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Oprah Winfrey

1954 - Today

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Oprah Gail Winfrey (; born Orpah Gail Winfrey; January 29, 1954), known mononymously as Oprah, is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and media proprietor. She is best known for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, broadcast from Chicago, which ran in national syndication for 25 years, from 1986 to 2011. Dubbed the "Queen of All Media", she was the richest African-American of the 20th century and was once the world's only black billionaire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oprah Winfrey has received more than 27,903,323 page views. Her biography is available in 96 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 92 in 2019). Oprah Winfrey is the 3rd most popular presenter (down from 2nd in 2019), the 558th most popular biography from United States (down from 468th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Presenter.

Oprah Winfrey is a famous American media mogul, actress, talk show host, and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show, which was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011 in Chicago.

Memorability Metrics

  • 28M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 96

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PRESENTERS

Among presenters, Oprah Winfrey ranks 3 out of 143. Before her are David Letterman, and Jay Leno. After her are David Attenborough, Nando Parrado, Steve Irwin, Hebe Camargo, Larry King, Henry Rollins, Alex Jones, Jimmy Savile, and Anna Moffo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Oprah Winfrey ranks 20. Before her are Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Emir Kusturica, Jean-Claude Juncker, Mario Kempes, Fernando Santos, and Kazuo Ishiguro. After her are Dieter Bohlen, Stieg Larsson, Ray Liotta, Ang Lee, Jorge Jesus, and Serzh Sargsyan.

Others Born in 1954

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Oprah Winfrey ranks 558 out of 20,380. Before her are Chet Baker (1929), Donna Summer (1948), Terry Gilliam (1940), Immanuel Wallerstein (1930), Kamala Harris (1964), and T. S. Eliot (1888). After her are Carl Weathers (1948), Gloria Gaynor (1947), Kim Novak (1933), George Armstrong Custer (1839), Quincy Jones (1933), and Ronald Wayne (1934).

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Among PRESENTERS In United States

Among presenters born in United States, Oprah Winfrey ranks 3. Before her are David Letterman (1947), and Jay Leno (1950). After her are Larry King (1933), Henry Rollins (1961), Alex Jones (1974), Anna Moffo (1932), Christine Chubbuck (1944), Ed Sullivan (1901), Chris Wallace (1947), Fred Rogers (1928), and Johnny Carson (1925).

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