1938 - 2005
Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings (July 29, 1938 – August 7, 2005) was a Canadian-American television journalist, best known for serving as the sole anchor of ABC World News Tonight from 1983 until his death from lung cancer in 2005. Despite dropping out of high school, Jennings transformed himself into one of American television's most prominent journalists. Jennings started his career early, hosting a Canadian radio show at age 9. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Jennings has received more than 3,228,567 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Peter Jennings is the 106th most popular journalist (down from 86th in 2019), the 644th most popular biography from Canada (down from 523rd in 2019) and the most popular Canadian Journalist.
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Among journalists, Peter Jennings ranks 106 out of 127. Before him are Sydney Schanberg, Homai Vyarawalla, Peter Arnett, Arbana Xharra, Anja Niedringhaus, and Amy Goodman. After him are Tucker Carlson, Muntadhar al-Zaidi, Kenji Nagai, Margarita Simonyan, Yvonne Ridley, and Pavel Sheremet.
1934 - 2016
HPI: 40.65
Rank: 100
1913 - 2012
HPI: 40.62
Rank: 101
1934 - Present
HPI: 40.49
Rank: 102
1953 - Present
HPI: 40.10
Rank: 103
1965 - 2014
HPI: 39.88
Rank: 104
1957 - Present
HPI: 39.77
Rank: 105
1938 - 2005
HPI: 39.65
Rank: 106
1969 - Present
HPI: 39.43
Rank: 107
1979 - Present
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 108
1957 - 2007
HPI: 39.27
Rank: 109
1980 - Present
HPI: 38.83
Rank: 110
1958 - Present
HPI: 38.45
Rank: 111
1971 - 2016
HPI: 38.12
Rank: 112
Among people born in 1938, Peter Jennings ranks 497. Before him are Leonard Frey, Phillip Griffiths, Ann Jones, Mary Jo Catlett, Herb Elliott, and Bertie Auld. After him are Satch Sanders, Les Aspin, Caryl Churchill, Timmy Mayer, Neville Lederle, and Peter Westbury. Among people deceased in 2005, Peter Jennings ranks 311. Before him are Luis Taruc, Dave Allen, Christopher Fry, Georges Dransart, Constance Cummings, and Harold J. Stone. After him are Michael Park, Humphrey Carpenter, August Wilson, Renzo Nostini, June Haver, and Adrian Biddle.
1938 - 1988
HPI: 40.10
Rank: 491
1938 - Present
HPI: 39.98
Rank: 492
1938 - Present
HPI: 39.91
Rank: 493
1938 - Present
HPI: 39.87
Rank: 494
1938 - Present
HPI: 39.83
Rank: 495
1938 - 2021
HPI: 39.77
Rank: 496
1938 - 2005
HPI: 39.65
Rank: 497
1938 - Present
HPI: 39.52
Rank: 498
1938 - 1995
HPI: 39.43
Rank: 499
1938 - Present
HPI: 39.38
Rank: 500
1938 - 1964
HPI: 39.29
Rank: 501
1938 - 2019
HPI: 39.21
Rank: 502
1938 - 2015
HPI: 39.16
Rank: 503
1913 - 2005
HPI: 40.22
Rank: 305
1936 - 2005
HPI: 40.18
Rank: 306
1907 - 2005
HPI: 40.17
Rank: 307
1924 - 2005
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 308
1910 - 2005
HPI: 39.93
Rank: 309
1913 - 2005
HPI: 39.84
Rank: 310
1938 - 2005
HPI: 39.65
Rank: 311
1966 - 2005
HPI: 39.59
Rank: 312
1946 - 2005
HPI: 39.41
Rank: 313
1945 - 2005
HPI: 39.12
Rank: 314
1914 - 2005
HPI: 39.05
Rank: 315
1926 - 2005
HPI: 38.94
Rank: 316
1952 - 2005
HPI: 38.85
Rank: 317
Among people born in Canada, Peter Jennings ranks 644 out of 1,350. Before him are Stéphane Dion (1955), Chris Diamantopoulos (1975), Georges Vanier (1888), Laura Vandervoort (1984), Lexa Doig (1973), and Paul Gross (1959). After him are Mavis Gallant (1922), Jessica Steen (1965), Monty Hall (1921), E. Pauline Johnson (1861), Lucile Wheeler (1935), and Sidney Crosby (1987).
1955 - Present
HPI: 39.86
Rank: 638
1975 - Present
HPI: 39.78
Rank: 639
1888 - 1967
HPI: 39.70
Rank: 640
1984 - Present
HPI: 39.69
Rank: 641
1973 - Present
HPI: 39.67
Rank: 642
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.66
Rank: 643
1938 - 2005
HPI: 39.65
Rank: 644
1922 - 2014
HPI: 39.59
Rank: 645
1965 - Present
HPI: 39.51
Rank: 646
1921 - 2017
HPI: 39.48
Rank: 647
1861 - 1913
HPI: 39.47
Rank: 648
1935 - Present
HPI: 39.45
Rank: 649
1987 - Present
HPI: 39.41
Rank: 650
Among journalists born in Canada, Peter Jennings ranks 1. After him are Lauren Southern (1995).