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Roger Ailes

1940 - 2017

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Roger Eugene Ailes (May 15, 1940 – May 18, 2017) was an American television executive and media consultant. He was the chairman and CEO of Fox News, Fox Television Stations and 20th Television. Ailes was a media consultant for Republican presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush, and for Rudy Giuliani's 1989 New York City mayoral election. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roger Ailes has received more than 11,957,650 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Roger Ailes is the 192nd most popular businessperson (down from 131st in 2019), the 2,137th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,452nd in 2019) and the 63rd most popular American Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 12M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Roger Ailes ranks 192 out of 847. Before him are Walter Chrysler, Larry Silverstein, Yingluck Shinawatra, Peter Sauber, Mukesh Ambani, and William C. Durant. After him are Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Henry J. Heinz, Carl Laemmle, Charles Simonyi, Morris Chang, and Jamsetji Tata.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Roger Ailes ranks 128. Before him are Adel Emam, Mike Hailwood, Katharine Ross, Shozo Tsugitani, Richard Pryor, and Ricky Nelson. After him are Elke Sommer, Roger Pingeon, Peter Diamond, Denny Doherty, Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and Bechara Boutros al-Rahi. Among people deceased in 2017, Roger Ailes ranks 109. Before him are Christine Kaufmann, Manuel Marín, Hans Schäfer, Jannis Kounellis, Félix Mourinho, and Yasuyuki Kuwahara. After him are Tobe Hooper, Roger Pingeon, Peter Abrahams, Heinz Kessler, Tom Petty, and Peter Mansfield.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roger Ailes ranks 2,137 out of 20,380. Before him are Andrea M. Ghez (1965), Chris Pratt (1979), Will Eisner (1917), George Smith (1941), Richard Bull (1924), and Vera Farmiga (1973). After him are Robert Hansen (1939), Bernard Malamud (1914), Lance Reddick (1962), Thomas Eakins (1844), James J. Braddock (1905), and Henry J. Heinz (1844).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Roger Ailes ranks 63. Before him are Ted Turner (1938), Martha Stewart (1941), Marissa Mayer (1975), Walter Chrysler (1875), Larry Silverstein (1931), and William C. Durant (1861). After him are Henry J. Heinz (1844), George Gallup (1901), Larry Fink (1952), Jesse Livermore (1877), Steve Fossett (1944), and Sheldon Adelson (1933).

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