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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 2,662,729 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Don Cornelius is the 58th most popular presenter (up from 60th in 2019), the 11,065th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,182nd in 2019) and the 36th most popular American Presenter.

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  • 2.7M

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  • 39.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PRESENTERS

Among presenters, Don Cornelius ranks 58 out of 110. Before him are Huell Howser, Charlie Rose, Ana Rosa Quintana, Masahiro Nakai, Al Franken, and Jerry Doyle. After him are Al Sharpton, Sergey Dorenko, Nikolay Baskov, Monty Hall, Ramdev, and Gene Siskel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Don Cornelius ranks 471. Before him are Akwasi Afrifa, Barbara Jordan, Adrian Smith, Dave Allen, Yoshihisa Yoshikawa, and George Voinovich. After him are George Eastham, Anthony Olubunmi Okogie, Werner von Moltke, Ruth Buzzi, Tarun Gogoi, and Levi Stubbs. Among people deceased in 2012, Don Cornelius ranks 413. Before him are Kitty Wells, Helen Gurley Brown, Arthur Jensen, Mehdi Hassan, John Arden, and Frederica Sagor Maas. After him are Stephen Dunham, Alex Karras, Al Freeman Jr., Milt Campbell, Arlen Specter, and Elizabeth Catlett.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Don Cornelius ranks 11,065 out of 18,182. Before him are Kim Greist (1958), Anita Ward (1956), Alan Hale Jr. (1921), Abby Mann (1927), Alan Gilbert (1967), and Paul George (1990). After him are Asa Hutchinson (1950), Tamara Dobson (1947), Amy Grant (1960), Jesse Jackson Jr. (1965), Ernest Cline (1972), and Constance Wu (1982).

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Among PRESENTERS In United States

Among presenters born in United States, Don Cornelius ranks 36. Before him are Walter Winchell (1897), Gretchen Carlson (1966), Huell Howser (1945), Charlie Rose (1942), Al Franken (1951), and Jerry Doyle (1956). After him are Al Sharpton (1954), Gene Siskel (1946), Jesse James (1969), Fred Allen (1894), Drew Carey (1958), and Maury Povich (1939).

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