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Tim Russert

1950 - 2008

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Timothy John Russert (May 7, 1950 – June 13, 2008) was an American television journalist and lawyer who appeared for more than 16 years as the longest-serving moderator of NBC's Meet the Press. He was a senior vice president at NBC News, Washington bureau chief and also hosted an eponymous CNBC/MSNBC weekend interview program. He was a frequent correspondent and guest on NBC's The Today Show and Hardball. Russert covered several presidential elections, and he presented the NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey on the NBC Nightly News during the 2008 U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tim Russert has received more than 1,997,227 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Tim Russert is the 130th most popular journalist (down from 117th in 2019), the 15,395th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,831st in 2019) and the 34th most popular American Journalist.

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  • 30.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Tim Russert ranks 130 out of 127Before him are Vicky Ntetema, Natalia Morar, Zhanna Nemtsova, Frances Bean Cobain, Steven Sotloff, and Lise Rønne. After him are Timur Miroshnychenko, Roxana Saberi, Andrew Breitbart, Katie Piper, Nina García, and Claas Relotius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Tim Russert ranks 651Before him are Goutam Ghose, Ann Jillian, Edward P. Jones, Mike Simpson, Rick Dees, and Danny McGrain. After him are Nirupama Rao, Dave Freudenthal, Per-Kristian Foss, Mark Udall, Andrew Puzder, and Lawrence J. DeLucas. Among people deceased in 2008, Tim Russert ranks 349Before him are Karen Asrian, Larry Norman, G. David Low, György Kolonics, Eudy Simelane, and Jonathan James. After him are Jacob Lekgetho, Agata Mróz-Olszewska, Tony Snow, and Jerry Finn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tim Russert ranks 15,395 out of 18,182Before him are Danny Hillis (1956), Faith Prince (1957), Edy Ganem (1983), Tom Steyer (1957), Jillian Murray (1984), and Vernon Forrest (1971). After him are Corina Morariu (1978), Andy Hallett (1975), Bruce Murray (1966), Scott Michael Foster (1985), Jeff "Swampy" Marsh (1960), and Michael Gladis (1977).

Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, Tim Russert ranks 34Before him are Adrian Lamo (1981), Richard Corliss (1944), Michael Wolff (1953), Chris Cuomo (1970), Frances Bean Cobain (1992), and Steven Sotloff (1983). After him are Roxana Saberi (1977), Andrew Breitbart (1969), Jacob Appelbaum (1983), A. O. Scott (1966), Nate Silver (1978), and Jim Acosta (1971).