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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 1,346,695 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Tony Wilson is the 71st most popular presenter (down from 53rd in 2019), the 5,412th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,504th in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Presenter.

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  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PRESENTERS

Among presenters, Tony Wilson ranks 71 out of 110Before him are Jesse James, Fred Allen, Terry Wogan, Drew Carey, Erez Tal, and Maury Povich. After him are Alexa Chung, Dennis Miller, Bruce Forsyth, Nadia Hasnaoui, Gavin McInnes, and Mélissa Theuriau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Tony Wilson ranks 575Before him are Rod Milburn, Zinaida Amosova, David Rohl, Ramon Solsona i Sancho, Andy Powell, and Branko Babić. After him are Harriet Harman, Wilfried, Hafiz Saeed, Alex Callinicos, Danny Sullivan, and Jóhannes Eðvaldsson. Among people deceased in 2007, Tony Wilson ranks 353Before him are John Inman, Ruth Graham, Janet Blair, Kelly Johnson, Robin Montgomerie-Charrington, and Herb McKenley. After him are Jack Valenti, John Compton, Richard Jeni, Hughie Thomasson, Satymkul Dzhumanazarov, and William Ferguson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tony Wilson ranks 5,412 out of 7,765Before him are Jessica Henwick (1992), Sonique (1965), Elizabeth Allan (1910), Vanessa Angel (1966), Iain Duncan Smith (1954), and Paige (1992). After him are Antonia Bird (1951), Peter McParland (1934), Mike Phelan (1962), Wendy Richard (1943), Laura Carmichael (1986), and Philippa Marrack (1945).

Among PRESENTERS In United Kingdom

Among presenters born in United Kingdom, Tony Wilson ranks 7Before him are David Attenborough (1926), Bear Grylls (1974), Jimmy Savile (1926), Sharon Osbourne (1952), John Peel (1939), and David Frost (1939). After him are Alexa Chung (1983), Bruce Forsyth (1928), Gavin McInnes (1970), John Oliver (1977), Matt Lucas (1974), and Charlie Brooker (1971).