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Fred Rogers

1928 - 2003

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Fred McFeely Rogers (March 20, 1928 – February 27, 2003), better known as Mister Rogers, was an American television host, author, producer, and Presbyterian minister. He was the creator, showrunner, and host of the preschool television series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, which ran from 1968 to 2001. Born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, Rogers earned a bachelor's degree in music from Rollins College in 1951. He began his television career at NBC in New York City, returning to Pittsburgh in 1953 to work for children's programming at NET (later PBS) television station WQED. He graduated from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary with a bachelor's degree in divinity in 1962 and became a Presbyterian minister in 1963. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fred Rogers is the 20th most popular presenter (down from 17th in 2019), the 3,592nd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,144th in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Presenter.

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Among PRESENTERS

Among presenters, Fred Rogers ranks 20 out of 143. Before him are Jerry Springer, Nando Parrado, Chris Wallace, Ed Sullivan, Johnny Carson, and Nick Vujicic. After him are Michael Buffer, Walter Cronkite, Christine Chubbuck, Matt Lucas, Conan O'Brien, and Igor Kirillov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Fred Rogers ranks 196. Before him are Branko Mikulić, Shulamit Aloni, Cy Young, Ethel Kennedy, Pavel Kohout, and Laurence Harvey. After him are Ulric Neisser, Peter Hans Kolvenbach, Steingrímur Hermannsson, Bella Darvi, Aleksey Batalov, and Line Renaud. Among people deceased in 2003, Fred Rogers ranks 110. Before him are Maurice Pialat, Kalpana Chawla, Michel Constantin, Qusay Hussein, Daishiro Yoshimura, and Vasil Bykaŭ. After him are Mohammed Dib, Bernard Williams, Foday Sankoh, Karel Kosík, Martha Chase, and Constantin Dăscălescu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fred Rogers ranks 3,592 out of 20,380. Before him are Alvin Hansen (1887), Albert W. Hull (1880), Barbara Hendricks (1948), Freddie King (1934), Wes Montgomery (1923), and Chester Carlson (1906). After him are Eric Carmen (1949), Rhea Perlman (1948), Octavia Spencer (1972), Andy Williams (1927), Annie Oakley (1860), and Doris Hart (1925).

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Among PRESENTERS In United States

Among presenters born in United States, Fred Rogers ranks 12. Before him are Wendy Williams (1964), David Letterman (1947), Anna Moffo (1932), Chris Wallace (1947), Ed Sullivan (1901), and Johnny Carson (1925). After him are Michael Buffer (1944), Walter Cronkite (1916), Christine Chubbuck (1944), Conan O'Brien (1963), Barbara Walters (1929), and Mike Bongiorno (1924).

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