PRESENTER

Johnny Carson

1925 - 2005

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John William Carson (October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005) was an American television host, comedian, and writer best known as the host of NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992). Carson received six Primetime Emmy Awards, the Television Academy's 1980 Governor's Award and a 1985 Peabody Award. He was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1987. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johnny Carson has received more than 13,758,213 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Johnny Carson is the 18th most popular presenter (down from 16th in 2019), the 3,207th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,968th in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Presenter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 14M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PRESENTERS

Among presenters, Johnny Carson ranks 18 out of 143. Before him are Anna Moffo, Christine Chubbuck, Ed Sullivan, Chris Wallace, Bear Grylls, and Fred Rogers. After him are Nick Vujicic, Michael Buffer, Walter Cronkite, Thomas Gottschalk, Rudi Carrell, and Bob Barker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Johnny Carson ranks 162. Before him are Eleonora Rossi Drago, Rabah Bitat, Mario Merz, John Cocke, Bill Gates Sr., and Emilio Eduardo Massera. After him are Kalle Svensson, Bauer, Nancy Roman, Alexei Tupolev, Elmore Leonard, and Doris Hart. Among people deceased in 2005, Johnny Carson ranks 103. Before him are George P. Cosmatos, Lazar Berman, Kocheril R. Narayanan, Sandra Dee, Ferruccio Valcareggi, and Jair da Rosa Pinto. After him are Andrea Dworkin, Tilly Fleischer, John DeLorean, Monica Zetterlund, Melita Norwood, and Polina Astakhova.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Johnny Carson ranks 3,207 out of 20,380. Before him are John Edward Williams (1922), Zach Galifianakis (1969), Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809), David Petraeus (1952), Andrew Fire (1959), and Laurie Metcalf (1955). After him are Katherine Jackson (1930), Samuel Wilson (1766), Jennifer Love Hewitt (1979), Kristin Davis (1965), Brent Spiner (1949), and Alexandra Ripley (1934).

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Among PRESENTERS In United States

Among presenters born in United States, Johnny Carson ranks 12. Before him are Alex Jones (1974), Anna Moffo (1932), Christine Chubbuck (1944), Ed Sullivan (1901), Chris Wallace (1947), and Fred Rogers (1928). After him are Michael Buffer (1944), Walter Cronkite (1916), Bob Barker (1923), Mike Bongiorno (1924), Barbara Walters (1929), and Howard Stern (1954).

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