JOURNALIST

Sydney Schanberg

1934 - 2016

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Sydney Hillel Schanberg (January 17, 1934 – July 9, 2016) was an American journalist who was best known for his coverage of the war in Cambodia. He was the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, two George Polk awards, two Overseas Press Club awards, and the Sigma Delta Chi prize for distinguished journalism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sydney Schanberg has received more than 607,768 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Sydney Schanberg is the 122nd most popular journalist (down from 99th in 2019), the 11,105th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,484th in 2019) and the 29th most popular American Journalist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 610k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Sydney Schanberg ranks 122 out of 196. Before him are Daniel Schneidermann, Chingiz Mustafayev, Peter Jennings, Kenji Nagai, Megyn Kelly, and Samantha Power. After him are Hu Shuli, Muntadhar al-Zaidi, Peter Arnett, Arbana Xharra, Amy Goodman, and Sandister Tei.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Sydney Schanberg ranks 522. Before him are Jim Inhofe, Pratima Barua Pandey, Guillermo Sepúlveda, Mahendra Kapoor, Janet Munro, and Joe Williams. After him are Ron Flowers, Peter Masterson, Ed Flanders, Ellis Marsalis Jr., Alfonso Portugal, and Peter Arnett. Among people deceased in 2016, Sydney Schanberg ranks 517. Before him are Lou Pearlman, Igor Sergun, Poul Pedersen, William Schallert, Reinhard Häfner, and Donald E. Williams. After him are Vince Boryla, Patrick Manning, Alv Gjestvang, Bobby Wanzer, Sergey Mikaelyan, and Alfonso Portugal.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sydney Schanberg ranks 11,105 out of 20,380. Before him are Omar Hakim (1959), Mary Jo Catlett (1938), Benji Gregory (1978), Elliott Abrams (1948), Chloe Jones (1975), and Donald E. Williams (1942). After him are Peter Donlon (1906), Edward F. Moore (1925), Lynn-Holly Johnson (1958), Lloyd C. Douglas (1877), Naya Rivera (1987), and Kevin Cheng (1969).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, Sydney Schanberg ranks 29. Before him are Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864), Harriet Quimby (1875), Diane Sawyer (1945), Geraldo Rivera (1943), Dorothy Thompson (1893), and Megyn Kelly (1970). After him are Amy Goodman (1957), Greg Burke (1959), Louis Fischer (1896), Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1890), Steven Sotloff (1983), and Adrian Lamo (1981).

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