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 1 
Fred Rogers
(Television Host and Creator of the Preschool Television Series 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood')
Fred Rogers
19
Birthdate: March 20, 1928
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Latrobe, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: February 27, 2003

TV personality, musician, and author, Fred Rogers, is best remembered for hosting the preschool TV series, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, which ran for over 30 years, from 1968 to 2001. His work was widely lauded and he was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2002. Besides his TV career, he was also an ordained Presbyterian minister.

 2 
Ryan Seacrest
(Radio Personality)
Ryan Seacrest
14
Birthdate: December 24, 1974
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Dunwoody, Georgia, United States

Ryan Seacrest is an American television host, radio personality, and producer. He gained national recognition after hosting the popular singing competition TV series, American Idol. Also known for his humanitarian efforts, Seacrest established the Ryan Seacrest Foundation in 2010. He is also credited with producing a men's skincare line called Polished.

 3 
David Muir
(Journalist)
David Muir
10
Birthdate: November 8, 1973
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Syracuse, New York
Multiple Emmy- and Edward R. Murrow Award-winning anchor David Muir is best known as a co-host of 20/20 and ABC's World News. His coverage of the 9/11 attacks earned him a National Headliner Award. One of the most-watched U.S. journalists, he was named to People's 2014 Sexiest Men Alive list. 
 4 
George Stephanopoulos
(Co-Anchor of ABC TV Show 'Good Morning America')
George Stephanopoulos
12
Birthdate: February 10, 1961
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Fall River, Massachusetts, United States

George Stephanopoulos is an American political commentator and TV host. Currently serving as the chief anchor for ABC News, Stephanopoulos plays an important role in deciding the format of shows like Good Morning America. A well-known figure in popular culture, Stephanopoulos inspired the character of Henry Burton in the novel Primary Colors, which was later adapted into a film.

 5 
Anderson Cooper
(Journalist & Anchor of CNN Show 'Anderson Cooper 360°')
Anderson Cooper
26
Birthdate: June 3, 1967
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

As one of the leading television journalists for the past 10 years, Anderson Cooper has played a prominent role in influencing several important events in the United States of America. An openly gay man, Anderson Cooper has also served as an inspiration to the entire LGBTQ community.

 6 
Billy Bush
(Television Personality, Radio Host appearing as a correspondent on Access Hollywood from 2001 to 2004)
Billy Bush
6
Birthdate: October 13, 1971
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 7 
Brian Williams
(American Journalist and Television News Anchor)
Brian Williams
8
Birthdate: May 5, 1959
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Ridgewood, New Jersey, United States
Brian Williams is best known for his 10-year stint as the host of NBC Nightly News. In 2015, he was suspended for his controversial coverage of the Iraq War back in 2003. The Walter Cronkite Award-winning jorunalist was later demoted and worked as a breaking news anchor on MSNBC.
 8 
Lester Holt
(Journalist and News Anchor for ‘NBC Nightly News’ and ‘Dateline NBC’)
Lester Holt
11
Birthdate: March 8, 1959
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Marin County, California, United States

Lester Holt is an American journalist who is the face of 'NBC News' since 2000. He hosts and co-hosts some of NBC's important programs, such as Dateline NBC and NBC Nightly News. In 1990, he was honored with the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for his work. In 2015, he was made an inductee of the California Hall of Fame.

 9 
Chris Wallace
(Journalist Who Was Named One of America's Most Trusted TV News Anchors)
Chris Wallace
14
Birthdate: October 12, 1947
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Journalist, Chris Wallace ,is best known for his stint as the TV news anchor of the Fox News program Fox News Sunday. As an ambitious young man, he graduated from Harvard University and became a broadcast journalist. Over the years, he gained fame for his tough and wide-ranging interviews. He is the recipient of a Paul White lifetime achievement award.

 10 
Andy Cohen
(Television Show Host)
Andy Cohen
9
Birthdate: June 2, 1968
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
TV producer Andy Cohen is best known as the host and executive producer of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen. He is the first openly gay host of a late-night talk show. He hosts Radio Andy and has produced shows such as Top Chef and the Real Housewives franchise.
 11 
Carson Daly
(Television host)
Carson Daly
9
Birthdate: June 22, 1973
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Santa Monica, California, United States
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 12 
Peter Jennings
(One of the Most Prominent Television Journalists and the Anchor of 'ABC World News Tonight’)
Peter Jennings
9
Birthdate: July 29, 1938
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
Died: August 7, 2005

Canadian-American journalist Peter Jennings is best remembered for his stint on ABC World News Tonight, as its sole anchor. A high-school drop-out, Jennings became one of the U.S.’s Big Three news anchors, along with Tom Brokaw and Dan Rather. He was known for his meticulous coverage of breaking news stories.

 13 
Shepard Smith
(American Broadcast Journalist for NBC News and CNBC)
Shepard Smith
11
Birthdate: January 14, 1964
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States

Shepard Smith is a broadcast journalist who played a major role in upholding the reputation of Fox News Channel during his 23-year career at Fox. He currently works for CNBC, serving as the chief general news anchor of the channel. An openly gay man, Shepard Smith serves as an inspiration to the LGBT community.

