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    How many people have won $1,000,000 on 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'

    Question #60871. Asked by Dead Man Inc. (Dec 06 05 5:35 PM)


    thefixxer

    		11 in the U.S. (2 winners over a million)

    14 from other countries

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Wants_to_Be_a_Millionaire

    Dec 06 05, 8:43 PM
    CountSolo

    		As of Sep. 25, 2006:

    11 in the U.S.
    5 in the UK (NOT including Charles Ingram)
    2 in Australia
    Several more from other countries.

    Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Wants_to_be_a_Millionaire to find out more.

    Sep 24 06, 10:12 PM
    Master_Algie

    		The two prior posters are correct for the USA count - 11 millionaires from the standard show. I might add that in Super Millionaire, a two-time special event of ten times the stakes hosted by Regis Philbin, Robert Essig walked away with a prize of $1,000,000, however this was not the ultimate payoff as it is in the original Millionaire gameshow.

    Numbers in response to this question could be obfuscated by exceptions such as the above, or Charles Ingram as CountSolo brought up, whose earnings were snatched after he was found guilty of cheating. Several competitors have received rewards superior to $1,000,000.

    The sum of all Millionaire winners, discluding questionable exceptions, I would declare as 79.

    Dec 18 06, 11:52 PM
    Peaches_Can

    		12 winners on the regular show, 1 from Super Millionaire

    Regular show winners:

    John Carpenter
    Dan Blonsky
    Joe Trela
    Bob House
    Kim Hunt
    David Goodman
    Kevin Olmstead
    Bernie Cullen
    Ed Toutant
    Marco Smithfield
    Kevin Smith
    Nancy Christy

    (Robert Essig)



    Jan 02 07, 2:11 PM

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