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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 1,302,626 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Thomas Nast is the 41st most popular journalist (up from 56th in 2019), the 2,771st most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,313th in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Thomas Nast ranks 41 out of 127Before him are Joe Rosenthal, Marcelo H. del Pilar, François Mignet, Ara Güler, Marie Colvin, and Pavlo Chubynsky. After him are Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, James Nachtwey, Marion Dönhoff, Joaquín Navarro-Valls, Eve Arnold, and Robbie Ross.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1840, Thomas Nast ranks 46Before him are Manuel de Arriaga, José Manuel Balmaceda, Lars Fredrik Nilson, Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild, Helena Modjeska, and Édouard André. After him are Friedrich Kohlrausch, Edmond Audran, Titu Maiorescu, Dmitry Pisarev, Yaa Asantewaa, and Francišak Bahuševič. Among people deceased in 1902, Thomas Nast ranks 34Before him are Moritz Kaposi, Cato Maximilian Guldberg, Jules Dalou, Ivan Yarkovsky, Sergei Ivanovich Mosin, and Ernst Schröder. After him are Adolf Kussmaul, Fyodor Stravinsky, Saigō Jūdō, Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz, and Count Richard Belcredi.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Thomas Nast ranks 2,771 out of 6,142Before him are Norbert Burgmüller (1810), Johannes Popitz (1884), Sibel Kekilli (1980), Hermann Hankel (1839), Walter Brandmüller (1929), and Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (1636). After him are Julian Nagelsmann (1987), Manfred Wörner (1934), Christoph von Dohnányi (1929), Ferdinand David (1810), Konrad von Feuchtwangen (1230), and Frieda Fromm-Reichmann (1889).

Among JOURNALISTS In Germany

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