1950 - Today
Steve McCurry (born April 23, 1950) is an American photographer, freelancer, and photojournalist. His photo Afghan Girl, of a girl with piercing green eyes, has appeared on the cover of National Geographic several times. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Steve McCurry has received more than 898,953 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Steve McCurry is the 16th most popular journalist (up from 27th in 2019), the 1,591st most popular biography from United States (up from 2,480th in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Journalist.
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Among journalists, Steve McCurry ranks 16 out of 127. Before him are Julian Assange, John Reed, Dorothea Lange, W. Eugene Smith, Lee Miller, and Beate Klarsfeld. After him are W. T. Stead, Walker Evans, Endre Ady, Alexander Berkman, Jean-Marie Balestre, and Gareth Jones.
1971 - Present
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 10
1887 - 1920
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 11
1895 - 1965
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 12
1918 - 1978
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 13
1907 - 1977
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 14
1939 - Present
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 15
1950 - Present
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 16
1849 - 1912
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 17
1903 - 1975
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 18
1877 - 1919
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 19
1870 - 1936
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 20
1921 - 2008
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 21
1905 - 1935
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 22
Among people born in 1950, Steve McCurry ranks 60. Before him are Jeffery Deaver, John Candy, Jussi Adler-Olsen, Choe Ryong-hae, Brad Dourif, and Javier Clemente. After him are Roza Otunbayeva, Christina Onassis, Sônia Braga, David Graf, Eric Carr, and Marius Trésor.
1950 - Present
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 54
1950 - 1994
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 55
1950 - Present
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 56
1950 - Present
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 57
1950 - Present
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 58
1950 - Present
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 59
1950 - Present
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 60
1950 - Present
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 61
1950 - 1988
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 62
1950 - Present
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 63
1950 - 2001
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 64
1950 - 1991
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 65
1950 - Present
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 66
Among people born in United States, Steve McCurry ranks 1,591 out of 18,182. Before him are Arthur Penn (1922), Samuel Adams (1722), Bruce Nauman (1941), Jimmy Doolittle (1896), Edgar Mitchell (1930), and George Clinton (1739). After him are Vincent du Vigneaud (1901), R. L. Stine (1943), Chyna (1969), Ed White (1930), Cy Twombly (1928), and Sterling Hayden (1916).
1922 - 2010
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 1,585
1722 - 1803
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 1,586
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 1,587
1896 - 1993
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 1,588
1930 - 2016
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 1,589
1739 - 1812
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 1,590
1950 - Present
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 1,591
1901 - 1978
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 1,592
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 1,593
1969 - 2016
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 1,594
1930 - 1967
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 1,595
1928 - 2011
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 1,596
1916 - 1986
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 1,597
Among journalists born in United States, Steve McCurry ranks 6. Before him are Anna Politkovskaya (1958), John Reed (1887), Dorothea Lange (1895), W. Eugene Smith (1918), and Lee Miller (1907). After him are Walker Evans (1903), Margaret Bourke-White (1904), Charles Dow (1851), Eddie Adams (1933), Edgar Snow (1905), and Joe Rosenthal (1911).
1958 - 2006
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 1
1887 - 1920
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 2
1895 - 1965
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 3
1918 - 1978
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 4
1907 - 1977
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 5
1950 - Present
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 6
1903 - 1975
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 7
1904 - 1971
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 8
1851 - 1902
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 9
1933 - 2004
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 10
1905 - 1972
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 11
1911 - 2006
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 12