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Iva Toguri D'Aquino

1916 - 2006

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Iva Ikuko Toguri D'Aquino (Japanese: 戸栗郁子 アイバ; July 4, 1916 – September 26, 2006) was an American disc jockey and radio personality who participated in English-language radio broadcasts transmitted by Radio Tokyo to Allied troops in the South Pacific during World War II on the Zero Hour radio show. Toguri called herself "Orphan Ann", but she quickly became inaccurately identified with the name "Tokyo Rose", coined by Allied soldiers and which predated her broadcasts. After the surrender of Japan, Toguri was detained for a year by the United States military for possible wrongdoing against the U.S. but was released for lack of evidence and U.S. Department of Justice officials agreed that her broadcasts were "innocuous". However, when Toguri tried to return to the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Iva Toguri D'Aquino has received more than 803,126 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Iva Toguri D'Aquino is the 60th most popular mafioso (down from 40th in 2019), the 8,664th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,945th in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Mafioso.

Memorability Metrics

  • 800k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Iva Toguri D'Aquinos by language

Over the past year Iva Toguri D'Aquino has had the most page views in the with 130,935 views, followed by Chinese (6,552), and German (6,414). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are English (37.51%), Japanese (33.89%), and Danish (33.41%)

Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Iva Toguri D'Aquino ranks 60 out of 70. Before her are Joe Profaci, Carlos Marcello, Jonathan Pollard, Assata Shakur, Sergei Magnitsky, and Kenneth Lay. After her are Abu Qatada, Rakhat Aliyev, Salah Abdeslam, Abu Hamza al-Masri, Anna Sorokin, and Troy Davis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Iva Toguri D'Aquino ranks 253. Before her are Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Dingiri Banda Wijetunga, Blas de Otero, Margaret Lockwood, Guy Lapébie, and I. J. Good. After her are Yvon Petra, Giuseppe Tosi, Roger Apéry, Dennis Poore, Kurt Pettersén, and Lennart Klingström. Among people deceased in 2006, Iva Toguri D'Aquino ranks 304. Before her are Gunnar Åkerlund, Lloyd Bentsen, Adolphe Hug, Boz Burrell, Kiril Rakarov, and Ann Richards. After her are Proof, Jenő Dalnoki, Jackie McLean, Georges Stuber, Padmini, and Loyola de Palacio.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Iva Toguri D'Aquino ranks 8,664 out of 20,380. Before her are Matthew McGrory (1973), Alexander Courage (1919), Liz Torres (1947), Don Patinkin (1922), Steve Franken (1932), and Walt Ader (1913). After her are Alison Lurie (1926), Kevin Dillon (1965), Wallace Smith Broecker (1931), Ray Anthony (1922), Jack Wagner (1959), and Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1815).

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Among MAFIOSOS In United States

Among mafiosos born in United States, Iva Toguri D'Aquino ranks 25. Before her are Belle Starr (1848), Joseph Colombo (1923), Tony Accardo (1906), Jonathan Pollard (1954), Assata Shakur (1947), and Kenneth Lay (1942). After her are Troy Davis (1968), and Amanda Knox (1987).

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