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Anja Niedringhaus

1965 - 2014

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Anja Niedringhaus (German pronunciation: [ˈanja ˈniːdʁɪŋˌhaʊs]; 12 October 1965 – 4 April 2014) was a German photojournalist who worked for the Associated Press (AP). She was the only woman on a team of 11 AP photographers that won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for coverage of the Iraq War. That same year she was awarded the International Women's Media Foundation's Courage in Journalism prize. Niedringhaus had covered Afghanistan for several years before she was killed on 4 April 2014, while covering the presidential election, after an Afghan policeman opened fire at the car she was waiting in at a checkpoint, part of an election convoy. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Anja Niedringhaus is the 147th most popular journalist (down from 135th in 2024), the 6,024th most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,957th in 2019) and the 9th most popular German Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Anja Niedringhaus ranks 147 out of 196. Before her are Ekaterina Andreeva, Pavel Sheremet, Darya Dugina, Halyna Hutchins, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, and Hu Shuli. After her are Nazlı Tolga, Lilya Budzhurova, Chingiz Mustafayev, Andrzej Poczobut, Tim Russert, and Richard Corliss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Anja Niedringhaus ranks 702. Before her are Oliver Grau, Jale Arıkan, André Kana-Biyik, Munir Said Thalib, Vincent Young, and John Murphy. After her are Matt Servitto, Jari Sillanpää, Roger Avary, Zbigniew Spruch, Kevin Poulsen, and Kumiko Watanabe. Among people deceased in 2014, Anja Niedringhaus ranks 547. Before her are Russell Johnson, Audrey Long, K. Balachander, André Wohllebe, Eduardo Campos, and Michael Glawogger. After her are Sitara Devi, Vugar Gashimov, Mary Ann Mobley, Tom Gola, Jim Jeffords, and Reubin Askew.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Anja Niedringhaus ranks 6,027 out of 7,253. Before her are Anna-Lena Grönefeld (1985), Karsten Schmeling (1962), Dieter Althaus (1958), Sylvia Albrecht (1962), Christine Lieberknecht (1958), and Bettine Jahn (1958). After her are Robert Andrich (1994), Ilse Aigner (1964), Sandro Schwarz (1978), Josefa Idem (1964), Daniel Theis (1992), and Jörg Freimuth (1961).

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Among JOURNALISTS In Germany

Among journalists born in Germany, Anja Niedringhaus ranks 9. Before her are Aenne Burda (1909), Marta Hillers (1911), Thomas Nast (1840), Bill Brandt (1904), Norbert Haug (1952), and Bogna Koreng (1965). After her are Claas Relotius (1985), Deniz Yücel (1973), and Yury Dud (1986).

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