PRESENTER

Tony Wilson

1950 - 2007

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Anthony Howard Wilson (20 February 1950 – 10 August 2007) was a British record label owner, radio and television presenter, nightclub manager and impresario, and a journalist for Granada Television, the BBC and Channel 4. As a co-founder of the independent label Factory Records and founder-manager of the Haçienda nightclub, Wilson was behind some of Manchester's most successful bands, including Joy Division, New Order, and Happy Mondays. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tony Wilson has received more than 1,437,670 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Tony Wilson is the 80th most popular presenter (down from 71st in 2019), the 5,855th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,399th in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Presenter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PRESENTERS

Among presenters, Tony Wilson ranks 80 out of 143. Before him are Al Sharpton, Matt Lucas, Nadia Hasnaoui, Monty Hall, Lucy Aharish, and Maury Povich. After him are Bruce Forsyth, Fred Allen, Masahiro Nakai, Vladimir Turchinsky, Mélissa Theuriau, and Don Cornelius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Tony Wilson ranks 667. Before him are Stefan Junge, Gary Larson, Fatoumata Coulibaly, Zdravka Yordanova, George Nelson, and Zinaida Amosova. After him are Luisa Fernanda Rudi, Paul Westphal, Vladimir Semenets, Aleksandr Klepikov, Jerry Heidenreich, and Markku Aro. Among people deceased in 2007, Tony Wilson ranks 399. Before him are Kitty Carlisle, William Ferguson, Robin Montgomerie-Charrington, Richard Jeni, Satymkul Dzhumanazarov, and Murat Nasyrov. After him are Kelly Johnson, John Compton, Dorrit Hoffleit, Willye White, John Woodruff, and Ian Porterfield.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tony Wilson ranks 5,855 out of 8,785. Before him are Michael Bisping (1979), Francis Walker (1809), Ledley King (1980), Nigel Havers (1951), Old Tom Morris (1821), and Priti Patel (1972). After him are Pippa Middleton (1983), Carole Shelley (1939), Maureen Gardner (1928), Bruce Forsyth (1928), Simon Webbe (1978), and Kwame Anthony Appiah (1954).

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Among PRESENTERS In United Kingdom

Among presenters born in United Kingdom, Tony Wilson ranks 9. Before him are Bear Grylls (1974), Sharon Osbourne (1952), David Frost (1939), John Peel (1939), Gavin McInnes (1970), and Matt Lucas (1974). After him are Bruce Forsyth (1928), Alexa Chung (1983), John Oliver (1977), Charlie Brooker (1971), Caroline Flack (1979), and Noel Fielding (1973).

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