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Dorothy Thompson

1893 - 1961

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Dorothy Celene Thompson (July 9, 1893 – January 30, 1961) was an American journalist and radio broadcaster. She was the first American journalist to be expelled from Nazi Germany in 1934 and was one of the few women news commentators broadcasting on radio during the 1930s. Thompson is regarded by some as the "First Lady of American Journalism" and was recognized by Time magazine in 1939 as equal in influence to Eleanor Roosevelt. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dorothy Thompson has received more than 425,224 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Dorothy Thompson is the 115th most popular journalist, the 10,491st most popular biography from United States and the 27th most popular American Journalist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Dorothy Thompson ranks 115 out of 196. Before her are Nuriye Ulviye Mevlan Civelek, Sofía Ímber, Sara Carbonero, Margarita Simonyan, Jill Dando, and Catherine Leroy. After her are Daniel Schneidermann, Chingiz Mustafayev, Peter Jennings, Kenji Nagai, Megyn Kelly, and Samantha Power.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Dorothy Thompson ranks 258. Before her are Patricio Arabolaza, Perry McGillivray, Harry Ryan, Marie Pujmanová, Leatrice Joy, and Tashi Namgyal. After her are Feroz Khan Noon, Gladys Brockwell, Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, Alfred Engelsen, Grace Cunard, and John P. Marquand. Among people deceased in 1961, Dorothy Thompson ranks 196. Before her are Johan Sigfrid Sirén, Niels Petersen, Augusto Barcía Trelles, Harry Ryan, Anne Sewell Young, and Albert Oldman. After her are George Simpson, Kazimierz Laskowski, Sumner Welles, George S. Kaufman, Arnstein Arneberg, and Charles Erwin Wilson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dorothy Thompson ranks 10,491 out of 20,380. Before her are Emma P. Carr (1880), Kelly Reichardt (1964), Ginni Rometty (1957), Don Keefer (1916), Scott S. Sheppard (1977), and Dennis Muren (1946). After her are Jerry Herman (1931), Joe Arpaio (1932), Kerr Smith (1972), T. J. Thyne (1975), Melanie Martinez (1995), and Marguerite Clayton (1891).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, Dorothy Thompson ranks 27. Before her are James Foley (1973), Malcolm Browne (1931), Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864), Harriet Quimby (1875), Diane Sawyer (1945), and Geraldo Rivera (1943). After her are Megyn Kelly (1970), Sydney Schanberg (1934), Amy Goodman (1957), Greg Burke (1959), Louis Fischer (1896), and Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1890).

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