1889 - 1974
Walter Lippmann (September 23, 1889 – December 14, 1974) was an American writer, reporter, and political commentator. With a career spanning 60 years, he is famous for being among the first to introduce the concept of the Cold War, coining the term "stereotype" in the modern psychological meaning, as well as critiquing media and democracy in his newspaper column and several books, most notably his 1922 Public Opinion.Lippmann also played a notable role as research director of Woodrow Wilson's post-World War I board of inquiry. His views on the role of journalism in a democracy were contrasted with the contemporaneous writings of John Dewey in what has been retrospectively named the Lippmann-Dewey debate. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Lippmann has received more than 1,179,108 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Walter Lippmann is the 852nd most popular writer (up from 883rd in 2019), the 1,003rd most popular biography from United States (down from 955th in 2019) and the 99th most popular American Writer.
Walter Lippmann is most famous for his work in journalism and political theory. He is best known for his 1922 book Public Opinion, which is about the role of mass media in democracy.
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Among writers, Walter Lippmann ranks 852 out of 5,755. Before him are Eleanor Marx, Antoine Galland, Theodor Fontane, Dio Chrysostom, Božena Němcová, and Lafcadio Hearn. After him are Clemens Brentano, Anna Seghers, Achim von Arnim, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Leconte de Lisle, and Varlam Shalamov.
1855 - 1898
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 846
1646 - 1715
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 847
1819 - 1898
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 848
40 - 120
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 849
1820 - 1862
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 850
1850 - 1904
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 851
1889 - 1974
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 852
1778 - 1842
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 853
1900 - 1983
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 854
1781 - 1831
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 855
1836 - 1870
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 856
1818 - 1894
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 857
1907 - 1982
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 858
Among people born in 1889, Walter Lippmann ranks 33. Before him are Vasily Blyukher, Pitirim Sorokin, Edgar Adrian, Mercédès Jellinek, Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, and Jean de Lattre de Tassigny. After him are Abel Gance, Zalman Shazar, Taha Hussein, Günther Lütjens, Philip Noel-Baker, and Hannes Kolehmainen. Among people deceased in 1974, Walter Lippmann ranks 28. Before him are Julius Evola, Peng Dehuai, Fritz Zwicky, Louis Kahn, Satyendra Nath Bose, and Virginia Apgar. After him are David Alfaro Siqueiros, Zalman Shazar, Nikolai Kuznetsov, Hilda Gadea, Marcel Pagnol, and Cass Elliot.
1889 - 1938
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 27
1889 - 1968
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 28
1889 - 1977
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 29
1889 - 1929
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 30
1889 - 1962
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 31
1889 - 1952
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 32
1889 - 1974
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 33
1889 - 1981
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 34
1889 - 1974
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 35
1889 - 1973
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 36
1889 - 1941
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 37
1889 - 1982
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 38
1889 - 1966
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 39
1898 - 1974
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 22
1898 - 1974
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 23
1898 - 1974
HPI: 63.78
Rank: 24
1901 - 1974
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 25
1894 - 1974
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 26
1909 - 1974
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 27
1889 - 1974
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 28
1896 - 1974
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 29
1889 - 1974
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 30
1904 - 1974
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 31
1925 - 1974
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 32
1895 - 1974
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 33
1941 - 1974
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 34
Among people born in United States, Walter Lippmann ranks 1,003 out of 18,182. Before him are Herbie Hancock (1940), George E. Smith (1930), Frank B. Kellogg (1856), Madam C. J. Walker (1867), Kobe Bryant (1978), and Jim Belushi (1954). After him are Kevin Kline (1947), Dennis Tito (1940), Wyatt Earp (1848), Gillian Anderson (1968), Howard H. Aiken (1900), and Steve Buscemi (1957).
1940 - Present
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 997
1930 - Present
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 998
1856 - 1937
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 999
1867 - 1919
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 1,000
1978 - 2020
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 1,001
1954 - Present
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 1,002
1889 - 1974
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 1,003
1947 - Present
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 1,004
1940 - Present
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 1,005
1848 - 1929
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 1,006
1968 - Present
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 1,007
1900 - 1973
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 1,008
1957 - Present
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 1,009
Among writers born in United States, Walter Lippmann ranks 99. Before him are Virginia Satir (1916), Neale Donald Walsch (1943), Ambrose Bierce (1842), Thomas Pynchon (1937), Sam Shepard (1943), and L. Frank Baum (1856). After him are Jean Webster (1876), Clifford D. Simak (1904), John Updike (1932), John Grisham (1955), Daniel Goleman (1946), and Noah Gordon (1926).
1916 - 1988
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 93
1943 - Present
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 94
1842 - 1914
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 95
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 96
1943 - 2017
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 97
1856 - 1919
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 98
1889 - 1974
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 99
1876 - 1916
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 100
1904 - 1988
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 101
1932 - 2009
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 102
1955 - Present
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 103
1946 - Present
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 104
1926 - 2021
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 105