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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. He hosted the BBC shows Top of the Pops and Jim'll Fix It. During his lifetime, Savile was well known in the United Kingdom for his eccentric image and charitable work. 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 15,546,097 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Jimmy Savile is the 19th most popular presenter (up from 631st in 2019), the 2,052nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,609th in 2019) and the 3rd 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)

  • 52.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PRESENTERS

Among presenters, Jimmy Savile ranks 19 out of 110. Before him are Nick Vujicic, Ed Sullivan, Christine Chubbuck, Johnny Carson, Walter Cronkite, and Chris Wallace. After him are Rudi Carrell, Sharon Osbourne, Thomas Gottschalk, Howard Stern, Michael Buffer, and Peter R. de Vries.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Jimmy Savile ranks 174. Before him are Claudio Villa, Konstantin Feoktistov, James Hillman, David C. H. Austin, Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro, and Joshua Fishman. After him are Genrich Altshuller, Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo, Rehavam Ze'evi, Yitzhak Arad, Jean Peters, and Julie London. Among people deceased in 2011, Jimmy Savile ranks 136. Before him are María Elena Walsh, James Hillman, Lawrence Eagleburger, María Mercader, John Paul Getty III, and Michael Dummett. After him are Milivoj Ašner, Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, Sena Jurinac, Susannah York, Abdul Fatah Younis, and Osamu Dezaki.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jimmy Savile ranks 2,052 out of 7,765. Before him are Michael Dummett (1925), James Glaisher (1809), Paul Nurse (1949), William Cullen (1710), W. Montgomery Watt (1909), and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (1967). After him are Mike Rutherford (1950), Ken Aston (1915), Ernest William Brown (1866), Nigel Hawthorne (1929), Charlie Whiting (1952), and Harry Redknapp (1947).

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Among PRESENTERS In United Kingdom

Among presenters born in United Kingdom, Jimmy Savile ranks 3. Before him are David Attenborough (1926) and Bear Grylls (1974). After him are Sharon Osbourne (1952), John Peel (1939), David Frost (1939), Tony Wilson (1950), Alexa Chung (1983), Bruce Forsyth (1928), Gavin McInnes (1970), John Oliver (1977), and Matt Lucas (1974).

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