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Peter Jennings

1938 - 2005

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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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among JOURNALISTS

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.

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Contemporaries

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.

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In Canada

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).

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Among JOURNALISTS In Canada

Among journalists born in Canada, Peter Jennings ranks 1. After him are Lauren Southern (1995).

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