1934 - Today
Vladimir Vladimirovich Pozner (Russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович По́знер; born 1 April 1934) is a French-born Russian-American journalist and presenter.He is best known in the West for his television appearances representing and explaining the views of the Soviet Union during the Cold War. He was memorable as a spokesman for the Soviets in part because he grew up in the United States and speaks fluent English, Russian and French. Pozner later described his role as propaganda.After the Cold War, Pozner moved to the United States to work with Phil Donahue, before returning to Moscow to continue working as a television journalist. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vladimir Posner has received more than 284,381 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Vladimir Posner is the 26th most popular journalist (up from 2,150th in 2019), the 1,863rd most popular biography from France (up from 2,286th in 2019) and the 4th most popular French Journalist.
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Among journalists, Vladimir Posner ranks 26 out of 127. Before him are Endre Ady, Alexander Berkman, Jean-Marie Balestre, Gareth Jones, Aenne Burda, and Margaret Bourke-White. After him are Jeremy Clarkson, Kevin Carter, Charles Dow, David Seymour, Eddie Adams, and Christopher Hitchens.
1877 - 1919
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 20
1870 - 1936
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 21
1921 - 2008
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 22
1905 - 1935
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 23
1909 - 2005
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 24
1904 - 1971
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 25
1934 - Present
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 26
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 27
1960 - 1994
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 28
1851 - 1902
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 29
1911 - 1956
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 30
1933 - 2004
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 31
1949 - 2011
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 32
Among people born in 1934, Vladimir Posner ranks 106. Before him are Victor French, Alan Bates, Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Parma, Garry Marshall, Howard Martin Temin, and Leonard Kleinrock. After him are Ornella Vanoni, Tony Hoare, Ken Rosewall, Kisho Kurokawa, Fredric Jameson, and Kenzo Ohashi.
1934 - 1989
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 100
1934 - 2003
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 101
1934 - Present
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 102
1934 - 2016
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 103
1934 - 1994
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 104
1934 - Present
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 105
1934 - Present
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 106
1934 - Present
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 107
1934 - Present
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 108
1934 - Present
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 109
1934 - 2007
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 110
1934 - Present
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 111
1934 - 2015
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 112
Among people born in France, Vladimir Posner ranks 1,863 out of 6,011. Before him are Louise Diane d'Orléans (1716), Fulk IV, Count of Anjou (1043), Léa Seydoux (1985), Gaston, Count of Eu (1842), Sébastien Loeb (1974), and Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons (1635). After him are Ermesinde of Carcassonne (972), Adrien Manglard (1695), Jean Chalgrin (1739), Avitus of Vienne (450), Charles-François Lebrun (1739), and Maurice Blondel (1861).
1716 - 1736
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 1,857
1043 - 1109
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 1,858
1985 - Present
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 1,859
1842 - 1922
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 1,860
1974 - Present
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 1,861
1635 - 1673
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 1,862
1934 - Present
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 1,863
972 - 1058
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 1,864
1695 - 1760
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 1,865
1739 - 1811
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 1,866
450 - 518
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 1,867
1739 - 1824
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 1,868
1861 - 1949
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 1,869
Among journalists born in France, Vladimir Posner ranks 4. Before him are François-Noël Babeuf (1760), Robert Guérin (1876), and Jean-Marie Balestre (1921). After him are Victor Noir (1848), François Mignet (1796), Robbie Ross (1869), Bernard Pivot (1935), Pierre Brossolette (1903), Caroline Rémy de Guebhard (1855), Joseph Roffo (1879), and Daniel Schneidermann (1958).
1760 - 1797
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 1
1876 - 1952
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 2
1921 - 2008
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 3
1934 - Present
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 4
1848 - 1870
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 5
1796 - 1884
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 6
1869 - 1918
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 7
1935 - Present
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 8
1903 - 1944
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 9
1855 - 1929
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 10
1879 - 1933
HPI: 42.95
Rank: 11
1958 - Present
HPI: 40.74
Rank: 12