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Adrian Lamo

1981 - 2018

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Adrián Alfonso Lamo Atwood (February 20, 1981 – March 14, 2018) was an American threat analyst and hacker. Lamo first gained media attention for breaking into several high-profile computer networks, including those of The New York Times, Yahoo!, and Microsoft, culminating in his 2003 arrest. Lamo was best known for reporting U.S. soldier Chelsea Manning to Army criminal investigators in 2010 for leaking hundreds of thousands of sensitive U.S. government documents to WikiLeaks. Lamo died on March 14, 2018, at the age of 37. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Adrian Lamo is the 166th most popular journalist (down from 144th in 2024), the 16,047th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,477th in 2019) and the 45th most popular American Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Adrian Lamo ranks 166 out of 196. Before him are Roxana Saberi, Yvonne Ridley, Anastasia Baburova, Alan Johnston, Jill Dando, and Lauri Hussar. After him are Mika Yamamoto, Olga Skabeyeva, Claas Relotius, Timur Miroshnychenko, Lise Rønne, and Betty Abah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Adrian Lamo ranks 650. Before him are Johan Clarey, Yang Huiyan, Roxane Mesquida, Jovana Joksimović, Andreas Wilson, and Sasha Barrese. After him are Cristina Scarlat, Josephine Bornebusch, Allison Tolman, Hossam Ghaly, Ana Hickmann, and Mitchell Johnson. Among people deceased in 2018, Adrian Lamo ranks 607. Before him are Paul Laxalt, Peggy McCay, Pamela Gidley, Reggie Lucas, Takayuki Fujikawa, and Roland Baar. After him are Cyrille Regis, Kevin Beattie, Michele Monti, John Allen Chau, Rouzan al-Najjar, and Richard A. Searfoss.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Adrian Lamo ranks 16,054 out of 20,380. Before him are Cameron Richardson (1979), Matt Mead (1962), Ali Wong (1982), Gregg Berhalter (1973), Penny Singleton (1908), and Sasha Barrese (1981). After him are Scott E. Parazynski (1961), Troy Aikman (1966), Liam Aiken (1990), Harris Wofford (1926), Jason London (1972), and Angel Martino (1967).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, Adrian Lamo ranks 45. Before him are Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1890), Tim Russert (1950), Richard Corliss (1944), Michael Wolff (1953), Brent Renaud (1971), and Roxana Saberi (1977). After him are Janet Maslin (1949), Andrew Breitbart (1969), Jim Acosta (1971), Evan Gershkovich (1991), A. O. Scott (1966), and Nancy Grace (1959).

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