JOURNALIST

James Nachtwey

1948 - Today

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James Nachtwey (born March 14, 1948) is an American photojournalist and war photographer. He has been awarded the Overseas Press Club's Robert Capa Gold Medal five times and two World Press Photo awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Nachtwey has received more than 364,386 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). James Nachtwey is the 86th most popular journalist (down from 43rd in 2019), the 6,796th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,633rd in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Journalist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, James Nachtwey ranks 86 out of 196. Before him are Dith Pran, Salima Ghezali, Homai Vyarawalla, Aleksey Suvorin, Caroline Rémy de Guebhard, and Michaëlle Jean. After him are Pauline Pfeiffer, James Foley, Malcolm Browne, Murray Walker, Jon Ola Sand, and Kenji Goto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, James Nachtwey ranks 443. Before him are George W. Casey Jr., Galina Prozumenshchikova, Richard Dembo, Alex Ribeiro, Dave Cowens, and Vera Nikolić. After him are Jozef Čapkovič, Johan De Muynck, Big John Studd, Patrick Moraz, Kenney Jones, and Diane Ackerman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Nachtwey ranks 6,796 out of 20,380. Before him are Nadia Cassini (1949), Michael Kelly (1969), Peter Pace (1945), Amanda Bearse (1958), Michael Paul Chan (1950), and Bert Stern (1929). After him are Zalman King (1941), Abel P. Upshur (1790), Henry L. Giclas (1910), George Nader (1921), Beulah Louise Henry (1888), and Carl O. Sauer (1889).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, James Nachtwey ranks 19. Before him are Joe Rosenthal (1911), Eddie Adams (1933), Eve Arnold (1912), Edward R. Murrow (1908), Marie Colvin (1956), and Dan Rather (1931). After him are Pauline Pfeiffer (1895), James Foley (1973), Malcolm Browne (1931), Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864), Harriet Quimby (1875), and Diane Sawyer (1945).

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