1887 - 1920
John "Jack" Silas Reed (October 22, 1887 – October 17, 1920) was an American journalist, poet, and communist activist. Reed first gained prominence as a war correspondent during the Mexican Revolution (for Metropolitan magazine) and World War I (for the magazine The Masses). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Reed has received more than 58,438 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). John Reed is the 10th most popular journalist (down from 9th in 2019), the 783rd most popular biography from United States (down from 556th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Journalist.
John Reed is most famous for his book Ten Days That Shook the World.
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Among journalists, John Reed ranks 10 out of 129. Before him are François-Noël Babeuf, Joseph Pulitzer, Gianni Rodari, Gerda Taro, Sebastião Salgado, and Dorothea Lange. After him are Julian Assange, Anna Politkovskaya, Beate Klarsfeld, W. T. Stead, Lee Miller, and Jean-Marie Balestre.
1760 - 1797
HPI: 76.03
Rank: 4
1847 - 1911
HPI: 75.65
Rank: 5
1920 - 1980
HPI: 75.35
Rank: 6
1910 - 1937
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 7
1944 - Present
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 8
1895 - 1965
HPI: 72.58
Rank: 9
1887 - 1920
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 10
1971 - Present
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 11
1958 - 2006
HPI: 70.80
Rank: 12
1939 - Present
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 13
1849 - 1912
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 14
1907 - 1977
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 15
1921 - 2008
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 16
Among people born in 1887, John Reed ranks 36. Before him are August Macke, Wolfgang Köhler, Erich Mendelsohn, Lothar Rendulic, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Nadia Boulanger. After him are Boris Karloff, Julian Huxley, Alexander Archipenko, René Cassin, James B. Sumner, and Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal. Among people deceased in 1920, John Reed ranks 20. Before him are Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, Inessa Armand, Rosalia Lombardo, Dmitri Ivanovsky, and Svetozar Boroević. After him are Eleanor H. Porter, Benito Pérez Galdós, Essad Pasha Toptani, Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Venustiano Carranza, and Max Klinger.
1887 - 1914
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 30
1887 - 1967
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 31
1887 - 1953
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 32
1887 - 1971
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 33
1887 - 1986
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 34
1887 - 1979
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 35
1887 - 1920
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 36
1887 - 1969
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 37
1887 - 1975
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 38
1887 - 1964
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 39
1887 - 1976
HPI: 71.14
Rank: 40
1887 - 1955
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 41
1887 - 1908
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 42
1856 - 1920
HPI: 73.11
Rank: 14
1853 - 1920
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 15
1874 - 1920
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 16
1918 - 1920
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 17
1864 - 1920
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 18
1856 - 1920
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 19
1887 - 1920
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 20
1868 - 1920
HPI: 71.79
Rank: 21
1843 - 1920
HPI: 70.52
Rank: 22
1863 - 1920
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 23
1854 - 1920
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 24
1859 - 1920
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 25
1857 - 1920
HPI: 69.71
Rank: 26
Among people born in United States, John Reed ranks 783 out of 15,968. Before him are Michio Kaku (1947), Floyd Mayweather Jr. (1977), Barry Seal (1939), Neal Cassady (1926), Charlie Sheen (1965), and Robert Vaughn (1932). After him are Steven Weinberg (1933), Matthew McConaughey (1969), Raquel Welch (1940), Steve Reich (1936), John Fante (1909), and Rodney King (1965).
1947 - Present
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 777
1977 - Present
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 778
1939 - Present
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 779
1926 - 1968
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 780
1965 - Present
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 781
1932 - 2016
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 782
1887 - 1920
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 783
1933 - Present
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 784
1969 - Present
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 785
1940 - Present
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 786
1936 - Present
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 787
1909 - 1983
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 788
1965 - 2012
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 789
Among journalists born in United States, John Reed ranks 2. Before him are Dorothea Lange (1895). After him are Anna Politkovskaya (1958), Lee Miller (1907), Walker Evans (1903), Charles Dow (1851), W. Eugene Smith (1918), Steve McCurry (1950), Eddie Adams (1933), Joe Rosenthal (1911), Edgar Snow (1905), and Margaret Bourke-White (1904).
1895 - 1965
HPI: 72.58
Rank: 1
1887 - 1920
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 2
1958 - 2006
HPI: 70.80
Rank: 3
1907 - 1977
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 4
1903 - 1975
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 5
1851 - 1902
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 6
1918 - 1978
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 7
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 8
1933 - 2004
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 9
1911 - 2006
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 10
1905 - 1972
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 11
1904 - 1971
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 12