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Gene Siskel

1946 - 1999

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Eugene Kal Siskel (January 26, 1946 – February 20, 1999) was an American film critic and journalist for the Chicago Tribune. He is best known for co-hosting various movie review television series with colleague Roger Ebert.Siskel started writing for the Chicago Tribune in 1969, becoming its film critic soon after. In 1975, he was paired with Roger Ebert to co-host a monthly show called Opening Soon at a Theater Near You airing locally on PBS member station WTTW. In 1978, the show, renamed Sneak Previews, was expanded to weekly episodes and aired on PBS affiliates all around the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gene Siskel has received more than 2,555,180 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Gene Siskel is the 64th most popular presenter (up from 71st in 2019), the 11,335th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,267th in 2019) and the 38th most popular American Presenter.

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Among PRESENTERS

Among presenters, Gene Siskel ranks 64 out of 110Before him are Don Cornelius, Al Sharpton, Sergey Dorenko, Nikolay Baskov, Monty Hall, and Ramdev. After him are Jesse James, Fred Allen, Terry Wogan, Drew Carey, Erez Tal, and Maury Povich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Gene Siskel ranks 652Before him are Humphrey Carpenter, Susan Saint James, Jim Webb, Im Shung-hwi, Sonny Perdue, and Kiril Ivkov. After him are Sverre Kjelsberg, Kate McGarrigle, Alberto Quintano, Holly Woodlawn, Naveen Patnaik, and Emily de Jongh-Elhage. Among people deceased in 1999, Gene Siskel ranks 280Before him are Hillary Brooke, Big L, Vere Bird, Guy Mitchell, Laurie Scott, and Allen Stack. After him are Dennis Brown, Walter Payton, Bobby Troup, Mary Kay Bergman, Naomi Mitchison, and Marguerite Chapman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gene Siskel ranks 11,335 out of 18,182Before him are Jerry Butler (1939), Happy Chandler (1898), Elle King (1989), Brian Boitano (1963), Mike Epps (1970), and Hope Emerson (1897). After him are Lucy Boynton (1994), Ray Price (1926), Dwight Frye (1899), Diplo (1978), Nellie Connally (1919), and Lita (1975).

Among PRESENTERS In United States

Among presenters born in United States, Gene Siskel ranks 38Before him are Huell Howser (1945), Charlie Rose (1942), Al Franken (1951), Jerry Doyle (1956), Don Cornelius (1936), and Al Sharpton (1954). After him are Jesse James (1969), Fred Allen (1894), Drew Carey (1958), Maury Povich (1939), Dennis Miller (1953), and Master P (1970).