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Eddie Adams

1933 - 2004

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Edward Thomas Adams (June 12, 1933 – September 19, 2004) was an American photographer and photojournalist noted for portraits of celebrities and politicians and for coverage of 13 wars. He is best known for his photograph of the summary execution of Nguyễn Văn Lém, a Viet Cong prisoner of war, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography in 1969. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eddie Adams has received more than 17,785 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Eddie Adams is the 31st most popular journalist (down from 28th in 2019), the 2,477th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,685th in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Journalist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 18k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Eddie Adams ranks 31 out of 127. Before him are Margaret Bourke-White, Vladimir Posner, Jeremy Clarkson, Kevin Carter, Charles Dow, and David Seymour. After him are Christopher Hitchens, Edgar Snow, Victor Noir, Joe Rosenthal, Marcelo H. del Pilar, and François Mignet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Eddie Adams ranks 134. Before him are Waichiro Omura, Hannelore Kohl, Lubomyr Husar, Mako, Katharine, Duchess of Kent, and Maurice André. After him are Will Sampson, Gloria Foster, Otto Barić, Charlie Wilson, Cissy Houston, and Félicien Kabuga. Among people deceased in 2004, Eddie Adams ranks 80. Before him are Jerry Orbach, Carlos Lacoste, Shiing-Shen Chern, Roque Máspoli, Umberto Agnelli, and Olga Ladyzhenskaya. After him are Saizo Saito, Gordon Cooper, Fay Wray, Vasili Mitrokhin, Frances Shand Kydd, and Anthony Steffen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eddie Adams ranks 2,477 out of 18,182. Before him are Dennis Wilson (1944), William M. Branham (1909), Philip Sheridan (1831), Barbara Bain (1931), Katherine Heigl (1978), and Ron Johnson (1955). After him are John de Lancie (1948), G. W. Bailey (1944), Rue McClanahan (1934), Lincoln Ellsworth (1880), Lloyd Austin (1953), and Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, Eddie Adams ranks 10. Before him are W. Eugene Smith (1918), Lee Miller (1907), Steve McCurry (1950), Walker Evans (1903), Margaret Bourke-White (1904), and Charles Dow (1851). After him are Edgar Snow (1905), Joe Rosenthal (1911), Marie Colvin (1956), James Nachtwey (1948), Eve Arnold (1912), and Edward R. Murrow (1908).

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