







Occupation
JOURNALISTS
With 196 biographies, Journalists are the 56th most common occupation in Pantheon, behind Pornographic Actors, Linguists, and Volleyball Players.
People
Pantheon has 198 people classified as journalists born between 1760 and 2000. Of these 198, 89 (44.95%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living journalists include Nancy Grace, Larry Kudlow, and Sandister Tei. The most famous deceased journalists include Bernard Pivot, Sebastião Salgado, and Vladimir Solovyov.
Living Journalists
Go to all RankingsBeate Klarsfeld
1939 - Present
HPI: 67.98
Julian Assange
1971 - Present
HPI: 67.66
Steve McCurry
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.40
Jeremy Clarkson
1960 - Present
HPI: 64.35
Diana Nyad
1949 - Present
HPI: 61.97
Sue Gardner
1967 - Present
HPI: 60.84
Vladimir Posner
1934 - Present
HPI: 60.14
James Nachtwey
1948 - Present
HPI: 59.84
Larry Kudlow
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.35
Martin Parr
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.15
Maria Ressa
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.75
Michaëlle Jean
1957 - Present
HPI: 57.71
Deceased Journalists
Go to all RankingsRobert Capa
1913 - 1954
HPI: 76.53
Sebastião Salgado
1944 - 2025
HPI: 75.59
Richard Sorge
1895 - 1944
HPI: 75.08
Lee Miller
1907 - 1977
HPI: 75.01
François-Noël Babeuf
1760 - 1797
HPI: 74.14
Joseph Pulitzer
1847 - 1911
HPI: 73.71
Gianni Rodari
1920 - 1980
HPI: 73.36
Oriana Fallaci
1929 - 2006
HPI: 72.05
Gerda Taro
1910 - 1937
HPI: 71.89
Anna Politkovskaya
1958 - 2006
HPI: 71.31
Dorothea Lange
1895 - 1965
HPI: 70.09
W. T. Stead
1849 - 1912
HPI: 70.09
Places
Most journalists were born in United States (56), United Kingdom (22), and France (13). By city, the most common birth places were Moscow (6), New York City (5), and Paris (4).
Places Over Time
The earliest biographies classified as journalists in Pantheon are Aleksey Suvorin, François Mignet, and François-Noël Babeuf. The concentration of journalists was largest during the Television Era, which lasted from 1950 to 1989. Some birth or death locations for earlier journalists are unknown, which may account for timeline differences below.
Lifespans
Which Journalists were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Journalists since 1700.