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Regis Philbin

1931 - 2020

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Regis Francis Xavier Philbin ( REE-jis; August 25, 1931 – July 25, 2020) was an American television presenter, talk show host, game show host, comedian, actor, and singer. Once called "the hardest-working man in show business", he held the Guinness World Record for the most hours spent on US television. After graduating from the University of Notre Dame, Philbin served in the US Navy and got his television start serving as a page for The Tonight Show in the 1950s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Regis Philbin has received more than 10,377,309 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Regis Philbin is the 44th most popular presenter (down from 39th in 2019), the 7,099th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,680th in 2019) and the 26th most popular American Presenter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 10M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PRESENTERS

Among presenters, Regis Philbin ranks 44 out of 143. Before him are Bassem Youssef, Joey Bishop, Benny Hinn, Casey Kasem, Helga Vlahović, and Rush Limbaugh. After him are Igor Kirillov, Stefan Raab, Jimmy Kimmel, Alex Trebek, Rosario Fiorello, and Ramdev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Regis Philbin ranks 394. Before him are Bengt Eriksson, Ángel Atienza, Norman Mineta, Roger Planchon, Peter Gilmore, and Nadezhda Konyayeva. After him are Larry Lieber, Jerry Van Dyke, Václav Hovorka, Jaime Ramírez, Hubert Sumlin, and Nat Adderley. Among people deceased in 2020, Regis Philbin ranks 426. Before him are Tom Heinsohn, Ernst Jean-Joseph, John Lyons, Nikolai Gubenko, Ram Vilas Paswan, and Gordon Haskell. After him are Barbara Windsor, Roman Viktyuk, Keiji Fujiwara, Denis Goldberg, Valeriu Muravschi, and Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Regis Philbin ranks 7,099 out of 20,380. Before him are Chris Van Allsburg (1949), Thaddeus Stevens (1792), Curly Howard (1903), Roy Thomas (1940), Doris Humphrey (1895), and Krysten Ritter (1981). After him are John C. Slater (1900), Larry O'Brien (1917), Larry Lieber (1931), Walter J. Ong (1912), Peter S. Beagle (1939), and Bruce Glover (1932).

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Among PRESENTERS In United States

Among presenters born in United States, Regis Philbin ranks 26. Before him are Phil McGraw (1950), Jon Stewart (1962), Steve Allen (1921), Joey Bishop (1918), Casey Kasem (1932), and Rush Limbaugh (1951). After him are Jimmy Kimmel (1967), Stephen Colbert (1964), Huell Howser (1945), Walter Winchell (1897), Charlie Rose (1942), and Ryan Dunn (1977).

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