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Thomas Nast

1840 - 1902

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Thomas Nast (; German: [nast]; September 26, 1840 – December 7, 1902) was a German-born American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist often considered to be the "Father of the American Cartoon". He was a sharp critic of "Boss" Tweed and the Tammany Hall Democratic Party political machine. He created a modern version of Santa Claus (based on the traditional German figures of Saint Nicholas and Weihnachtsmann) and the political symbol of the elephant for the Republican Party (GOP). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Nast has received more than 1,413,797 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Thomas Nast is the 38th most popular journalist (up from 41st in 2019), the 2,564th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,768th in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Journalist.

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  • 29

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Thomas Nast ranks 38 out of 196. Before him are Christopher Hitchens, Kevin Carter, Marcel Bezençon, Margaret Bourke-White, Joe Rosenthal, and François Mignet. After him are Vladimir Posner, Pavlo Chubynsky, Eddie Adams, Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Ara Güler, and Letizia Battaglia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1840, Thomas Nast ranks 42. Before him are Marie Bracquemond, George Smith, Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild, Shibusawa Eiichi, José Manuel Balmaceda, and Akaki Tsereteli. After him are Edmond Audran, Gall, Édouard André, Gabriel von Max, William Graham Sumner, and Dmitry Pisarev. Among people deceased in 1902, Thomas Nast ranks 29. Before him are Friedrich Alfred Krupp, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Adolf Kussmaul, Jan Gotlib Bloch, Imre Steindl, and Prudente de Morais. After him are Jules Dalou, Moritz Kaposi, Eduard von Toll, Sergei Ivanovich Mosin, Marie Alfred Cornu, and Walter Hauser.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Thomas Nast ranks 2,564 out of 7,253. Before him are Adelaide, Abbess of Vilich (960), Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1737), Lothar Emmerich (1941), Herbert Hainer (1954), Margravine Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg (1674), and Paul Giesler (1895). After him are Eric II, Duke of Pomerania (1418), Karl Kling (1910), Günther Lützow (1912), Gustav Hugo (1764), Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1888), and Hermann Burmeister (1807).

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Among JOURNALISTS In Germany

Among journalists born in Germany, Thomas Nast ranks 4. Before him are Gerda Taro (1910), Beate Klarsfeld (1939), and Aenne Burda (1909). After him are Marta Hillers (1911), Bill Brandt (1904), Norbert Haug (1952), Bogna Koreng (1965), Anja Niedringhaus (1965), Yury Dud (1986), and Claas Relotius (1985).

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