 14 
Stuart Scott
(American Sportscaster and Anchor on ESPN)
Stuart Scott
3
Birthdate: July 19, 1965
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: January 4, 2015
Sportscaster Stuart Scott is best remembered as an ESPN anchor. His signature style included catchphrases such as “booyah.” He mostly covered the NBA and NFL games. He received the Jimmy V Award for his long battle with appendix cancer and eventually died of the disease at age 49.
 15 
Edd China
(Television Presenter)
Edd China
7
Birthdate: May 9, 1971
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: London, England
Edd China is best known as the host of the Discovery Channel show Wheeler Dealers. He has also been part of Fifth Gear and Top Gear. He established Cummfy Banana Limited. After racing a motorized sofa at 148 km/h, China set a Guinness record for the fastest furniture.
 16 
Chris Cuomo
(American Television Journalist and Former Presenter of the New Show 'Cuomo Prime Time')
Chris Cuomo
29
Birthdate: August 9, 1970
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Queens, New York, United States

Peabody-winner Chris Cuomo, best known for hosting the CNN morning show, has also been associated with Fox and the show 20/20. His work on the ABC show Good Morning America won him an Emmy. He has covered sensitive issues such as heroin addiction and the war on terror, with finesse. 

 17 
Howard Cosell
(Journalist)
Howard Cosell
5
Birthdate: March 25, 1918
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Winston-Salem
Died: April 23, 1995
 18 
Ross Mathews
(TV Host)
Ross Mathews
3
Birthdate: September 24, 1979
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Mount Vernon, Washington
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 19 
Bill Hemmer
(Journalist and Co-Anchor of America's Newsroom on the Fox News Channel)
Bill Hemmer
7
Birthdate: November 14, 1964
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Journalist Bill Hemmer is best known as the anchor of the Fox News shows America's Newsroom and Bill Hemmer Reports. He has previously been a reporter for CNN and has reported from places such as Haiti and Camp Fallujah. He co-established the MUDEC scholarship to assist financially backward students. 
 20 
Marv Albert
(Sports commentator)
Marv Albert
7
Birthdate: June 12, 1941
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 21 
Jim Cramer
(American Television Personality and Author)
Jim Cramer
7
Birthdate: February 10, 1955
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Wyndmoor
TV host Jim Cramer is best known for presenting the CNBC show Mad Money. He previously owned a hedge fund and was an editor for SmartMoney magazine. He has also launched TheStreet.com, authored several books, and appeared in movies such as Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.
 22 
Edward R. Murrow
(Journalist)
Edward R. Murrow
9
Birthdate: April 25, 1908
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Guilford County, North Carolina, United States
Died: April 27, 1965
 23 
Lou Dobbs
(Political Commentator, Ex-Vice President of CNN Netwrok and Host of 'Lou Dobbs Tonight')
Lou Dobbs
11
Birthdate: September 24, 1945
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Childress County, Texas, United States
Died: July 18, 2024

Lou Dobbs is an American author, political commentator, and former TV host. He is best known for hosting the popular political and financial talk program Lou Dobbs Tonight. For his immense contribution to television journalism, Dobbs has won major awards including an Emmy Award for Lifetime Achievement. He has also won the George Foster Peabody Award and Eugene Katz Award.

 24 
Peter Doocy
(American Journalist and a White House Correspondent for 'Fox News')
Peter Doocy
8
Birthdate: July 21, 1987
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States

Journalist Peter Doocy is a White House correspondent for Fox News. An alumnus of  Villanova University, he contributed to Fox News as a Palestra reporter while still in college. He began his professional career with Fox News in 2009 and covered numerous significant stories, including Hurricane Sandy and the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

 25 
Chris Morris
(Writer)
Chris Morris
7
Birthdate: September 5, 1965
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bristol, England

Chris Morris is an English actor and filmmaker. He is known for his deadpan dark humor and surrealism and often dabbles in controversial subjects in his works. Along with radio producer Armando Iannucci, he created the TV show The Day Today, which went on to be hailed as one of the most important satirical shows of the 1990s. 

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Ted Koppel
(Broadcast Journalist Best Known as the Anchor for 'Nightline')
Ted Koppel
8
Birthdate: February 8, 1940
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Nelson, Lancashire, England

Ted Koppel is an American broadcast journalist who contributed immensely to the success of the popular late-night television news program Nightline, working as its anchor from 1980 to 2005. Considered one of the most remarkable among the serious-minded interviewers on TV, Ted Koppel has won several prestigious awards, including 42 Emmy Awards and nine Overseas Press Club awards.

