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Terry Wogan

1938 - 2016

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Sir Michael Terence Wogan (; 3 August 1938 – 31 January 2016) was an Irish radio and television broadcaster who worked for the BBC in Britain for most of his career. Between 1993 and his semi-retirement in 2009, his BBC Radio 2 weekday breakfast programme Wake Up to Wogan regularly drew an estimated eight million listeners. He was believed to be the most listened-to radio broadcaster in Europe. Wogan was a leading media personality in Ireland and Britain from the late 1960s and was often referred to as a "national treasure". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Terry Wogan is the 6th most popular presenter (up from 66th in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 313th in 2019) and the most popular Irish Presenter.

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Among PRESENTERS

Among presenters, Terry Wogan ranks 6 out of 143. Before him are Jay Leno, Oprah Winfrey, Hebe Camargo, David Attenborough, and Steve Irwin. After him are Larry King, Henry Rollins, Alex Jones, Jimmy Savile, Wendy Williams, and David Letterman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Terry Wogan ranks 71. Before him are Wim Kok, István Szabó, Giuliano Amato, Brian Dennehy, Oleg Gordievsky, and Takehiko Kawanishi. After him are Georg Baselitz, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Etta James, Angelo Amato, Ayaz Mutallibov, and Ryōji Noyori. Among people deceased in 2016, Terry Wogan ranks 74. Before him are Věra Čáslavská, George Martin, Hilary Putnam, Michel Galabru, Iolanda Balaș, and Walter Kohn. After him are Michel Tournier, Corry Brokken, Jayalalithaa, Patricio Aylwin, Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, and Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Terry Wogan ranks 58 out of 549. Before him are Brian Cowen (1960), John Flanagan (1873), Ernest Walton (1903), Turlough O'Carolan (1670), Columba (521), and John Toland (1670). After him are Conor McGregor (1988), Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe (1865), Bono (1960), Rory Gallagher (1948), Maureen O'Hara (1920), and John Tyndall (1820).

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Among PRESENTERS In Ireland

Among presenters born in Ireland, Terry Wogan ranks 1. 

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