evening news anchor. He began his career in Texas, becoming a national name after his reporting saved thousands of lives during Hurricane Carla in September 1961. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dan Rather has received more than 6,113,960 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Dan Rather is the 76th most popular journalist (down from 64th in 2019), the 6,899th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,559th in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Journalist.

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  • 6.1M

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  • 46.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

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  • 1.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Dan Rather ranks 76 out of 127Before him are Murray Walker, Harriet Quimby, Dith Pran, Malcolm Browne, Dmitry Kiselyov, and Caroline Rémy de Guebhard. After him are Malcolm Campbell, Malcolm Muggeridge, George Rodger, Don McCullin, Megyn Kelly, and Chris Bonington.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Dan Rather ranks 365Before him are Arturo Pomar, Jorge Edwards, Gavin MacLeod, André Noyelle, Nat Adderley, and Medardo Joseph Mazombwe. After him are Madeleine Berthod, Peter Armbruster, Fay Weldon, Ferenc Szojka, Irwin Winkler, and Kiki Dimoula.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dan Rather ranks 6,899 out of 18,182Before him are Clyfford Still (1904), Thomas Hart Benton (1889), Nat Adderley (1931), Metacomet (1639), Peter Pace (1945), and James Hall (1811). After him are Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806), Tina Weymouth (1950), John Holt (1923), Paul Williams (1940), Carl O. Sauer (1889), and Harve Presnell (1933).

Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, Dan Rather ranks 19Before him are Marie Colvin (1956), James Nachtwey (1948), Eve Arnold (1912), Edward R. Murrow (1908), Harriet Quimby (1875), and Malcolm Browne (1931). After him are Megyn Kelly (1970), Diane Sawyer (1945), James Foley (1973), Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864), Geraldo Rivera (1943), and Sydney Schanberg (1934).

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