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David Seymour
1911 - 1956
David Seymour
David Seymour (born Dawid Szymin; November 20, 1911 – November 10, 1956), or Chim (pronounced shim, an abbreviation of the surname "Szymin"), was a Polish photographer and photojournalist. Chim was known for his images from the Spanish Civil War, for co-founding Magnum Photos with Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa and George Rodger, and for his project "Children of War" with UNICEF that captured the plight of children in the aftermath of World War II. He became president of Magnum after Capa's death in 1954 and held this post until his own death in 1956 by Egyptian machinegun fire in the aftermath of the Suez crisis. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Seymour has received more than 89,250 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). David Seymour is the 30th most popular journalist (down from 19th in 2019), the 377th most popular biography from Poland (down from 300th in 2019) and the most popular Polish Journalist.
Memorability Metrics
89k
Page Views (PV)
56.15
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
24
Languages Editions (L)
7.96
Effective Languages (L*)
2.15
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Page views of David Seymours by language
Among JOURNALISTS
Among journalists, David Seymour ranks 30 out of 127. Before him are Aenne Burda, Margaret Bourke-White, Vladimir Posner, Jeremy Clarkson, Kevin Carter, and Charles Dow. After him are Eddie Adams, Christopher Hitchens, Edgar Snow, Victor Noir, Joe Rosenthal, and Marcelo H. del Pilar.
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HPI: 57.37
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HPI: 57.29
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HPI: 56.72
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HPI: 56.69
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Charles Dow
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HPI: 56.47
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David Seymour
1911 - 1956
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 30
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HPI: 55.56
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HPI: 54.91
Rank: 32
Edgar Snow
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HPI: 54.74
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Victor Noir
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HPI: 54.57
Rank: 34
Joe Rosenthal
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HPI: 54.01
Rank: 35
Marcelo H. del Pilar
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HPI: 53.83
Rank: 36
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1911, David Seymour ranks 87. Before him are David Ogilvy, Lee J. Cobb, Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Shiing-Shen Chern, Andor Lilienthal, and Viktor Barna. After him are Luis Walter Alvarez, André Claveau, Józef Cyrankiewicz, Roberto Matta, Maureen O'Sullivan, and André Leroi-Gourhan. Among people deceased in 1956, David Seymour ranks 58. Before him are Pío Baroja, Walter Sydney Adams, Drastamat Kanayan, Michael Ventris, Alexander Fadeyev, and Gianpiero Combi. After him are Miklós Nyiszli, Alexander Korda, Infante Alfonso of Spain, Lev Rudnev, Guido Cantelli, and Ernst Robert Curtius.
Others Born in 1911
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David Ogilvy
1911 - 1999
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 81
Lee J. Cobb
1911 - 1976
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 82
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
1911 - 1979
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 83
Shiing-Shen Chern
1911 - 2004
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 84
Andor Lilienthal
1911 - 2010
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 85
Viktor Barna
1911 - 1972
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 86
David Seymour
1911 - 1956
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 87
Luis Walter Alvarez
1911 - 1988
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 88
André Claveau
1911 - 2003
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 89
Józef Cyrankiewicz
1911 - 1989
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 90
Roberto Matta
1911 - 2002
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 91
Maureen O'Sullivan
1911 - 1998
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 92
André Leroi-Gourhan
1911 - 1986
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 93
Others Deceased in 1956
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Pío Baroja
1872 - 1956
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 52
Walter Sydney Adams
1876 - 1956
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 53
Drastamat Kanayan
1884 - 1956
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 54
Michael Ventris
1922 - 1956
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 55
Alexander Fadeyev
1901 - 1956
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 56
Gianpiero Combi
1902 - 1956
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 57
David Seymour
1911 - 1956
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 58
Miklós Nyiszli
1901 - 1956
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 59
Alexander Korda
1893 - 1956
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 60
Infante Alfonso of Spain
1941 - 1956
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 61
Lev Rudnev
1885 - 1956
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 62
Guido Cantelli
1920 - 1956
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 63
Ernst Robert Curtius
1886 - 1956
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 64
In Poland
Among people born in Poland, David Seymour ranks 377 out of 1,454. Before him are Florian Znaniecki (1882), Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria (1457), Oskar R. Lange (1904), Anna Catherine Constance Vasa (1619), Stanisław Wyspiański (1869), and Alexander Imich (1903). After him are Christoph Eschenbach (1940), I. L. Peretz (1852), Hyacinth of Poland (1185), Nikita Ivanovich Panin (1718), Alexandre Tansman (1897), and Horst Mahler (1936).
Others born in Poland
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Florian Znaniecki
1882 - 1958
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 371
Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria
1457 - 1502
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 372
Oskar R. Lange
1904 - 1965
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 373
Anna Catherine Constance Vasa
1619 - 1651
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 374
Stanisław Wyspiański
1869 - 1907
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 375
Alexander Imich
1903 - 2014
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 376
David Seymour
1911 - 1956
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 377
Christoph Eschenbach
1940 - Present
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 378
I. L. Peretz
1852 - 1915
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 379
Hyacinth of Poland
1185 - 1257
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 380
Nikita Ivanovich Panin
1718 - 1783
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 381
Alexandre Tansman
1897 - 1986
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 382
Horst Mahler
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 383
Among JOURNALISTS In Poland
Among journalists born in Poland, David Seymour ranks 1.