 27 
Ali Velshi
(Host of the Show Real Money With Ali Velshi on Al Jazeera America)
Ali Velshi
10
Birthdate: October 29, 1969
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Nairobi, Kenya
Ali Velshi, a Kenyan-born Canadian broadcast journalist, is a familiar name in the business shows of NBC with which he has been associated after a long stint with CNN. Apart from being a business correspondent, he also reported extensively on hurricanes and the assassination of former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto. He worked for Al Jazeera America till its closure.
 28 
Wolf Blitzer
(Journalist and Anchor for CNN Who Became Famous for His Reporting on the First Gulf War.)
Wolf Blitzer
10
Birthdate: March 22, 1948
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Augsburg, Germany

CNN journalist and news anchor Wolf Blitzer is best known for his reporting of the Persian Gulf War. Audiences know him for his show The Situation Room. He was part of the Peabody Award-winning team that covered Hurricane Katrina. He has also penned books such as Between Washington and Jerusalem.

 29 
Chris Matthews
(American Political Commentator, Retired Talk Show Host, and Author)
Chris Matthews
11
Birthdate: December 17, 1945
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 30 
Craig Melvin
(Journalist, News Anchor)
Craig Melvin
6
Birthdate: May 20, 1979
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Colombia, South Carolina
Emmy-winning broadcast journalist and anchor Craig Melvin is known for his stint with NBC News and MSNBC. Some of his most popular shows are Today and Today Third Hour. He also has a huge fan base on Instagram. He has also received the Associated Press award for his journalism.
 31 
Bob Vila
(American television host)
Bob Vila
6
Birthdate: June 20, 1946
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Miami, Florida, United States
 32 
Les Brown
(Author)
Les Brown
4
Birthdate: February 17, 1945
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Liberty City, Miami, Florida, United States
 33 
Morley Safer
(Journalist Best Known for His Long Tenure on the News Magazine '60 Minutes')
Morley Safer
4
Birthdate: November 8, 1931
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died: May 19, 2016

Morley Safer was a Canadian-American journalist and correspondent for CBS News. He is best remembered for his tenure on the popular television news broadcast 60 Minutes. Safer is credited with contributing to the success of 60 Minutes, which is the most profitable and most-watched program in television history. During his 60-year career, Morley Safer received several awards including 12 Emmys.

 34 
Jorge Ramos
(Best-Known Spanish-Language News Anchor in the United States of America)
Jorge Ramos
3
Birthdate: March 16, 1958
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Mexico City, Mexico

One of the most influential Hispanic journalists in the US, Jorge Ramos gained the tag of the Walter Cronkite of Latino America. Starting his career with Televisa in Mexico, he later worked for KMEX in the US and soon gained fame as the co-anchor of Noticiero Univision.

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Hugh Downs
(Broadcaster)
Hugh Downs
4
Birthdate: February 14, 1921
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Akron, Ohio, United States
Died: July 1, 2020
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 36 
Bruce Prichard
(Manager (professional wrestling))
Bruce Prichard
4
Birthdate: March 7, 1963
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: El Paso
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 37 
Gene Okerlund
(Professional Wrestling Interviewer)
Gene Okerlund
2
Birthdate: December 29, 1942
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Brookings, South Dakota, United States
Died: January 2, 2019
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 38 
Sam Donaldson
(Journalist)
Sam Donaldson
8
Birthdate: March 11, 1934
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: El Paso, Texas, United States
 39 
Greg Gumbel
(Sports commentator)
Greg Gumbel
6
Birthdate: May 3, 1946
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: New Orleans
 40 
Sam Champion
(Anchor)
Sam Champion
10
Birthdate: August 13, 1961
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Paducah, Kentucky, USA
 41 
Clark Kellogg
(Former Basketball player who is the lead college basketball analyst for CBS Sports)
Clark Kellogg
4
Birthdate: July 2, 1961
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Height: 6'7" (201 cm)
 42 
Dan Fouts
(American Football Players)
Dan Fouts
4
Birthdate: June 10, 1951
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 43 
Katie Wagner
(Television personality)
Katie Wagner
4
Birthdate: May 11, 1964
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 44 
Mike Greenberg
(Television anchor)
Mike Greenberg
4
Birthdate: August 6, 1967
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New York City New York, New York (state) New York
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 45 
John Heilemann
(Journalist)
John Heilemann
6
Birthdate: January 23, 1966
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
 46 
Verne Lundquist
(Sports commentator)
Verne Lundquist
4
Birthdate: July 17, 1940
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Duluth
 47 
Mauro Ranallo
(A Canadian Sports Announcer, Commentator and Mental Health Advocate)
Mauro Ranallo
2
Birthdate: December 21, 1969
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Abbotsford, Canada

Mauro Ranallo is a Canadian sports commentator who is currently signed with the popular MMA organization Bellator as a play-by-play announcer. In 2015, Mauro Ranallo became the first person in U.S. national television history to call MMA, kickboxing, boxing, and professional wrestling. In 2018 and 2019, he was named Commentator of the Year by CBS Sports.

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Chris Fowler
(Presenter)
Chris Fowler
4
Birthdate: August 23, 1962
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Denver
 49 
Don Pardo
(Actor, Television presenter, Radio personality)
Don Pardo
6
Birthdate: February 22, 1918
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Westfield
Died: August 18, 2014
 50 
Mike Emrick
(Sports commentator, Journalist)
Mike Emrick
4
Birthdate: August 1, 1946
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: La Fontaine