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Edward R. Murrow

1908 - 1965

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Edward Roscoe Murrow (born Egbert Roscoe Murrow; April 25, 1908 – April 27, 1965) was an American broadcast journalist and war correspondent. He first gained prominence during World War II with a series of live radio broadcasts from Europe for the news division of CBS. During the war he recruited and worked closely with a team of war correspondents who came to be known as the Murrow Boys. A pioneer of radio and television news broadcasting, Murrow produced a series of reports on his television program See It Now which helped lead to the censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward R. Murrow has received more than 2,276,528 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Edward R. Murrow is the 55th most popular journalist (down from 36th in 2019), the 4,682nd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,262nd in 2019) and the 16th most popular American Journalist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Edward R. Murrow ranks 55 out of 127. Before him are Maria Ressa, Daphne Caruana Galizia, Bill Brandt, Kazimierz Nowak, Mauricio Funes, and Yuri Bezmenov. After him are Jacob Riis, Francesco Alberoni, Sue Gardner, Plínio Salgado, Norbert Haug, and Ernst Haas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Edward R. Murrow ranks 190. Before him are Sœur Emmanuelle, Štefan Čambal, Luis de Souza Ferreira, Thurgood Marshall, Percy Faith, and Pál Titkos. After him are Bronisława Wajs, Sucheta Kriplani, Arthur O'Connell, Arkhip Lyulka, Carlos Lleras Restrepo, and Harald Reinl. Among people deceased in 1965, Edward R. Murrow ranks 111. Before him are Daniel-Rops, Johnny Hayes, Joseph Grew, John Kitzmiller, Roger Vailland, and Johannes Bobrowski. After him are Harry Crerar, Henry Cowell, Píndaro de Carvalho Rodrigues, Alejandro Casona, Julius Skutnabb, and Philip Showalter Hench.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward R. Murrow ranks 4,682 out of 18,182. Before him are Marvin Hamlisch (1944), Winfield Scott Hancock (1824), John Marley (1907), Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1935), Billy Hayes (1947), and Paul Reubens (1952). After him are Anthony Mackie (1978), Robert Prosky (1930), Emile Ardolino (1943), Susan Strasberg (1938), Pitbull (1981), and Noah Wyle (1971).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, Edward R. Murrow ranks 16. Before him are Eddie Adams (1933), Edgar Snow (1905), Joe Rosenthal (1911), Marie Colvin (1956), James Nachtwey (1948), and Eve Arnold (1912). After him are Harriet Quimby (1875), Malcolm Browne (1931), Dan Rather (1931), Megyn Kelly (1970), Diane Sawyer (1945), and James Foley (1973).

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