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James Foley

1973 - 2014

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James Wright Foley (October 18, 1973 – c. August 19, 2014) was an American journalist and video reporter. While working as a freelance war correspondent during the Syrian Civil War, he was abducted on November 22, 2012, in northwestern Syria. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Foley has received more than 88,469 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. James Foley is the 88th most popular journalist (up from 90th in 2019), the 7,153rd most popular biography from United States (up from 8,658th in 2019) and the 21st most popular American Journalist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 88k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, James Foley ranks 88 out of 196. Before him are Homai Vyarawalla, Aleksey Suvorin, Caroline Rémy de Guebhard, Michaëlle Jean, James Nachtwey, and Pauline Pfeiffer. After him are Malcolm Browne, Murray Walker, Jon Ola Sand, Kenji Goto, Carol Thatcher, and Tsuneko Sasamoto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, James Foley ranks 183. Before him are Sharlto Copley, Anneke van Giersbergen, Nikos Machlas, Ibrahim Ba, Jeon Do-yeon, and Mick Thomson. After him are Tore André Flo, Marco Delvecchio, Melvil Poupaud, Patrick Rothfuss, Eduardo Noriega, and Vikash Dhorasoo. Among people deceased in 2014, James Foley ranks 338. Before him are Els Borst, Tony Benn, Jonathan Williams, Frankie Knuckles, Miloslava Rezková, and J. E. Freeman. After him are Lori Sandri, China Zorrilla, Efua Dorkenoo, Urs Widmer, Ben Bradlee, and João Ubaldo Ribeiro.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Foley ranks 7,153 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Cristofer (1945), Bobby Vee (1943), Barbara Hale (1922), Roy Cochran (1919), Guy Kawasaki (1954), and Robert Hays (1947). After him are Stephen Hunter (1946), Ed Hamm (1906), Jean Parker (1915), Mr. Lawrence (1969), Brad Fiedel (1951), and Jed Allan (1935).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, James Foley ranks 21. Before him are Eve Arnold (1912), Edward R. Murrow (1908), Marie Colvin (1956), Dan Rather (1931), James Nachtwey (1948), and Pauline Pfeiffer (1895). After him are Malcolm Browne (1931), Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864), Harriet Quimby (1875), Diane Sawyer (1945), Geraldo Rivera (1943), and Dorothy Thompson (1893).

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