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Peter Arnett

1934 - Today

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Peter Gregg Arnett (born 13 November 1934) is a New Zealand-born American journalist. He is known for his coverage of the Vietnam War and the Gulf War. He was awarded the 1966 Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting for his work in Vietnam from 1962 to 1965, mostly reporting for the Associated Press. Arnett also worked for National Geographic magazine, and later for various television networks, most notably for nearly two decades at CNN. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Arnett has received more than 531,173 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Peter Arnett is the 125th most popular journalist (down from 101st in 2019), the 103rd most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 95th in 2019) and the most popular New Zealander Journalist.

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  • 530k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Peter Arnett ranks 125 out of 196. Before him are Kenji Nagai, Megyn Kelly, Samantha Power, Sydney Schanberg, Hu Shuli, and Muntadhar al-Zaidi. After him are Arbana Xharra, Amy Goodman, Sandister Tei, Darya Dugina, Ekaterina Andreeva, and Pavel Sheremet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Peter Arnett ranks 528. Before him are Sydney Schanberg, Ron Flowers, Peter Masterson, Ed Flanders, Ellis Marsalis Jr., and Alfonso Portugal. After him are John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, Gordon Bell, Calvin Lockhart, Steve Lacy, Toru Goto, and Carl Levin.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Peter Arnett ranks 103 out of 303. Before him are Niki Caro (1967), Lucky Diamond Rich (1971), Dan Carter (1982), John Hunter (1943), Onny Parun (1947), and Tūheitia Paki (1955). After him are Alexander Aitken (1895), Tony Hurt (1946), Mike Moore (1949), Catherine Tizard (1931), Callan Mulvey (1975), and Richard Pearse (1877).

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Among JOURNALISTS In New Zealand

Among journalists born in New Zealand, Peter Arnett ranks 1. 

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