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Diane Sawyer

1945 - Today

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Lila Diane Sawyer (; born December 22, 1945) is an American television broadcast journalist known for anchoring major programs on two networks including ABC World News Tonight, Good Morning America, 20/20, and Primetime newsmagazine while at ABC News. During her tenure at CBS News, she hosted CBS Morning and was the first woman correspondent on 60 Minutes. Prior to her journalism career, she was a member of U.S. President Richard Nixon's White House staff and assisted in his post-presidency memoirs. Presently she works for ABC News producing documentaries and interview specials. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Diane Sawyer is the 104th most popular journalist (down from 98th in 2019), the 9,687th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,398th in 2019) and the 27th most popular American Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Diane Sawyer ranks 104 out of 196. Before her are Daniel Schneidermann, Frances Benjamin Johnston, Dmitry Kiselyov, Dan Rather, Nuriye Ulviye Mevlan Civelek, and Joseph Ruttenberg. After her are Frances Bean Cobain, Fabrizio Romano, Malcolm Muggeridge, Geraldo Rivera, Alexei Venediktov, and Chris Bonington.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Diane Sawyer ranks 555. Before her are Leigh Taylor-Young, Ray Jackendoff, Luis Garisto, Amos Sawyer, Ian McLagan, and Peder Pedersen. After her are Henri Emmanuelli, Aleksandr Adabashyan, Carl Robie, Filoimea Telito, Jim Gordon, and Randy Matson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Diane Sawyer ranks 9,689 out of 20,380. Before her are Johnny Dodds (1892), Lyman Lemnitzer (1899), Martin Johnson Heade (1819), Justin Bartha (1978), Kevin J. O'Connor (1963), and Francis Ford (1881). After her are Eliza Dushku (1980), Hal Greer (1936), Booker T. Jones (1944), Harry Klinefelter (1912), Don Stroud (1943), and Mary Brian (1906).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, Diane Sawyer ranks 27. Before her are Marie Colvin (1956), Edward R. Murrow (1908), Malcolm Browne (1931), Chris Cuomo (1970), Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864), and Dan Rather (1931). After her are Frances Bean Cobain (1992), Geraldo Rivera (1943), Steven Sotloff (1983), Peter Travers (2000), Sydney Schanberg (1934), and Dorothy Thompson (1893).

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