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Oriana Fallaci

1929 - 2006

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Oriana Fallaci (Italian: [oˈrjaːna falˈlaːtʃi]; 29 June 1929 – 15 September 2006) was an Italian journalist and author. A member of the Italian resistance movement during World War II, she had a long and successful journalistic career. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oriana Fallaci has received more than 983,313 page views. Her biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia. Oriana Fallaci is the 3rd most popular journalist, the 469th most popular biography from Italy (up from 503rd in 2019) and the most popular Italian Journalist.

Oriana Fallaci was a journalist who wrote about the Vietnam War and the Six-Day War. She is most famous for her book "The Rage and the Pride," which was about the September 11th terrorist attacks.

Memorability Metrics

  • 980k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 59

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Oriana Fallaci ranks 3 out of 196. Before her are Robert Capa, and Richard Sorge. After her are François-Noël Babeuf, Gianni Rodari, Joseph Pulitzer, Sebastião Salgado, Gerda Taro, Anna Politkovskaya, Robert Guérin, Julian Assange, and Dorothea Lange.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Oriana Fallaci ranks 20. Before her are Irene Papas, Jacques Brel, Yayoi Kusama, Michael Ende, Jean Baudrillard, and Frank Gehry. After her are Peter Higgs, Mohamed Al-Fayed, Max von Sydow, Sándor Kocsis, Christopher Plummer, and Djalma Santos. Among people deceased in 2006, Oriana Fallaci ranks 12. Before her are Naguib Mahfouz, Milton Friedman, Stanisław Lem, James Brown, Philippe Noiret, and Syd Barrett. After her are Alfredo Stroessner, Saparmurat Niyazov, Owen Chamberlain, Heinrich Harrer, György Ligeti, and Mako.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Oriana Fallaci ranks 469 out of 5,161. Before her are Pope Anastasius IV (1073), Marcello Malpighi (1628), Pope Stephen VII (850), Pope Mark (290), Pope Alexander II (1010), and Brennus (-500). After her are Gaius Maecenas (-68), Octavia the Younger (-69), Gaius Gracchus (-154), Pope Benedict III (810), Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen (1771), and Pope Simplicius (420).

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Among JOURNALISTS In Italy

Among journalists born in Italy, Oriana Fallaci ranks 1. After her are Gianni Rodari (1920), Letizia Battaglia (1935), Maurizio Costanzo (1938), Bianca Maria Piccinino (1924), Fabrizio Romano (1993), and Rosanna Marani (1946).

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