Barbara Walters | 09/25/1929 | 92

Author, broadcast journalist, and television personality Barbara Walters has a long-running career spanning six decades. Moreover, she has hosted popular television shows in her impressive career, including The View, 20/20, and ABC Evening News. More importantly, the author began her work as a researcher and writer for The Today Show in 1961 and subsequently became the show’s co-host during the mid-’70s. She was then hailed the first woman to co-host a news program in the US, and in 1976, she also became the first woman to co-anchor an evening news program.

Walters also takes acclaim for her annual Barbara Walters’ 10 Most Fascinating People special and her two books. Walters interviewed many world leaders throughout her career, including Boris Yeltsin, Fidel Castro, Vladimir Putin, Anwar Al Sadat, and Margaret Thatcher. She has also been honored with Overseas Press Club’s highest award, Lowell Thomas Award, and 7 News and Documentary Emmy Awards, among many credits.