WRITER

Peter Scholl-Latour

1924 - 2014

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Peter Roman Scholl-Latour (9 March 1924 – 16 August 2014) was a French-German journalist, author and reporter. Scholl-Latour was regarded as one of Europe's most important journalists, akin to what Walter Cronkite was in the US. For over six decades, he was one of the continent's most influential voices. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Scholl-Latour has received more than 89,572 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Scholl-Latour is the 4,767th most popular writer (down from 4,347th in 2019), the 4,528th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,970th in 2019) and the 284th most popular German Writer.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Peter Scholl-Latour ranks 4,767 out of 7,302. Before him are Zeruya Shalev, Sue Grafton, Mikhail Kheraskov, Graciliano Ramos, R. J. Palacio, and Dun Karm Psaila. After him are Abdulla Shaig, Richard Wagner, Susan Brownmiller, Zahrad, Philippe Djian, and Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Peter Scholl-Latour ranks 325. Before him are Rod Serling, Russell M. Nelson, Bobo Brazil, Pablo Birger, Rudy Van Gelder, and Ferdinando Terruzzi. After him are Zahrad, Norbert Schemansky, David Landes, Shirley Chisholm, Phyllis Schlafly, and Robert Bolt. Among people deceased in 2014, Peter Scholl-Latour ranks 304. Before him are Mithat Bayrak, Ferdinando Terruzzi, Lucius Shepard, Sid Caesar, Jacinto Convit, and Aurelio Milani. After him are Cheo Feliciano, Mary Anderson, Polly Bergen, Lucien Clergue, Arnoldo Foà, and Milan Horvat.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Peter Scholl-Latour ranks 4,528 out of 7,253. Before him are Reiner Knizia (1957), Hans Werner Richter (1908), Paul Hermann (1646), Gerhard Rohlfs (1892), Aleida Assmann (1947), and Michael Gwisdek (1942). After him are Mirjam Pressler (1940), Josef Bradl (1918), Albert Bernhard Frank (1839), Wolfgang Koeppen (1906), Erik Spiekermann (1947), and Alwin Mittasch (1869).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Peter Scholl-Latour ranks 284. Before him are Friedrich von Hagedorn (1708), Ludwig Bechstein (1801), Hedwig Courths-Mahler (1867), Joseph Meyer (1796), Louise Otto-Peters (1819), and Hans Werner Richter (1908). After him are Mirjam Pressler (1940), Wolfgang Koeppen (1906), Cordelia Edvardson (1929), Marie Hankel (1844), Reiner Kunze (1933), and Bruno Frank (1887).

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