Rank |
Name |
Country |
number of Internet news pages |
1 |
George W. Bush |
(United States); President |
6,960 |
2 |
John Kerry |
(United States); Democratic Party presidential candidate |
6,190 |
3 |
Saddam Hussein |
(Iraq); former president, currently under US custody |
5,290 |
4 |
Richard Clarke |
(United States); former White House counter-terrorism head |
3,490 |
5 |
Colin Powell |
(United States); Secretary of State |
3,300 |
6 |
Condoleezza Rice |
(United States); National Security Advisor |
3,160 |
7 |
Osama Bin Laden |
(Saudi Arabia); fugitive head of Al-Qaeda militant group |
2,990 |
8 |
Dick Cheney |
(United States); Vice President |
2,670 |
9 |
Ariel Sharon |
(Israel); Prime Minister; facing impeachment over corruption charges |
2,630 |
10 |
Dennis Kozlowski |
(United States); former CEO of Tyco; on trial for embezzlement |
2,620 |
11 |
Mark Swartz |
(United States); former financial director of Tyco; on theft charges |
2,590 |
12 |
Michael Jackson |
(United States); Pop star; defendant in child molestation case |
2,520 |
13 |
Bill Clinton |
(United States); former President |
2,260 |
14 |
Tony Blair |
(Britain); Prime Minister |
2,250 |
15 |
John Howard |
(Australia); Prime Minister |
2,170 |
16 |
Paul Martin |
(Canada); Prime Minister |
2,090 |
17 |
Kofi Annan |
(Ghana); United Nations Secretary General; brokered Cyprus peace |
2,050 |
18 |
L. Paul Bremer |
(United States); head of US administration in Iraq |
1,870 |
19 |
Ahmed Yassin |
(Gaza/West Bank); assassinated spiritual head of group Hamas |
1,800 |
20 |
Michael Howard |
(Britain); leader of Opposition and Conservative Party |
1,630 |
21 |
Angel Acebes |
(Spain); acting Interior minister |
1,520 |
22 |
Serena Williams |
(United States); recently injured Tennis player, returned to fitness |
1,460 |
23 |
Kobe Bryant |
(United States); Basketball star, defendant in rape case |
1,310 |
24 |
Venus Williams |
(United States); former World number one Tennis player |
1,260 |
25 |
Donald Rumsfeld |
(United States); Defence Secretary |
1,240 |
26 |
Arnold Schwarzenegger |
(United States); Governor of California state |
1,230 |
27 |
Gordon Brown |
(Britain); Chancellor of the Exchequer, Britain's Finance Minister |
1,200 |
28 |
Tiger Woods |
(United States); World's number one ranked Golfer |
1,190 |
29 |
Yasser Arafat |
(Gaza/West Bank); President of Palestinian Authority |
1,170 |
30 |
Sven-Goran Eriksson |
(Sweden); coach of England national soccer team |
1,160 |
31 |
Martha Stewart |
(United States); convicted home decorating and media personality |
1,150 |
32 |
Mel Gibson |
(United States); director of controversial film, The Passion of The Christ |
1,130 |
33 |
Janet Jackson |
(United States); Pop star; caused uproar during Super Bowl event |
1,020 |
34 |
Andy Roddick |
(United States); World number one ranked Tennis player |
1,020 |
35 |
Jacques Chirac |
(France); President; centre-right party dealt election setback |
946 |
36 |
Michael Grade |
(Britain); new chairman of the embattled public broadcaster BBC |
946 |
37 |
Shaquille O'Neal |
(United States); Basketball player with Los Angeles Lakers team |
943 |
38 |
Elena Dementieva |
(Russia); Tennis player |
917 |
39 |
Vladimir Putin |
(Russia); President; recently re-elected for another four-year term |
913 |
40 |
Michael Bloomberg |
(United States); Mayor of New York City |
881 |
41 |
Chen Shui-bian |
(Taiwan); President, recent winner of disputed general election |
862 |
42 |
Michael Schumacher |
(Germany); World Formula One motor racing champion |
860 |
43 |
Tom DeLay |
(United States); Senate Majority Leader |
841 |
44 |
Jean-Pierre Raffarin |
(France); Prime Minister |
822 |
45 |
Britney Spears |
(United States); pop star, toured Denmark |
814 |
46 |
Gary Payton |
(United States); Basketball player with Los Angeles Lakers |
770 |
47 |
Peter Ustinov |
(Britain); Oscar-winning actor, died at 82 |
755 |
48 |
Karl Malone |
(United States); Basketball player |
744 |
49 |
Barry Bonds |
(United States); Baseball player, charged with drug abuse |
744 |
50 |
Bill Gates |
(United States); Chairman, Microsoft, fined for anti-trust actions |
737 |
