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Jimmy Savile

1926 - 2011

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Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile (; 31 October 1926 – 29 October 2011) was an English media personality and DJ. Savile was well known in the United Kingdom for his eccentric image, charitable work, and hosting the BBC shows Top of the Pops, a pop music programme, and the popular children's programme, Jim'll Fix It. After his death, hundreds of allegations of sexual abuse made against him were investigated, leading the police to conclude that he had been a predatory sex offender and possibly one of Britain's most prolific. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jimmy Savile has received more than 16,430,656 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Jimmy Savile is the 11th most popular presenter (up from 19th in 2019), the 1,225th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,047th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Presenter.

Jimmy Savile was a British television and radio personality, known for hosting shows like "Top of the Pops" and "Jim'll Fix It," but he became infamous posthumously for being exposed as one of the UK's most prolific sexual predators, with hundreds of allegations of abuse spanning decades.

Memorability Metrics

  • 16M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PRESENTERS

Among presenters, Jimmy Savile ranks 11 out of 143. Before him are Nando Parrado, Steve Irwin, Hebe Camargo, Larry King, Henry Rollins, and Alex Jones. After him are Anna Moffo, Christine Chubbuck, Ed Sullivan, Chris Wallace, Bear Grylls, and Fred Rogers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Jimmy Savile ranks 114. Before him are Shin Sang-ok, Rafi Eitan, Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, Abdul Rahim Hatif, Robert Fogel, and Irene Camber. After him are Henry Molaison, Sydney Chaplin, Galina Vishnevskaya, Hans Werner Henze, Yevgeny Leonov, and Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse. Among people deceased in 2011, Jimmy Savile ranks 82. Before him are Vasily Alekseyev, Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, Michael Cacoyannis, Sergei Bagapsh, Ali Saibou, and Raúl Ruiz. After him are Archduke Felix of Austria, Pinetop Perkins, Warren Christopher, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Farley Granger, and Harold Garfinkel.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jimmy Savile ranks 1,225 out of 8,785. Before him are David Thewlis (1963), Alasdair Gray (1934), Charles Algernon Parsons (1854), Black (1962), Stephen Hales (1677), and Dave Evans (1953). After him are James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie (1812), George Biddell Airy (1801), Robert Stirling (1790), Ciarán Hinds (1953), Frances Shand Kydd (1936), and Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1855).

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Among PRESENTERS In United Kingdom

Among presenters born in United Kingdom, Jimmy Savile ranks 2. Before him are David Attenborough (1926). After him are Bear Grylls (1974), Sharon Osbourne (1952), David Frost (1939), John Peel (1939), Gavin McInnes (1970), Matt Lucas (1974), Tony Wilson (1950), Bruce Forsyth (1928), Alexa Chung (1983), and John Oliver (1977).

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