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Marie Colvin

American war correspondent

1956 - 2012

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Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Marie Colvin is the 77th most popular journalist (down from 66th in 2024), the 6,546th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,308th in 2019) and the 21st most popular American Journalist.

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Marie Colvin's biography appears in 33 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 83% of all Journalists.

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Marie Colvin shares a January 12 birthday with Hermann Göring, Charles Perrault, and Swami Vivekananda.

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Among Journalists

Among journalists, Marie Colvin ranks 77 out of 196. Before her are Caroline Rémy de Guebhard, Tucker Carlson, Robbie Ross, Pauline Pfeiffer, Eddie Adams, and Ernst Haas. After her are Francesco Alberoni, Bill Brandt, Sandister Tei, Edward R. Murrow, Veronica Guerin, and Jon Ola Sand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Marie Colvin ranks 279. Before her are Vjekoslav Bevanda, John Romita Jr., Ann Dowd, Catherine Colonna, Vinnie Colaiuta, and Gianni De Biasi. After her are Danny Hillis, Anne Veski, Antonio Muñoz Molina, Hanka Paldum, Schelte J. Bus, and Vladimir Lisin. Among people deceased in 2012, Marie Colvin ranks 264. Before her are John Keegan, Levon Helm, Simeon ten Holt, Otto Stich, André Simon, and Sancho Gracia. After her are Roberto Mieres, Roy Salvadori, Ladislav Kuna, Hector Bianciotti, Jacqueline Mazéas, and Yash Chopra.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marie Colvin ranks 6,546 out of 20,380. Before her are Irving Wallace (1916), Ellsworth Huntington (1876), Marlon Wayans (1972), Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875), Mark Moses (1958), and Bobby Bland (1930). After her are Glenn Hardin (1910), Danny Hillis (1956), Ted DiBiase (1954), Mykelti Williamson (1960), Anya Taylor-Joy (1996), and Roy Thinnes (1938).

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Among Journalists In United States

Among journalists born in United States, Marie Colvin ranks 21. Before her are James Nachtwey (1948), Eve Arnold (1912), Larry Kudlow (1947), Tucker Carlson (1969), Pauline Pfeiffer (1895), and Eddie Adams (1933). After her are Edward R. Murrow (1908), Malcolm Browne (1931), E. Jean Carroll (1943), Chris Cuomo (1970), Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864), and Dan Rather (1931).

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