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Catherine Leroy

1944 - 2006

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Catherine Leroy (August 27, 1944 - July 8, 2006) was a French-born photojournalist and war photographer, whose stark images of battle illustrated the story of the Vietnam War in the pages of Life magazine and other publications. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Catherine Leroy has received more than 280,196 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Catherine Leroy is the 114th most popular journalist, the 5,071st most popular biography from France and the 11th most popular French Journalist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Catherine Leroy ranks 114 out of 196. Before her are George Rodger, Nuriye Ulviye Mevlan Civelek, Sofía Ímber, Sara Carbonero, Margarita Simonyan, and Jill Dando. After her are Dorothy Thompson, Daniel Schneidermann, Chingiz Mustafayev, Peter Jennings, Kenji Nagai, and Megyn Kelly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Catherine Leroy ranks 642. Before her are Eddy Ottoz, Euphrase Kezilahabi, Juan Ignacio Basaguren, Akitsugu Konno, Dejan Dabović, and Ralph McTell. After her are Colm Wilkinson, Ann Sidney, Svetlana Krachevskaya, Antonio Arias, Marilyn White, and Roman Dzindzichashvili. Among people deceased in 2006, Catherine Leroy ranks 338. Before her are Arthur Hill, Robert Lockwood Jr., Philippa Pearce, Lou Jones, Pierre Amine Gemayel, and Rubén Marcos. After her are Darren McGavin, Vincent Sherman, Val Guest, Jon Nödtveidt, Sofia Muratova, and Asdrúbal Fontes Bayardo.

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In France

Among people born in France, Catherine Leroy ranks 5,071 out of 6,770. Before her are Clément Turpin (1982), Corinne Calvet (1925), Sébastien Bourdais (1979), Françoise Demulder (1947), Johnny Schuth (1941), and Charles Perrin (1875). After her are Marc Lavoine (1962), René Lorain (1900), Bouna Sarr (1992), Jean Rouaud (1952), Ismaël Bennacer (1997), and Seko Fofana (1995).

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Among JOURNALISTS In France

Among journalists born in France, Catherine Leroy ranks 11. Before her are François Mignet (1796), Vladimir Posner (1934), Robbie Ross (1869), Bernard Pivot (1935), Pierre Brossolette (1903), and Caroline Rémy de Guebhard (1855). After her are Daniel Schneidermann (1958), and Rémi Ochlik (1983).

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