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Rush Limbaugh

1951 - 2021

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Rush Hudson Limbaugh III ( LIM-baw; January 12, 1951 – February 17, 2021) was an American conservative political commentator who was the host of The Rush Limbaugh Show, which first aired in 1984 and was nationally syndicated on AM and FM radio stations from 1988 until his death in 2021. Limbaugh became one of the most prominent conservative voices in the United States during the 1990s and hosted a national television show from 1992 to 1996. He was among the most highly paid figures in American radio history; in 2018 Forbes listed his earnings at $84.5 million. In December 2019, Talkers Magazine estimated that Limbaugh's show attracted a cumulative weekly audience of 15.5 million listeners to become the most-listened-to radio show in the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rush Limbaugh is the 54th most popular presenter (down from 44th in 2019), the 8,251st most popular biography from United States (down from 7,047th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular American Presenter.

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Among PRESENTERS

Among presenters, Rush Limbaugh ranks 54 out of 143. Before him are Regis Philbin, Jô Soares, Casey Kasem, Jimmy Kimmel, Steve Allen, and Andy Cohen. After him are Lohengrin Filipello, Benny Hinn, Stephen Colbert, Alex Trebek, Sabine Schmitz, and Masahiro Nakai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Rush Limbaugh ranks 428. Before him are Daniel Lanois, Dennis Frederiksen, Joe R. Lansdale, Fiorella Bonicelli, Peter Davison, and Alexander Rosenbaum. After him are Eva Sršen, Danny Clark, Marcel Dionne, Dominique Dropsy, Francesco De Gregori, and Spike Edney. Among people deceased in 2021, Rush Limbaugh ranks 473. Before him are Olha Ilkiv, Sergei Solovyov, Alfonso Sastre, Aleksandr Privalov, Abubakar Shekau, and Yury Sharov. After him are Yevgeny Nesterenko, Aleksandr Timoshinin, Antón García Abril, Richard Marcinko, Carl von Essen, and Walter Graf.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rush Limbaugh ranks 8,253 out of 20,380. Before him are Ernie Pyle (1900), Ty Burrell (1967), Kenyon Cox (1856), Scott Caan (1976), Joshua Bassett (2000), and Sandra Bernhard (1955). After him are Helen Thomas (1920), Robert A. Lovett (1895), John Cregan (1878), John Wall (1990), Thomas Calabro (1959), and Mildred Wiley (1901).

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Among PRESENTERS In United States

Among presenters born in United States, Rush Limbaugh ranks 32. Before him are Bob Barker (1923), Regis Philbin (1931), Casey Kasem (1932), Jimmy Kimmel (1967), Steve Allen (1921), and Andy Cohen (1968). After him are Stephen Colbert (1964), Walter Winchell (1897), Ryan Dunn (1977), Charlie Rose (1942), Al Franken (1951), and Drew Carey (1958).

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