1929 - 2006
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. Fallaci became famous worldwide for her coverage of war and revolution, and her "long, aggressive and revealing interviews" with many world leaders during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.Fallaci's book Interview with History contains interviews with Indira Gandhi, Golda Meir, Yasser Arafat, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Willy Brandt, Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and Henry Kissinger, South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, and North Vietnamese General Võ Nguyên Giáp during the Vietnam War. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oriana Fallaci has received more than 908,180 page views. Her biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Oriana Fallaci is the 3rd most popular journalist, the 504th most popular biography from Italy (down from 443rd 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.
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Among journalists, Oriana Fallaci ranks 3 out of 127. Before her are Robert Capa and Richard Sorge. After her are François-Noël Babeuf, Gianni Rodari, Joseph Pulitzer, Gerda Taro, Anna Politkovskaya, Sebastião Salgado, Julian Assange, John Reed, and Dorothea Lange.
1913 - 1954
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 1
1895 - 1944
HPI: 71.83
Rank: 2
1929 - 2006
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 3
1760 - 1797
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 4
1920 - 1980
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 5
1847 - 1911
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 6
1910 - 1937
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 7
1958 - 2006
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 8
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 9
1971 - Present
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 10
1887 - 1920
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 11
1895 - 1965
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1929, Oriana Fallaci ranks 27. Before her are Christopher Plummer, Irene Papas, Michael Ende, Sándor Kocsis, Peter Higgs, and Chet Baker. After her are Karolos Papoulias, Tigran Petrosian, Babrak Karmal, Graham Hill, Djalma Santos, and Bill Evans. Among people deceased in 2006, Oriana Fallaci ranks 15. Before her are Saparmurat Niyazov, James Brown, Desmond Doss, Heinrich Harrer, Alfredo Stroessner, and Philippe Noiret. After her are Syd Barrett, György Ligeti, Owen Chamberlain, Joseph Barbera, Ibrahim Rugova, and Clifford Geertz.
1929 - 2021
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 21
1929 - 2022
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 22
1929 - 1995
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 23
1929 - 1979
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 24
1929 - Present
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 25
1929 - 1988
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 26
1929 - 2006
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 27
1929 - 2021
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 28
1929 - 1984
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 29
1929 - 1996
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 30
1929 - 1975
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 31
1929 - 2013
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 32
1929 - 1980
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 33
1940 - 2006
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 9
1933 - 2006
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 10
1919 - 2006
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 11
1912 - 2006
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 12
1912 - 2006
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 13
1930 - 2006
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 14
1929 - 2006
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 15
1946 - 2006
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 16
1923 - 2006
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 17
1920 - 2006
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 18
1911 - 2006
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 19
1944 - 2006
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 20
1926 - 2006
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 21
Among people born in Italy, Oriana Fallaci ranks 504 out of 4,668. Before her are Pope Anterus (180), Pope Sergius I (650), Pope Innocent II (1100), Trebonianus Gallus (206), Fabio Capello (1946), and Pope Agapetus II (900). After her are Franco Nero (1941), Pope-elect Stephen (700), Francesco Redi (1626), Edmondo De Amicis (1846), Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1541), and Totila (500).
180 - 236
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 498
650 - 701
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 499
1100 - 1143
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 500
206 - 253
HPI: 68.14
Rank: 501
1946 - Present
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 502
900 - 955
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 503
1929 - 2006
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 504
1941 - Present
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 505
700 - 752
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 506
1626 - 1697
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 507
1846 - 1908
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 508
1541 - 1587
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 509
500 - 552
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 510
Among journalists born in Italy, Oriana Fallaci ranks 1. After her are Gianni Rodari (1920) and Rosanna Marani (1946).
1929 - 2006
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 1
1920 - 1980
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 2
1946 - Present
HPI: 37.07
Rank: 3