JOURNALIST

Diane Sawyer

1945 - Today

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Lila Diane Sawyer (; born December 22, 1945) is an American television broadcast journalist known for anchoring major programs on two networks including ABC World News Tonight, Good Morning America, 20/20, and Primetime newsmagazine while at ABC News. During her tenure at CBS News, she hosted CBS Morning and was the first woman correspondent on 60 Minutes. Prior to her journalism career, she was a member of U.S. President Richard Nixon's White House staff and assisted in his post-presidency memoirs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Diane Sawyer has received more than 4,428,438 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 27 in 2019). Diane Sawyer is the 98th most popular journalist (down from 86th in 2019), the 8,399th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,396th in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Journalist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Diane Sawyer ranks 98 out of 196. Before her are Kenji Goto, Carol Thatcher, Tsuneko Sasamoto, Bianca Maria Piccinino, Frances Benjamin Johnston, and Harriet Quimby. After her are Malcolm Muggeridge, Malcolm Campbell, Chris Bonington, Alexei Venediktov, George Padmore, and Joseph Ruttenberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Diane Sawyer ranks 510. Before her are Howard Marks, Frank Hansen, Maria Rohm, Daniel Ona Ondo, Jim Gordon, and Johan Devrindt. After her are Jack Sholder, George Pataki, Micky Dolenz, Mwanza Mukombo, Rick Berman, and John H. Coates.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Diane Sawyer ranks 8,399 out of 20,380. Before her are Martha Vickers (1925), Herbert Jamison (1875), Johnny Rivers (1942), Fred Hansen (1940), Belladonna (1981), and Method Man (1971). After her are Gail Goodrich (1943), Sam Harris (1967), Frankie Manning (1914), John Michael Talbot (1954), Virgil Thomson (1896), and Della Reese (1931).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, Diane Sawyer ranks 25. Before her are James Nachtwey (1948), Pauline Pfeiffer (1895), James Foley (1973), Malcolm Browne (1931), Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864), and Harriet Quimby (1875). After her are Geraldo Rivera (1943), Dorothy Thompson (1893), Megyn Kelly (1970), Sydney Schanberg (1934), Amy Goodman (1957), and Greg Burke (1959).

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