1913 - 2012
Homai Vyarawalla (9 December 1913 – 15 January 2012), commonly known by her pseudonym Dalda 13, was India's first woman photojournalist. She began her career in 1938 working for the Bombay Chronicle, capturing images of daily life in the city. Vyarawalla worked for the British Information Services from the 1940s until 1970 when she retired. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Homai Vyarawalla has received more than 419,804 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Homai Vyarawalla is the 101st most popular journalist (down from 91st in 2019), the 753rd most popular biography from India (down from 696th in 2019) and the most popular Indian Journalist.
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Among journalists, Homai Vyarawalla ranks 101 out of 127. Before her are Frances Benjamin Johnston, Sofía Ímber, Geraldo Rivera, George Padmore, Daniel Schneidermann, and Sydney Schanberg. After her are Peter Arnett, Arbana Xharra, Anja Niedringhaus, Amy Goodman, Peter Jennings, and Tucker Carlson.
1864 - 1952
HPI: 42.38
Rank: 95
1924 - 2017
HPI: 42.22
Rank: 96
1943 - Present
HPI: 41.61
Rank: 97
1903 - 1959
HPI: 41.00
Rank: 98
1958 - Present
HPI: 40.74
Rank: 99
1934 - 2016
HPI: 40.65
Rank: 100
1913 - 2012
HPI: 40.62
Rank: 101
1934 - Present
HPI: 40.49
Rank: 102
1953 - Present
HPI: 40.10
Rank: 103
1965 - 2014
HPI: 39.88
Rank: 104
1957 - Present
HPI: 39.77
Rank: 105
1938 - 2005
HPI: 39.65
Rank: 106
1969 - Present
HPI: 39.43
Rank: 107
Among people born in 1913, Homai Vyarawalla ranks 336. Before her are Annalisa Ericson, Marian Marsh, Jimmy Van Heusen, Ferdinand Kiefler, Gardnar Mulloy, and Jean Capelle. After her are Alice Marble, Macdonald Carey, Henry Banks, Luis Taruc, Adrian Quist, and Duane Swanson. Among people deceased in 2012, Homai Vyarawalla ranks 401. Before her are Adam Yauch, Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn, Ronald Stretton, John Connelly, Joel Goldsmith, and Rino Ferrario. After her are Nicholas Katzenbach, Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein, Andrew Sarris, Turhan Bey, Joe Paterno, and Kitty Wells.
1913 - 2011
HPI: 41.09
Rank: 330
1913 - 2006
HPI: 41.08
Rank: 331
1913 - 1990
HPI: 41.06
Rank: 332
1913 - 1945
HPI: 40.99
Rank: 333
1913 - 2016
HPI: 40.89
Rank: 334
1913 - 1977
HPI: 40.81
Rank: 335
1913 - 2012
HPI: 40.62
Rank: 336
1913 - 1990
HPI: 40.58
Rank: 337
1913 - 1994
HPI: 40.34
Rank: 338
1913 - 1994
HPI: 40.28
Rank: 339
1913 - 2005
HPI: 40.22
Rank: 340
1913 - 1991
HPI: 40.08
Rank: 341
1913 - 2000
HPI: 39.97
Rank: 342
1964 - 2012
HPI: 41.33
Rank: 395
1918 - 2012
HPI: 41.33
Rank: 396
1930 - 2012
HPI: 41.22
Rank: 397
1938 - 2012
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 398
1957 - 2012
HPI: 40.97
Rank: 399
1926 - 2012
HPI: 40.93
Rank: 400
1913 - 2012
HPI: 40.62
Rank: 401
1922 - 2012
HPI: 40.60
Rank: 402
1912 - 2012
HPI: 40.51
Rank: 403
1928 - 2012
HPI: 40.45
Rank: 404
1922 - 2012
HPI: 40.39
Rank: 405
1926 - 2012
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 406
1919 - 2012
HPI: 40.16
Rank: 407
Among people born in India, Homai Vyarawalla ranks 753 out of 1,493. Before her are Sugata Mitra (1952), Amjad Ali Khan (1945), N. R. Narayana Murthy (1946), Begum Akhtar (1914), Kenneth Anderson (1891), and Amit Shah (1964). After her are V. Shantaram (1901), Jyoti Amge (1993), Fareed Zakaria (1964), Gauri Khan (1970), Monier Monier-Williams (1819), and Shivraj Singh Chouhan (1959).
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.71
Rank: 747
1945 - Present
HPI: 40.69
Rank: 748
1946 - Present
HPI: 40.69
Rank: 749
1914 - 1974
HPI: 40.67
Rank: 750
1891 - 1959
HPI: 40.63
Rank: 751
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.63
Rank: 752
1913 - 2012
HPI: 40.62
Rank: 753
1901 - 1990
HPI: 40.62
Rank: 754
1993 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 755
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 756
1970 - Present
HPI: 40.56
Rank: 757
1819 - 1899
HPI: 40.53
Rank: 758
1959 - Present
HPI: 40.51
Rank: 759
Among journalists born in India, Homai Vyarawalla ranks 1. After her are Arnab Goswami (1973) and Danish Siddiqui (1983).
1913 - 2012
HPI: 40.62
Rank: 1
1973 - Present
HPI: 27.24
Rank: 2
1983 - 2021
HPI: 25.07
Rank: 3