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Robert Fisk

1946 - 2020

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Robert William Fisk (12 July 1946 – 30 October 2020) was an English writer and journalist. He was critical of United States foreign policy in the Middle East, and the Israeli government's treatment of Palestinians. As an international correspondent, he covered the civil wars in Lebanon, Algeria, and Syria, the Iran–Iraq conflict, the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Islamic revolution in Iran, Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, and the U.S. invasion, and occupation of Iraq. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Fisk has received more than 1,129,686 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Robert Fisk is the 3,076th most popular writer (up from 3,665th in 2019), the 2,241st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,692nd in 2019) and the 257th most popular British Writer.

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  • 5.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert Fisk ranks 3,076 out of 7,302Before him are Subh-i-Azal, Lois Lowry, Wang Bo, Abdulah Sidran, Arno Schmidt, and Banjo Paterson. After him are Antonio Fogazzaro, Abbās al-Aqqād, William Ernest Henley, Yulian Semyonov, Sylvain Maréchal, and Olena Teliha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Robert Fisk ranks 288Before him are Zhang Gaoli, Juan José Omella, Rabah Saâdane, Andrew Yao, Nataša Kandić, and Jeffrey Jones. After him are Jürgen Croy, Blake Clark, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Hamengkubuwono X, Frank Marshall, and Henrique Rosa. Among people deceased in 2020, Robert Fisk ranks 225Before him are Hugh Keays-Byrne, Robert Shavlakadze, Marian Jaworski, Ernesto Brambilla, Alex Olmedo, and Idir. After him are Annie Cordy, Hans-Jochen Vogel, Ken Robinson, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Gisèle Halimi, and Ken Shimura.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Fisk ranks 2,241 out of 8,785Before him are George S. Robertson (1872), Phil Jones (1992), Andrew Moray (1265), Siân Phillips (1933), Luke Howard (1772), and Arthur Hughes (1832). After him are B. C. Forbes (1880), Ethel Muckelt (1885), James Harrington (1611), Mick Box (1947), William Ernest Henley (1849), and Lord Leopold Mountbatten (1889).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Robert Fisk ranks 257Before him are Caroline Graham (1931), Michael Jackson (1942), Thor Vilhjálmsson (1925), Prince Henri of Orléans (1867), Alan Sillitoe (1928), and Hamnet Shakespeare (1585). After him are William Ernest Henley (1849), Jojo Moyes (1969), Ken Robinson (1950), Robert Harris (1957), Lady Caroline Lamb (1785), and Ephraim Chambers (1680).