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Walter Winchell

1897 - 1972

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Walter Winchell (April 7, 1897 – February 20, 1972) was a syndicated American newspaper gossip columnist and radio news commentator. Originally a vaudeville performer, Winchell began his newspaper career as a Broadway reporter, critic and columnist for New York tabloids. He rose to national celebrity in the 1930s with Hearst newspaper chain syndication and a popular radio program. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Winchell has received more than 1,298,372 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Walter Winchell is the 50th most popular presenter (down from 40th in 2019), the 9,128th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,388th in 2019) and the 30th most popular American Presenter.

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  • 42.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PRESENTERS

Among presenters, Walter Winchell ranks 50 out of 110. Before him are Jon Stewart, Ryan Dunn, Jimmy Kimmel, Jee Seok-jin, Stephen Colbert, and Ai Iijima. After him are Gretchen Carlson, Huell Howser, Charlie Rose, Ana Rosa Quintana, Masahiro Nakai, and Al Franken.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Walter Winchell ranks 248. Before him are Bert Schneider, Charles Hartshorne, Kenneth Burke, Gregorio Fuentes, C. B. van Niel, and Nunnally Johnson. After him are Theodora Kroeber, I. I. Chundrigar, Sabino Bilbao, Tom Florie, Henri Dulieux, and Cecil Parker. Among people deceased in 1972, Walter Winchell ranks 207. Before him are Erwin Stresemann, Gejus van der Meulen, John Berryman, Arnold Jackson, Robert Andersson, and Brian Donlevy. After him are Ross Bagdasarian, Herbert Hübner, Humberto Mariles, Claire Windsor, Mississippi Fred McDowell, and Per Bertilsson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Winchell ranks 9,128 out of 18,182. Before him are Robert Mercer (1946), Aurora Snow (1981), Jack Sholder (1945), Michael Ritchie (1938), Ryan Hurst (1976), and Sean Murray (1977). After him are George Hearst (1820), David Costabile (1967), John J. Sullivan (1959), Rand Paul (1963), Marisol Nichols (1973), and David Brown (1916).

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Among PRESENTERS In United States

Among presenters born in United States, Walter Winchell ranks 30. Before him are Regis Philbin (1931), Bob Barker (1923), Jon Stewart (1962), Ryan Dunn (1977), Jimmy Kimmel (1967), and Stephen Colbert (1964). After him are Gretchen Carlson (1966), Huell Howser (1945), Charlie Rose (1942), Al Franken (1951), Jerry Doyle (1956), and Don Cornelius (1936).

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