1916 - 2009
Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years, from 1962 to 1981. During the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America" after being so named in an opinion poll. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Cronkite has received more than 5,179,439 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Walter Cronkite is the 17th most popular presenter (down from 16th in 2019), the 3,259th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,047th in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Presenter.
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Among presenters, Walter Cronkite ranks 17 out of 110. Before him are David Letterman, Anna Moffo, Nick Vujicic, Ed Sullivan, Christine Chubbuck, and Johnny Carson. After him are Chris Wallace, Jimmy Savile, Rudi Carrell, Sharon Osbourne, Thomas Gottschalk, and Howard Stern.
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 11
1932 - 2006
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 12
1982 - Present
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 13
1901 - 1974
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 14
1944 - 1974
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 15
1925 - 2005
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 16
1916 - 2009
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 17
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 18
1926 - 2011
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 19
1934 - 2006
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 20
1952 - Present
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 21
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 22
1954 - Present
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 23
Among people born in 1916, Walter Cronkite ranks 115. Before him are Unica Zürn, Archie Moore, Edmundo Suárez, Julian Rotter, Arno Peters, and Zail Singh. After him are Harold Robbins, Sangoulé Lamizana, Ruth Handler, Ramón José Velásquez, Morris West, and Halil İnalcık. Among people deceased in 2009, Walter Cronkite ranks 117. Before him are Marilyn Chambers, Willy DeVille, Vyacheslav Ivankov, Gene Barry, Francisco Ayala, and Savka Dabčević-Kučar. After him are Johannes Mario Simmel, Budd Schulberg, Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh, Henry Allingham, Zbigniew Religa, and Béla Király.
1916 - 1970
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 109
1916 - 1998
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 110
1916 - 1978
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 111
1916 - 2014
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 112
1916 - 2002
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 113
1916 - 1994
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 114
1916 - 2009
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 115
1916 - 1997
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 116
1916 - 2005
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 117
1916 - 2002
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 118
1916 - 2014
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 119
1916 - 1999
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 120
1916 - 2016
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 121
1952 - 2009
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 111
1950 - 2009
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 112
1940 - 2009
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 113
1919 - 2009
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 114
1906 - 2009
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 115
1923 - 2009
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 116
1916 - 2009
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 117
1924 - 2009
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 118
1914 - 2009
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 119
1925 - 2009
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 120
1896 - 2009
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 121
1938 - 2009
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 122
1912 - 2009
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 123
Among people born in United States, Walter Cronkite ranks 3,259 out of 18,182. Before him are Ric Ocasek (1949), Jack Williamson (1908), Edgar Lee Masters (1868), Triple H (1969), Dennis Meadows (1942), and Stephenie Meyer (1973). After him are George M. Dallas (1792), Steve Harvey (1957), Paul Thomas Anderson (1970), Charles Addams (1912), Rebecca De Mornay (1959), and Roger Y. Tsien (1952).
1949 - 2019
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 3,253
1908 - 2006
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 3,254
1868 - 1950
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 3,255
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 3,256
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 3,257
1973 - Present
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 3,258
1916 - 2009
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 3,259
1792 - 1864
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 3,260
1957 - Present
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 3,261
1970 - Present
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 3,262
1912 - 1988
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 3,263
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 3,264
1952 - 2016
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 3,265
Among presenters born in United States, Walter Cronkite ranks 12. Before him are Fred Rogers (1928), David Letterman (1947), Anna Moffo (1932), Ed Sullivan (1901), Christine Chubbuck (1944), and Johnny Carson (1925). After him are Chris Wallace (1947), Howard Stern (1954), Michael Buffer (1944), Mike Bongiorno (1924), Conan O'Brien (1963), and Barbara Walters (1929).
1928 - 2003
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 6
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 7
1932 - 2006
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 8
1901 - 1974
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 9
1944 - 1974
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 10
1925 - 2005
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 11
1916 - 2009
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 12
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 13
1954 - Present
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 14
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 15
1924 - 2009
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 16
1963 - Present
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 17
1929 - 2022
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 18