JOURNALIST

Martin Bashir

1963 - Today

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Martin Henry Bashir (born 19 January 1963) is a British former journalist. He was a presenter on British and American television and for the BBC's Panorama programme, for which he gained an interview with Diana, Princess of Wales under false pretences in 1995. Although the interview was much heralded at the time, it was later determined that he used forgery and deception to gain it.Bashir worked for the BBC from 1986 to 1999 on programmes including Panorama before joining ITV. He presented the 2003 ITV documentary about Michael Jackson. From 2004 to 2016, he worked in New York—first as an anchor for ABC's Nightline, then as a political commentator for MSNBC, hosting his own programme, Martin Bashir, and a correspondent for NBC's Dateline NBC. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Bashir has received more than 5,215,383 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Martin Bashir is the 132nd most popular journalist (down from 116th in 2019), the 6,054th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,723rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular British Journalist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Martin Bashirs by language

Over the past year Martin Bashir has had the most page views in the with 633,494 views, followed by German (19,185), and French (18,442). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Gujarati (109.48%), Armenian (52.07%), and Egyptian Arabic (20.83%)

Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Martin Bashir ranks 132 out of 196. Before him are Arbana Xharra, Amy Goodman, Sandister Tei, Darya Dugina, Ekaterina Andreeva, and Pavel Sheremet. After him are Rosanna Marani, Bogna Koreng, Anja Niedringhaus, Greg Burke, Louis Fischer, and Olga Skabeyeva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Martin Bashir ranks 662. Before him are John Ventimiglia, Arnold Vanderlyde, Guildo Horn, James Marsh, Petra Pau, and Ed Lu. After him are Corinne Maier, Rajmond Debevec, Charles Ingram, Marty Natalegawa, Tudor Casapu, and Douglas Wakiihuri.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Martin Bashir ranks 6,054 out of 8,785. Before him are Antonia Bird (1951), Shaun Murphy (1982), Charlotte Despard (1844), Catherine Cookson (1906), Henry Cockburn (1921), and Mark Millar (1969). After him are Frederick Merriman (1873), Tom Kilburn (1921), Rory Kinnear (1978), David Hemery (1944), Charles Ingram (1963), and Michael Foale (1957).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United Kingdom

Among journalists born in United Kingdom, Martin Bashir ranks 17. Before him are Malcolm Muggeridge (1903), Malcolm Campbell (1885), Chris Bonington (1934), George Rodger (1908), Jill Dando (1961), and Samantha Power (1970). After him are Yvonne Ridley (1958), Jemima Goldsmith (1974), Katie Piper (1983), Eliot Higgins (1979), and Lauren Booth (1967).

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