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Don Cornelius

1936 - 2012

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Donald Cortez Cornelius (September 27, 1936 – February 1, 2012) was an American television show host and producer widely known as the creator of the nationally syndicated dance and music show Soul Train, which he hosted from 1970 until 1993. Cornelius sold the show to MadVision Entertainment in 2008. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Don Cornelius has received more than 2,780,119 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Don Cornelius is the 86th most popular presenter (down from 58th in 2019), the 13,133rd most popular biography from United States (down from 11,040th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular American Presenter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PRESENTERS

Among presenters, Don Cornelius ranks 86 out of 143. Before him are Tony Wilson, Bruce Forsyth, Fred Allen, Masahiro Nakai, Vladimir Turchinsky, and Mélissa Theuriau. After him are Judith Rakers, Dennis Miller, Alexa Chung, Tina Kandelaki, Trevor Noah, and John Oliver.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Don Cornelius ranks 566. Before him are Adrian Smith, Benito Sarti, Werner von Moltke, Juliet Prowse, Peter Bowles, and Francine York. After him are Al Attles, Tarun Gogoi, Ruth Buzzi, Marj Dusay, Levi Stubbs, and James Frawley. Among people deceased in 2012, Don Cornelius ranks 481. Before him are Bob Boozer, Leslie Claudius, Erhard Wunderlich, Frederica Sagor Maas, Vladimer Aptsiauri, and Joyce Redman. After him are António Leitão, Roman Totenberg, Jerry Nelson, Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Joan Taylor, and Sylvia Fedoruk.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Don Cornelius ranks 13,133 out of 20,380. Before him are Nathan Deal (1942), Gloria Allred (1941), Josh Peck (1986), Lesli Linka Glatter (1953), Ivan Sergei (1971), and Jennison Heaton (1904). After him are Tim Montgomery (1975), Jerry Harrison (1949), Gwen Lee (1904), Derek Mears (1972), Allen Lanier (1946), and Bosley Crowther (1905).

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Among PRESENTERS In United States

Among presenters born in United States, Don Cornelius ranks 43. Before him are Gretchen Carlson (1966), Dr. Demento (1941), Gene Siskel (1946), Al Sharpton (1954), Maury Povich (1939), and Fred Allen (1894). After him are Dennis Miller (1953), Wendy Williams (1964), Marc Maron (1963), Maria Menounos (1978), Master P (1970), and Brian Williams (1959).

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