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Jill Dando

1961 - 1999

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Jill Wendy Dando (9 November 1961 – 26 April 1999) was an English journalist, television presenter and newsreader. She spent most of her career at the BBC and was the corporation's Personality of the Year in 1997. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jill Dando has received more than 4,084,211 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jill Dando is the 113th most popular journalist, the 4,913th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 15th most popular British Journalist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Jill Dando ranks 113 out of 196. Before her are Anna Whitlock, George Rodger, Nuriye Ulviye Mevlan Civelek, Sofía Ímber, Sara Carbonero, and Margarita Simonyan. After her are Catherine Leroy, Dorothy Thompson, Daniel Schneidermann, Chingiz Mustafayev, Peter Jennings, and Kenji Nagai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Jill Dando ranks 419. Before her are Rebecca Solnit, Yahiro Kazama, Christine Kangaloo, Michael O'Leary, Keiko Matsui, and Konstantin Lavronenko. After her are Randy Spears, Luis Herrera, Dimitris Saravakos, José Manuel Ochotorena, Katy Garbi, and Frank Bruno. Among people deceased in 1999, Jill Dando ranks 276. Before her are Marie Kraja, Lawrence Stone, Brian Shawe-Taylor, Bailey Olter, Irving Rapper, and Roderick Chisholm. After her are Basil Hume, Man Mohan Adhikari, Jorge Góngora, Thelma Kalama, Arvo Viitanen, and Rick Rude.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jill Dando ranks 4,913 out of 8,785. Before her are Craig Ferguson (1962), James Wilson (1891), Stan Vickers (1932), John Stanley (1712), Bernard Pyne Grenfell (1869), and Thomas C. Jerdon (1811). After her are Alan Hodgkinson (1936), Izaak Walton (1593), Charlotte Lewis (1967), Jamie Bamber (1973), Zayn Malik (1993), and Harry Melling (1989).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United Kingdom

Among journalists born in United Kingdom, Jill Dando ranks 15. Before her are Murray Walker (1923), Carol Thatcher (1953), Malcolm Muggeridge (1903), Malcolm Campbell (1885), Chris Bonington (1934), and George Rodger (1908). After her are Samantha Power (1970), Martin Bashir (1963), Yvonne Ridley (1958), Jemima Goldsmith (1974), Katie Piper (1983), and Eliot Higgins (1979).

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