PRESENTER

Mike Bongiorno

1924 - 2009

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Michael Nicholas Salvatore Bongiorno (Italian: [bɔnˈdʒorno, - bonˈ-]; May 26, 1924 – September 8, 2009) was an Italian American television presenter. After a few experiences in the U.S., he started working on RAI in the 1950s and was considered to be the most popular host in Italy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mike Bongiorno has received more than 244,957 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Mike Bongiorno is the 26th most popular presenter, the 4,330th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,468th in 2019) and the 16th most popular American Presenter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 240k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PRESENTERS

Among presenters, Mike Bongiorno ranks 26 out of 143. Before him are Michael Buffer, Walter Cronkite, Thomas Gottschalk, Rudi Carrell, Bob Barker, and Sharon Osbourne. After him are Barbara Walters, Howard Stern, Peter R. de Vries, David Frost, Conan O'Brien, and John Peel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Mike Bongiorno ranks 221. Before him are Vilgot Sjöman, Viktor Astafyev, Leslie Phillips, Marga López, Olivier Gendebien, and Klaus Huber. After him are Edwin Ernest Salpeter, Martha Hyer, George Segal, Yasuzo Masumura, Tatyana Lioznova, and Dennis Weaver. Among people deceased in 2009, Mike Bongiorno ranks 161. Before him are Joan Martí i Alanis, Merce Cunningham, Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh, Dušan Džamonja, Lyudmila Zykina, and Hildegard Behrens. After him are Ekaterina Maximova, David Eddings, Yukio Endo, Helen Levitt, Zequinha, and František Veselý.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mike Bongiorno ranks 4,330 out of 20,380. Before him are Tommy Dorsey (1905), Lawrence Eagleburger (1930), Steven Holl (1947), Phylicia Rashad (1948), Lara Flynn Boyle (1970), and Spencer Johnson (1938). After him are Childe Hassam (1859), Charles Bickford (1891), John Stagliano (1951), Movita Castaneda (1916), Dyan Cannon (1937), and Richard M. Karp (1935).

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Among PRESENTERS In United States

Among presenters born in United States, Mike Bongiorno ranks 16. Before him are Chris Wallace (1947), Fred Rogers (1928), Johnny Carson (1925), Michael Buffer (1944), Walter Cronkite (1916), and Bob Barker (1923). After him are Barbara Walters (1929), Howard Stern (1954), Conan O'Brien (1963), Phil McGraw (1950), Jon Stewart (1962), and Steve Allen (1921).

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