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Piers Morgan

1965 - Today

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Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan (; né O'Meara, born 30 March 1965) is an English broadcaster, journalist, writer, and television personality. He began his career in 1988 at the tabloid The Sun. In 1994, at the age of 29, he was appointed editor of the News of the World by Rupert Murdoch, which made him the youngest editor of a British national newspaper in more than half a century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Piers Morgan has received more than 11,844,457 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Piers Morgan is the 68th most popular journalist (up from 93rd in 2019), the 2,995th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,510th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Journalist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 12M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Piers Morgans by language

Over the past year Piers Morgan has had the most page views in the with 1,524,907 views, followed by German (76,105), and Arabic (48,057). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Arabic (156.17%), Simple English (116.68%), and Albanian (95.28%)

Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Piers Morgan ranks 68 out of 196. Before him are Veronica Guerin, Ernst Haas, Vladimir Solovyov, Jacob Riis, Marie Colvin, and Maurizio Costanzo. After him are Marina Ovsyannikova, Kanno Sugako, Don McCullin, Martin Parr, Bernard Pivot, and Vladislav Listyev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Piers Morgan ranks 173. Before him are Yuki Kajiura, Ikue Ōtani, Evair, Carina Lau, Belén Rueda, and Michael Dell. After him are Costas Mandylor, Kyeon Mi-ri, Megumi Ogata, Mark Pellegrino, Paweł Adamowicz, and Reggie Miller.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Piers Morgan ranks 2,995 out of 8,785. Before him are Geoff Nicholls (1948), Ray Lankester (1847), Sidney Robinson (1876), John Robison (1739), Jimmy Johnstone (1944), and Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (1405). After him are Ronald Lacey (1935), Charles Crichton (1910), Michael Winner (1935), Jack Clayton (1921), Richard Dadd (1817), and Derek Bell (1941).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United Kingdom

Among journalists born in United Kingdom, Piers Morgan ranks 6. Before him are Gareth Jones (1905), Jeremy Clarkson (1960), W. T. Stead (1849), Christopher Hitchens (1949), and William Wilson (1844). After him are Don McCullin (1935), Martin Parr (1952), Murray Walker (1923), Carol Thatcher (1953), Malcolm Muggeridge (1903), and Malcolm Campbell (1885).

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