JOURNALIST
Kevin Carter
1960 - 1994
Kevin Carter
Kevin Carter (13 September 1960 – 27 July 1994) was a South African photojournalist and member of the Bang-Bang Club. He was the recipient in 1994 of a Pulitzer Prize for his photograph depicting the 1993 famine in Sudan. He died by suicide at the age of 33. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kevin Carter has received more than 4,176,548 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Kevin Carter is the 33rd most popular journalist (down from 28th in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 34th in 2019) and the most popular South African Journalist.
Memorability Metrics
4.2M
Page Views (PV)
55.61
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
48
Languages Editions (L)
4.24
Effective Languages (L*)
4.69
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Page views of Kevin Carters by language
Over the past year Kevin Carter has had the most page views in the English wikipedia edition with 688,890 views, followed by Spanish (64,553), and Japanese (44,593). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ukrainian (608.72%), Uzbek (176.92%), and Serbian (149.84%)
Among JOURNALISTS
Among journalists, Kevin Carter ranks 33 out of 196. Before him are W. T. Stead, Charles Dow, Diana Nyad, Steve McCurry, Walker Evans, and Christopher Hitchens. After him are Marcel Bezençon, Margaret Bourke-White, Joe Rosenthal, François Mignet, Thomas Nast, and Vladimir Posner.
Most Popular Journalists in Wikipedia
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W. T. Stead
1849 - 1912
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 27
Charles Dow
1851 - 1902
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 28
Diana Nyad
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 29
Steve McCurry
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 30
Walker Evans
1903 - 1975
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 31
Christopher Hitchens
1949 - 2011
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 32
Kevin Carter
1960 - 1994
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 33
Marcel Bezençon
1907 - 1981
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 34
Margaret Bourke-White
1904 - 1971
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 35
Joe Rosenthal
1911 - 2006
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 36
François Mignet
1796 - 1884
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 37
Thomas Nast
1840 - 1902
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 38
Vladimir Posner
1934 - Present
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 39
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1960, Kevin Carter ranks 94. Before him are Samia Suluhu Hassan, Jürgen Schult, Gia Carangi, Melissa Leo, Merlene Ottey, and Gjorge Ivanov. After him are Ersin Tatar, Takashi Miike, Fabiola Gianotti, Anna-Maria Ravnopolska-Dean, Kim Wilde, and Susanne Bier. Among people deceased in 1994, Kevin Carter ranks 108. Before him are Álvaro del Portillo, Christian-Jaque, Elissa Aalto, Vazgen I, Jean Carmet, and Aleksandar Petrović. After him are Vitas Gerulaitis, Walter Lantz, Antoine Pinay, Mehmed Orhan, Mario Brega, and Yeshayahu Leibowitz.
Others Born in 1960
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Samia Suluhu Hassan
POLITICIAN
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 88
Jürgen Schult
ATHLETE
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 89
Gia Carangi
MODEL
1960 - 1986
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 90
Melissa Leo
ACTOR
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 91
Merlene Ottey
ATHLETE
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 92
Gjorge Ivanov
POLITICIAN
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 93
Kevin Carter
JOURNALIST
1960 - 1994
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 94
Ersin Tatar
POLITICIAN
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 95
Takashi Miike
FILM DIRECTOR
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 96
Fabiola Gianotti
PHYSICIST
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 97
Anna-Maria Ravnopolska-Dean
MUSICIAN
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 98
Kim Wilde
SINGER
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 99
Susanne Bier
FILM DIRECTOR
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 100
Others Deceased in 1994
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Álvaro del Portillo
ENGINEER
1914 - 1994
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 102
Christian-Jaque
FILM DIRECTOR
1904 - 1994
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 103
Elissa Aalto
ARCHITECT
1922 - 1994
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 104
Vazgen I
PHILOSOPHER
1908 - 1994
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 105
Jean Carmet
ACTOR
1920 - 1994
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 106
Aleksandar Petrović
FILM DIRECTOR
1929 - 1994
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 107
Kevin Carter
JOURNALIST
1960 - 1994
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 108
Vitas Gerulaitis
TENNIS PLAYER
1954 - 1994
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 109
Walter Lantz
FILM DIRECTOR
1899 - 1994
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 110
Antoine Pinay
POLITICIAN
1891 - 1994
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 111
Mehmed Orhan
POLITICIAN
1909 - 1994
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 112
Mario Brega
ACTOR
1923 - 1994
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 113
Yeshayahu Leibowitz
PHILOSOPHER
1903 - 1994
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 114
In South Africa
Among people born in South Africa, Kevin Carter ranks 38 out of 454. Before him are Kgalema Motlanthe (1949), Michael Levitt (1947), Peter Abrahams (1919), Arnold Vosloo (1962), André Brink (1935), and Cetshwayo kaMpande (1826). After him are Andries Pretorius (1798), Rory Byrne (1944), Louis Botha (1862), C. R. Swart (1894), John Vorster (1915), and Marais Viljoen (1915).
Others born in South Africa
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Kgalema Motlanthe
POLITICIAN
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 32
Michael Levitt
CHEMIST
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 33
Peter Abrahams
WRITER
1919 - 2017
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 34
Arnold Vosloo
ACTOR
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 35
André Brink
WRITER
1935 - 2015
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 36
Cetshwayo kaMpande
POLITICIAN
1826 - 1884
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 37
Kevin Carter
JOURNALIST
1960 - 1994
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 38
Andries Pretorius
POLITICIAN
1798 - 1853
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 39
Rory Byrne
ENGINEER
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 40
Louis Botha
POLITICIAN
1862 - 1919
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 41
C. R. Swart
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1982
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 42
John Vorster
POLITICIAN
1915 - 1983
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 43
Marais Viljoen
POLITICIAN
1915 - 2007
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 44
Among JOURNALISTS In South Africa
Among journalists born in South Africa, Kevin Carter ranks 1.
