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Walter Lippmann

1889 - 1974

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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

Among writers, Walter Lippmann ranks 852 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Walter Lippmann ranks 33Before 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 28Before 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.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Lippmann ranks 1,003 out of 18,182Before 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).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Walter Lippmann ranks 99Before 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).