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 4,222,280 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Kevin Carter is the 28th most popular journalist (up from 34th in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 41st in 2019) and the most popular South African Journalist.
Memorability Metrics
4.2M
Page Views (PV)
56.69
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
44
Languages Editions (L)
6.26
Effective Languages (L*)
3.67
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Page views of Kevin Carters by language
Among JOURNALISTS
Among journalists, Kevin Carter ranks 28 out of 127. Before him are Jean-Marie Balestre, Gareth Jones, Aenne Burda, Margaret Bourke-White, Vladimir Posner, and Jeremy Clarkson. After him are Charles Dow, David Seymour, Eddie Adams, Christopher Hitchens, Edgar Snow, and Victor Noir.
Most Popular Journalists in Wikipedia
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Jean-Marie Balestre
1921 - 2008
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 22
Gareth Jones
1905 - 1935
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 23
Aenne Burda
1909 - 2005
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 24
Margaret Bourke-White
1904 - 1971
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 25
Vladimir Posner
1934 - Present
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 26
Jeremy Clarkson
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 27
Kevin Carter
1960 - 1994
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 28
Charles Dow
1851 - 1902
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 29
David Seymour
1911 - 1956
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 30
Eddie Adams
1933 - 2004
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 31
Christopher Hitchens
1949 - 2011
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 32
Edgar Snow
1905 - 1972
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 33
Victor Noir
1848 - 1870
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 34
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1960, Kevin Carter ranks 66. Before him are Gary Lineker, John Galliano, Rafael Benítez, Brian Cowen, Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran, and Jeremy Clarkson. After him are Simonetta Sommaruga, Pierre Littbarski, Daryl Hannah, Mark Rylance, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, and Gia Carangi. Among people deceased in 1994, Kevin Carter ranks 82. Before him are Yevgeny Leonov, Johannes Steinhoff, Jean Borotra, Walter Lantz, Tengiz Abuladze, and Ken Noritake. After him are Federica Montseny, Jérôme Lejeune, Golo Mann, Alain Cuny, Woody Strode, and Donald Judd.
Others Born in 1960
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Gary Lineker
1960 - Present
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 60
John Galliano
1960 - Present
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 61
Rafael Benítez
1960 - Present
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 62
Brian Cowen
1960 - Present
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 63
Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 64
Jeremy Clarkson
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 65
Kevin Carter
1960 - 1994
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 66
Simonetta Sommaruga
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 67
Pierre Littbarski
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 68
Daryl Hannah
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 69
Mark Rylance
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 70
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 71
Gia Carangi
1960 - 1986
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 72
Others Deceased in 1994
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Yevgeny Leonov
1926 - 1994
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 76
Johannes Steinhoff
1913 - 1994
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 77
Jean Borotra
1898 - 1994
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 78
Walter Lantz
1899 - 1994
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 79
Tengiz Abuladze
1924 - 1994
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 80
Ken Noritake
1922 - 1994
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 81
Kevin Carter
1960 - 1994
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 82
Federica Montseny
1905 - 1994
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 83
Jérôme Lejeune
1926 - 1994
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 84
Golo Mann
1909 - 1994
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 85
Alain Cuny
1908 - 1994
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 86
Woody Strode
1914 - 1994
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 87
Donald Judd
1928 - 1994
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 88
In South Africa
Among people born in South Africa, Kevin Carter ranks 34 out of 374. Before him are Seymour Papert (1928), D. F. Malan (1874), Peter Abrahams (1919), Abba Eban (1915), Basil Rathbone (1892), and Kgalema Motlanthe (1949). After him are André Brink (1935), Arnold Vosloo (1962), Angelique Rockas (1951), Cetshwayo kaMpande (1826), Andries Pretorius (1798), and Louis Botha (1862).
Others born in South Africa
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Seymour Papert
1928 - 2016
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 28
D. F. Malan
1874 - 1959
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 29
Peter Abrahams
1919 - 2017
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 30
Abba Eban
1915 - 2002
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 31
Basil Rathbone
1892 - 1967
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 32
Kgalema Motlanthe
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 33
Kevin Carter
1960 - 1994
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 34
André Brink
1935 - 2015
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 35
Arnold Vosloo
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 36
Angelique Rockas
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 37
Cetshwayo kaMpande
1826 - 1884
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 38
Andries Pretorius
1798 - 1853
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 39
Louis Botha
1862 - 1919
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 40
Among JOURNALISTS In South Africa
Among journalists born in South Africa, Kevin Carter ranks 1.
