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Murray Walker

1923 - 2021

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Graeme Murray Walker (10 October 1923 – 13 March 2021) was an English motorsport commentator and journalist. He provided television commentary of live Formula One coverage for the BBC between 1976 and 1996, and for ITV between 1997 and 2001. During his 23-year run as full-time commentator, Walker became known for his animated enthusiasm, authoritative voice and comical blunders – dubbed "Murrayisms" by fans – during live races. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Murray Walker has received more than 1,606,342 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Murray Walker is the 90th most popular journalist (down from 70th in 2019), the 3,940th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,296th in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Journalist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Murray Walker ranks 90 out of 196. Before him are Caroline Rémy de Guebhard, Michaëlle Jean, James Nachtwey, Pauline Pfeiffer, James Foley, and Malcolm Browne. After him are Jon Ola Sand, Kenji Goto, Carol Thatcher, Tsuneko Sasamoto, Bianca Maria Piccinino, and Frances Benjamin Johnston.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Murray Walker ranks 358. Before him are Eric Wolf, Lojze Grozde, Joseph Keller, Franco Bertinetti, Ralph Giordano, and Gerrit Voorting. After him are Donald Nicol, Liviu Ciulei, Lidiya Vertinskaya, Ken Kavanagh, Thea Beckman, and Břetislav Pojar. Among people deceased in 2021, Murray Walker ranks 443. Before him are Sanja Ilić, Alfreda Markowska, Goodwill Zwelithini, Karel Loprais, Shirley Fry, and Yevgeny Nesterenko. After him are Juan Masnik, Pyotr Mamonov, Yevgeniy Chazov, Richard Rush, Abdalqadir as-Sufi, and Jiří Feureisl.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Murray Walker ranks 3,940 out of 8,785. Before him are Joanna Pettet (1942), Joe Mercer (1914), Jim Capaldi (1944), Gary Daniels (1963), Ælfric of Eynsham (955), and Alec Jeffreys (1950). After him are Thomas Thomson (1817), Eric Thompson (1919), Lachlan Macquarie (1762), Albert Lee (1943), Thomas Picton (1758), and Donald Nicol (1923).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United Kingdom

Among journalists born in United Kingdom, Murray Walker ranks 9. Before him are W. T. Stead (1849), Christopher Hitchens (1949), William Wilson (1844), Piers Morgan (1965), Don McCullin (1935), and Martin Parr (1952). After him are Carol Thatcher (1953), Malcolm Muggeridge (1903), Malcolm Campbell (1885), Chris Bonington (1934), George Rodger (1908), and Jill Dando (1961).

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