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Daphne Caruana Galizia

1964 - 2017

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Daphne Anne Caruana Galizia (née Vella; 26 August 1964 – 16 October 2017) was a Maltese writer, journalist, blogger and anti-corruption activist, who reported on political events in Malta and was known internationally for her investigation of the Panama Papers, and subsequent assassination by car bomb. In particular, she focused on investigative journalism, reporting on government corruption, nepotism, patronage, and allegations of money laundering, links between Malta's online gambling industry and organized crime, Malta's citizenship-by-investment scheme, and payments from the government of Azerbaijan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daphne Caruana Galizia has received more than 1,849,025 page views. Her biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Daphne Caruana Galizia is the 56th most popular journalist (down from 50th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Malta and the most popular Maltese Journalist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Daphne Caruana Galizia ranks 56 out of 196. Before her are Marion Dönhoff, Mauricio Funes, Sue Gardner, Yuri Bezmenov, Kazimierz Nowak, and Robbie Ross. After her are Francesco Alberoni, William Wilson, Bill Brandt, Plínio Salgado, Selma Rıza, and Veronica Guerin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Daphne Caruana Galizia ranks 151. Before her are Andrey Zvyagintsev, Moussa Dadis Camara, Joss Whedon, Chris Farley, Serhat, and Neneh Cherry. After her are Willie Garson, Ylva Johansson, Thomas Berthold, Vyacheslav Volodin, Béatrice Dalle, and Marius Lăcătuș. Among people deceased in 2017, Daphne Caruana Galizia ranks 237. Before her are Holger Czukay, A. R. Penck, Jan Tříska, John Ashbery, Qian Qichen, and Otto Warmbier. After her are Jana Novotná, Jeffrey Tate, Ilya Glazunov, Prodigy, Hans Alfredson, and Gisèle Casadesus.

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In Malta

Among people born in Malta, Daphne Caruana Galizia ranks 15 out of 71. Before her are Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca (1958), Eddie Fenech Adami (1934), Anthony Mamo (1909), Saint Publius (100), Prosper Grech (1925), and Nicolas Isouard (1775). After her are Maria de Dominici (1645), Lorenzo Gafà (1630), Dom Mintoff (1916), Melchiorre Cafà (1636), Girolamo Cassar (1520), and Lawrence Gonzi (1953).

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Among JOURNALISTS In Malta

Among journalists born in Malta, Daphne Caruana Galizia ranks 1. 

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