PHOTOGRAPHER

Alberto Korda

1928 - 2001

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Alberto Díaz Gutiérrez (September 14, 1928 – May 25, 2001), better known as Alberto Korda or simply Korda, was a Cuban photographer, remembered for his famous image Guerrillero Heroico of Argentine Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alberto Korda is the 5th most popular photographer (down from 4th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Cuba and the most popular Cuban Photographer.

Alberto Korda is most famous for his iconic photograph of Che Guevara.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Alberto Korda ranks 5 out of 148. Before him are Nadar, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Heinrich Hoffmann, and Eadweard Muybridge. After him are Helmut Newton, Dora Maar, Alexander Rodchenko, Vivian Maier, Robert Doisneau, Oliviero Toscani, and Julia Margaret Cameron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Alberto Korda ranks 45. Before him are Martin Cooper, James Ivory, Hans Küng, Jean Kennedy Smith, George Peppard, and Kim Yong-nam. After him are Alvin Toffler, Carlos Fuentes, Vera Rubin, Manfred Gerlach, Li Ka-shing, and Francesco Cossiga. Among people deceased in 2001, Alberto Korda ranks 21. Before him are Sabiha Gökçen, Bill Hewlett, Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, Claude Shannon, Laurent-Désiré Kabila, and Iannis Xenakis. After him are Gilbert Bécaud, Wilhelm Mohnke, Fred Hoyle, Ernst Gombrich, Nikolay Basov, and Morris.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Alberto Korda ranks 9 out of 300. Before him are Fulgencio Batista (1901), José Raúl Capablanca (1888), Italo Calvino (1923), Miguel Díaz-Canel (1960), José Martí (1853), and Paul Lafargue (1842). After him are Camilo Cienfuegos (1932), Andy García (1956), Gloria Estefan (1957), Compay Segundo (1907), Emilio Mola (1887), and Celia Cruz (1925).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Cuba

Among photographers born in Cuba, Alberto Korda ranks 1. 

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