PHOTOGRAPHER

Nick Ut

1951 - Today

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Huỳnh Công Út, known professionally as Nick Ut (born March 29, 1951), is a Vietnamese-American photographer who worked for the Associated Press in Los Angeles. He won both the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography and the 1973 World Press Photo of the Year for his 1972 photograph The Terror of War, depicting children running away from a napalm bombing attack during the Vietnam War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nick Ut has received more than 573,320 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Nick Ut is the 89th most popular photographer (up from 92nd in 2019), the 85th most popular biography from Vietnam (up from 86th in 2019) and the most popular Vietnamese Photographer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 570k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Nick Ut ranks 89 out of 148. Before him are Marc Riboud, Alexandre Michon, Lennart Nilsson, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Grete Stern, and Heinrich Zille. After him are Spencer Tunick, Karl Struss, Joel-Peter Witkin, Willy Ronis, Henry Peach Robinson, and Mary Ellen Mark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Nick Ut ranks 265. Before him are Kim Young-ae, Zalmay Khalilzad, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Marijan Beneš, Patrick Allen, and Jimi Jamison. After him are Shigemi Ishii, Bob McAdoo, Vladimír Špidla, John Scofield, Michel Pollentier, and Joe Jordan.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Nick Ut ranks 85 out of 136. Before him are Jonathan Ke Quan (1971), Chantal Goya (1942), Trần Văn Trà (1919), Võ Văn Kiệt (1922), Henri Laborit (1914), and Phan Văn Khải (1934). After him are Võ Văn Thưởng (1970), Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh (1959), Dương Thu Hương (1947), Phạm Hùng (1912), Trịnh Công Sơn (1939), and Nguyễn Văn Trỗi (1940).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Vietnam

Among photographers born in Vietnam, Nick Ut ranks 1. 

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    Nick Ut

    1951 - Present

    HPI: 50.28

    Rank: 1

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