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Yvonne Ridley

1958 - Today

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Yvonne Ridley (born 23 April 1958) is a British journalist, author and politician who holds several committee positions with the Alba Party in Scotland. She was a former chair of the National Council of the now-defunct Respect Party. Ridley made global headlines when she was captured by the Taliban in 2001 after the events of 9/11 and before the start of the U.S.-led war. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yvonne Ridley has received more than 590,772 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Yvonne Ridley is the 111th most popular journalist (down from 94th in 2019), the 5,404th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,817th in 2019) and the 14th most popular British Journalist.

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  • 590k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Yvonne Ridley ranks 111 out of 127. Before her are Amy Goodman, Peter Jennings, Tucker Carlson, Muntadhar al-Zaidi, Kenji Nagai, and Margarita Simonyan. After her are Pavel Sheremet, Khadija Ismayilova, Samantha Power, Rosanna Marani, Adrian Lamo, and Martin Bashir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Yvonne Ridley ranks 508. Before her are Charles F. Kettering, Rainer Hasler, Tony Pulis, Walter Junghans, Thomas Kinkade, and Daniele Archibugi. After her are Yoav Galant, Elena Horvat, Petr Rada, Robert Dill-Bundi, Alyson Reed, and Jean-François Clervoy.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Yvonne Ridley ranks 5,404 out of 7,765. Before her are Martin Keown (1966), Ninian Stephen (1923), Maxi Priest (1961), Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford (1868), George Don (1798), and Keeley Hawes (1976). After her are Andy Taylor (1961), Jessica Henwick (1992), Sonique (1965), Elizabeth Allan (1910), Vanessa Angel (1966), and Iain Duncan Smith (1954).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United Kingdom

Among journalists born in United Kingdom, Yvonne Ridley ranks 14. Before her are Malcolm Campbell (1885), Malcolm Muggeridge (1903), George Rodger (1908), Don McCullin (1935), Chris Bonington (1934), and Piers Morgan (1965). After her are Samantha Power (1970), Martin Bashir (1963), Katie Piper (1983), Eliot Higgins (1979), and Lauren Booth (1967).

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