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John Peel

1939 - 2004

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John Robert Parker Ravenscroft (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), better known as John Peel, was an English radio presenter and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original disc jockeys on BBC Radio 1, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004. Peel was one of the first broadcasters to play psychedelic rock and progressive rock records on British radio. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Peel has received more than 2,599,137 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). John Peel is the 33rd most popular presenter (down from 27th in 2019), the 2,983rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,711th in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Presenter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PRESENTERS

Among presenters, John Peel ranks 33 out of 143. Before him are Mike Bongiorno, Barbara Walters, Howard Stern, Peter R. de Vries, David Frost, and Conan O'Brien. After him are Phil McGraw, Yoo Jae-suk, Jon Stewart, Steve Allen, Jô Soares, and Bassem Youssef.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, John Peel ranks 325. Before him are Carlos Alberto Silva, Jacek Gmoch, Dixie Carter, Joel-Peter Witkin, Yaakov Neeman, and Luigi Simoni. After him are Chris Dickerson, Joe Clark, Billy Cox, Joseph Raz, Abdullah Ensour, and Sushil Koirala. Among people deceased in 2004, John Peel ranks 181. Before him are Bror Mellberg, Rodney Dangerfield, Albert Brülls, Hasse Ekman, John Drew Barrymore, and Adolf Ehrnrooth. After him are Frank Thomas, Alan Brown, Delfín Benítez Cáceres, José Omar Pastoriza, Paul Sweezy, and Klara Rumyanova.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Peel ranks 2,983 out of 8,785. Before him are Susanna Hall (1583), Sue Townsend (1946), Enoch Powell (1912), James Francis Stephens (1792), Hermione Baddeley (1906), and Mark Sheppard (1964). After him are Sergey Kapitsa (1928), Anthony Carlisle (1768), Fred Karno (1866), Hubert Parry (1848), Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (1872), and Pat Jennings (1945).

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Among PRESENTERS In United Kingdom

Among presenters born in United Kingdom, John Peel ranks 7. Before him are David Attenborough (1926), Jimmy Savile (1926), Bear Grylls (1974), Jerry Springer (1944), Sharon Osbourne (1952), and David Frost (1939). After him are Gavin McInnes (1970), Matt Lucas (1974), Tony Wilson (1950), Bruce Forsyth (1928), Alexa Chung (1983), and John Oliver (1977).

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