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Lester Holt

1959 - Today

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Lester Don Holt Jr. (born March 8, 1959) is an American journalist who was the news anchor for the weekday edition of NBC Nightly News, NBC Nightly News Kids Edition, and is currently news anchor for Dateline NBC. On June 18, 2015, Holt was made the permanent anchor of NBC Nightly News following the demotion of Brian Williams. Holt followed in the career footsteps of Max Robinson, an ABC News evening co-anchor, and became the first Black male solo anchor for a major network newscast. According to a 2018 poll, Holt was ranked as being the most trusted TV news anchor in America. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 14 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 15 in 2024). Lester Holt is the 195th most popular journalist (down from 182nd in 2024), the 18,709th most popular biography from United States (down from 18,212th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular American Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Lester Holt ranks 195 out of 196. Before him are Jim Acosta, Evan Gershkovich, Eliot Higgins, Victoria Marinova, A. O. Scott, and Nancy Grace. After him are Darya Chultsova, Cathy Young, Hasan Piker, Maria Bartiromo, Lauren Booth, and Clarissa Ward.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Lester Holt ranks 799. Before him are Rowdy Gaines, Denise Curry, Neal Broten, Lorrie Morgan, Keith Olbermann, and Nancy Grace. After him are John Whittingdale, Yvonne Cagle, Ken Buck, Shubha Mudgal, Jo Bonner, and Robin Hanson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lester Holt ranks 18,717 out of 20,380. Before him are Tate Reeves (1974), Nancy Grace (1959), Mike Cahill (1979), Megan Ellison (1986), Janet Lee (1976), and Ben Gibbard (1976). After him are George LeMieux (1969), Mary Gauthier (1962), JR Reed (1967), George Tillman Jr. (1969), Kelly Jones (1964), and Lee McRae (1966).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, Lester Holt ranks 52. Before him are Janet Maslin (1949), Andrew Breitbart (1969), Jim Acosta (1971), Evan Gershkovich (1991), A. O. Scott (1966), and Nancy Grace (1959). After him are Hasan Piker (1991), Maria Bartiromo (1967), Jacob Appelbaum (1983), Nate Silver (1978), Ezra Klein (1984), and Hala Gorani (1970).

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