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Andrew Breitbart

1969 - 2012

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Andrew James Breitbart (; February 1, 1969 – March 1, 2012) was an American conservative journalist and political commentator who was the founder of Breitbart News and a co-founder of HuffPost. After helping in the early stages of HuffPost and the Drudge Report, Breitbart created Breitbart News, now a far-right news and opinion website, which has been described as misogynistic, xenophobic, and racist by academics and journalists, notably The University of California Press. Breitbart played central journalistic roles in the Anthony Weiner sexting scandal, the firing of Shirley Sherrod, and the ACORN 2009 undercover videos controversy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Andrew Breitbart is the 179th most popular journalist (down from 174th in 2024), the 17,558th most popular biography from United States (down from 17,347th in 2019) and the 47th most popular American Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Andrew Breitbart ranks 179 out of 196. Before him are Janet Maslin, Katsiaryna Barysevich, Khadija Ismayilova, Zhanna Nemtsova, Katsyaryna Andreeva, and Natalia Morar. After him are Deniz Yücel, Irina Slavina, Kristinn Hrafnsson, Yury Dud, Ilya Varlamov, and Mohammed Nabbous.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Andrew Breitbart ranks 1,124. Before him are Lars Bohinen, Tetsuo Kagawa, Ebele Okoye, Yasushi Matsumoto, José Alves dos Santos Júnior, and Takeshi Yonezawa. After him are Ryo Adachi, Margot Lee Shetterly, Yuji Okuma, Vadim Khamuttskikh, Ye Chong, and Erika Alexander. Among people deceased in 2012, Andrew Breitbart ranks 517. Before him are Mika Yamamoto, Leslie Carter, Miki Roqué, Samia Yusuf Omar, Hollie Stevens, and Vigor Bovolenta. After him are Ajmal Kasab, Jorge Andrés Boero, Mark Lenzi, Doris Singleton, Sarah Burke, and Jaspal Bhatti.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Andrew Breitbart ranks 17,565 out of 20,380. Before him are Cody Garbrandt (1991), Harrison Barnes (1992), Rachael Bella (1984), Kevin Lee (1992), Ari Graynor (1983), and Joshua (1995). After him are Gigi Ibrahim (1988), Zach Woods (1984), Danny Manning (1966), Jeff Dean (1968), Megan Dodds (1970), and Matthew Libatique (1968).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, Andrew Breitbart ranks 47. Before him are Richard Corliss (1944), Michael Wolff (1953), Brent Renaud (1971), Roxana Saberi (1977), Adrian Lamo (1981), and Janet Maslin (1949). After him are Jim Acosta (1971), Evan Gershkovich (1991), A. O. Scott (1966), Nancy Grace (1959), Lester Holt (1959), and Hasan Piker (1991).

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