JOURNALIST

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 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Dan Rather is the 76th most popular journalist, the 6,173rd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,885th in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Journalist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Dan Rathers by language

Over the past year Dan Rather has had the most page views in the with 427,188 views, followed by German (13,038), and Italian (11,588). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Italian (158.26%), Malagasy (114.75%), and German (106.79%)

Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Dan Rather ranks 76 out of 196. Before him are Kanno Sugako, Don McCullin, Martin Parr, Bernard Pivot, Vladislav Listyev, and David Seymour. After him are Norbert Haug, Pierre Brossolette, Dmitry Kiselyov, Dith Pran, Salima Ghezali, and Homai Vyarawalla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Dan Rather ranks 340. Before him are André Noyelle, Diana Dors, John Baldessari, Ángel Berni, George Maxwell Richards, and Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton. After him are Hal Needham, Gordon Willis, Marshall Applewhite, Anatoli Ilyin, Denise Scott Brown, and Ibrahim Biogradlić.

Others Born in 1931

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dan Rather ranks 6,173 out of 20,380. Before him are Spike Jonze (1969), Jon Lovitz (1957), John Hejduk (1929), Florence Vidor (1895), Daniel Wu (1974), and Red Garland (1923). After him are Chris Mulkey (1948), Jack Nitzsche (1937), Paul W. Merrill (1887), Matthew Settle (1969), Robert Greene (1959), and Julia Gardiner Tyler (1820).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, Dan Rather ranks 18. Before him are Margaret Bourke-White (1904), Joe Rosenthal (1911), Eddie Adams (1933), Eve Arnold (1912), Edward R. Murrow (1908), and Marie Colvin (1956). After him are James Nachtwey (1948), Pauline Pfeiffer (1895), James Foley (1973), Malcolm Browne (1931), Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864), and Harriet Quimby (1875).

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