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Christopher Hitchens

British-American author and journalist

1949 - 2011

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His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2024). Christopher Hitchens is the 31st most popular journalist (up from 32nd in 2024), the 1,786th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,504th in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Journalist.

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Christopher Hitchens's biography appears in 67 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 98% of all Journalists.

Apr 13

Christopher Hitchens shares a April 13 birthday with Thomas Jefferson, Catherine de' Medici, and Jacques Lacan.

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Among Journalists

Among journalists, Christopher Hitchens ranks 31 out of 196. Before him are Marcel Bezençon, Mauricio Funes, Jeremy Clarkson, Charles Dow, Margaret Bourke-White, and François Mignet. After him are Kevin Carter, João Saldanha, Edgar Snow, Harriet Quimby, Walker Evans, and Diana Nyad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Christopher Hitchens ranks 174. Before him are Niels Arestrup, Kriengsak Kovitvanit, Brad Davis, Hugo Sotil, Nebojša Radmanović, and Tommy Ramone. After him are Manuel Orantes, Hiroji Imamura, Georges Leekens, Ray Dalio, Ariel Henry, and Shusaku Hirasawa. Among people deceased in 2011, Christopher Hitchens ranks 109. Before him are Pak Seung-zin, Michael Dummett, Anwar al-Awlaki, Ken Russell, Roland Petit, and Farley Granger. After him are Violetta Villas, Facundo Cabral, Eugene Nida, Marie-France Pisier, Inese Jaunzeme, and Harri Holkeri.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Christopher Hitchens ranks 1,786 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Stevenson (1905), Joseph Boxhall (1884), Vera Lynn (1917), Robert Pattinson (1986), Oliver Hart (1948), and Nora Stanton Barney (1883). After him are Woodes Rogers (1679), John Bevis (1695), Scott Adkins (1976), William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw (1918), Lord Guildford Dudley (1536), and Henry More (1614).

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Among Journalists In United Kingdom

Among journalists born in United Kingdom, Christopher Hitchens ranks 4. Before him are W. T. Stead (1849), Gareth Jones (1905), and Jeremy Clarkson (1960). After him are William Wilson (1844), Martin Parr (1952), Malcolm Campbell (1885), Piers Morgan (1965), George Rodger (1908), Murray Walker (1923), Malcolm Muggeridge (1903), and Chris Bonington (1934).

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