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Marie Colvin

1956 - 2012

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Marie Catherine Colvin (January 12, 1956 – February 22, 2012) was an American journalist who worked as a foreign affairs correspondent for the British newspaper The Sunday Times from 1985 until her death. She was one of the most prominent war correspondents of her generation, widely recognized for her extensive coverage on the frontlines of various conflicts across the globe. On February 22, 2012, while she was covering the siege of Homs alongside the French photojournalist Rémi Ochlik, the pair were killed in a targeted attack made by Syrian government forces.After her death, Stony Brook University established the Marie Colvin Center for International Reporting in her honor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marie Colvin has received more than 2,171,592 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Marie Colvin is the 39th most popular journalist (down from 35th in 2019), the 3,412th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,115th in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Marie Colvin ranks 39 out of 127Before her are Edgar Snow, Victor Noir, Joe Rosenthal, Marcelo H. del Pilar, François Mignet, and Ara Güler. After her are Pavlo Chubynsky, Thomas Nast, Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, James Nachtwey, Marion Dönhoff, and Joaquín Navarro-Valls.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Marie Colvin ranks 114Before her are GG Allin, Gregg L. Semenza, Philip Kerr, Iveta Radičová, La Toya Jackson, and Stefan Johansson. After her are Fernando Gomes, Klaus Allofs, Cecilia Roth, El Risitas, Zlatko Kranjčar, and John Paul Getty III. Among people deceased in 2012, Marie Colvin ranks 141Before her are Gitta Sereny, Gevork Vartanian, John Christopher, Ruggiero Ricci, Lakshmi Sahgal, and Russell Means. After her are Eiko Ishioka, Shulamith Firestone, Iajuddin Ahmed, Albert O. Hirschman, Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, and J. Christopher Stevens.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marie Colvin ranks 3,412 out of 18,182Before her are Dennis Weaver (1924), Nancy Roman (1925), Chuck Feeney (1931), Josh Radnor (1974), Lucius D. Clay (1898), and John Gilbert (1895). After her are Helen Kane (1904), Leon Panetta (1938), Mack Swain (1876), Evel Knievel (1938), Mancur Olson (1932), and William Petersen (1953).

Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, Marie Colvin ranks 13Before her are Walker Evans (1903), Margaret Bourke-White (1904), Charles Dow (1851), Eddie Adams (1933), Edgar Snow (1905), and Joe Rosenthal (1911). After her are James Nachtwey (1948), Eve Arnold (1912), Edward R. Murrow (1908), Harriet Quimby (1875), Malcolm Browne (1931), and Dan Rather (1931).