1938 - 2016
Sir Michael Terence Wogan (; 3 August 1938 – 31 January 2016) was an Irish-British radio and television broadcaster who worked for the BBC in the UK for most of his career. Between 1993 and his semi-retirement in December 2009, his BBC Radio 2 weekday breakfast programme Wake Up to Wogan regularly drew an estimated eight million listeners. He was believed to be the most listened-to radio broadcaster in Europe.Wogan was a leading media personality in Ireland and Britain from the late 1960s, and was often referred to as a "national treasure". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Terry Wogan has received more than 4,215,986 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 24 in 2019). Terry Wogan is the 67th most popular presenter (down from 52nd in 2019), the 346th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 281st in 2019) and the most popular Irish Presenter.
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Among presenters, Terry Wogan ranks 67 out of 110. Before him are Nikolay Baskov, Monty Hall, Ramdev, Gene Siskel, Jesse James, and Fred Allen. After him are Drew Carey, Erez Tal, Maury Povich, Tony Wilson, Alexa Chung, and Dennis Miller.
1976 - Present
HPI: 39.54
Rank: 61
1921 - 2017
HPI: 39.48
Rank: 62
1965 - Present
HPI: 39.48
Rank: 63
1946 - 1999
HPI: 39.32
Rank: 64
1969 - Present
HPI: 39.28
Rank: 65
1894 - 1956
HPI: 39.08
Rank: 66
1938 - 2016
HPI: 38.96
Rank: 67
1958 - Present
HPI: 38.92
Rank: 68
1961 - Present
HPI: 38.75
Rank: 69
1939 - Present
HPI: 38.45
Rank: 70
1950 - 2007
HPI: 38.42
Rank: 71
1983 - Present
HPI: 37.70
Rank: 72
1953 - Present
HPI: 37.50
Rank: 73
Among people born in 1938, Terry Wogan ranks 506. Before him are Caryl Churchill, Timmy Mayer, Neville Lederle, Peter Westbury, Ernie Pieterse, and Arthur Scargill. After him are Eduard Ivanov, Wilson Kiprugut, Ryszard Parulski, Darrall Imhoff, Sultan Rahi, and Sam Nunn. Among people deceased in 2016, Terry Wogan ranks 490. Before him are Ernestine Anderson, Noel Neill, Arsen Pavlov, Sverre Kjelsberg, Miriam Defensor Santiago, and Roger Cicero. After him are Pat Conroy, Bernie Worrell, Ron Glass, Guy Clark, Viktor Gavrikov, and Bobby Wanzer.
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
1938 - 2017
HPI: 39.15
Rank: 504
1938 - Present
HPI: 39.14
Rank: 505
1938 - 2016
HPI: 38.96
Rank: 506
1938 - 2012
HPI: 38.85
Rank: 507
1938 - 2022
HPI: 38.53
Rank: 508
1938 - 2017
HPI: 38.51
Rank: 509
1938 - 2017
HPI: 38.49
Rank: 510
1938 - 1996
HPI: 38.42
Rank: 511
1938 - Present
HPI: 37.97
Rank: 512
1928 - 2016
HPI: 39.54
Rank: 484
1920 - 2016
HPI: 39.53
Rank: 485
1983 - 2016
HPI: 39.38
Rank: 486
1946 - 2016
HPI: 39.31
Rank: 487
1945 - 2016
HPI: 39.23
Rank: 488
1970 - 2016
HPI: 39.00
Rank: 489
1938 - 2016
HPI: 38.96
Rank: 490
1945 - 2016
HPI: 38.93
Rank: 491
1944 - 2016
HPI: 38.75
Rank: 492
1945 - 2016
HPI: 38.71
Rank: 493
1941 - 2016
HPI: 38.66
Rank: 494
1957 - 2016
HPI: 38.41
Rank: 495
1921 - 2016
HPI: 38.21
Rank: 496
Among people born in Ireland, Terry Wogan ranks 346 out of 501. Before him are James Cecil Parke (1881), Nicky Byrne (1978), John Bruton (1947), Edward Carson (1854), Lenny Abrahamson (1966), and Seán Brady (1939). After him are Jim Corr (1964), Mark Kelly (1961), Johnny Carey (1919), Pat O'Callaghan (1906), Patricia Collinge (1892), and Caroline Corr (1973).
1881 - 1946
HPI: 39.32
Rank: 340
1978 - Present
HPI: 39.26
Rank: 341
1947 - 2024
HPI: 39.21
Rank: 342
1854 - 1935
HPI: 39.17
Rank: 343
1966 - Present
HPI: 39.16
Rank: 344
1939 - Present
HPI: 39.13
Rank: 345
1938 - 2016
HPI: 38.96
Rank: 346
1964 - Present
HPI: 38.83
Rank: 347
1961 - Present
HPI: 38.81
Rank: 348
1919 - 1995
HPI: 38.80
Rank: 349
1906 - 1991
HPI: 38.62
Rank: 350
1892 - 1974
HPI: 38.45
Rank: 351
1973 - Present
HPI: 38.37
Rank: 352
Among presenters born in Ireland, Terry Wogan ranks 1.