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Bill Brandt

1904 - 1983

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Bill Brandt (born Hermann Wilhelm Brandt [bʁant]; 2 May 1904 – 20 December 1983): 14  was a British photographer and photojournalist. Born in Germany, Brandt moved to England, where he became known for his images of British society for such magazines as Lilliput and Picture Post; later he made distorted nudes, portraits of famous artists and landscapes. He is widely considered to be one of the most important British photographers of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bill Brandt is the 77th most popular journalist (down from 59th in 2019), the 4,344th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,848th in 2019) and the 6th most popular German Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Bill Brandt ranks 77 out of 196. Before him are Robbie Ross, Pauline Pfeiffer, Eddie Adams, Ernst Haas, Marie Colvin, and Francesco Alberoni. After him are Sandister Tei, Edward R. Murrow, Veronica Guerin, Jon Ola Sand, Norbert Haug, and Malcolm Browne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Bill Brandt ranks 222. Before him are Alexander Gerschenkron, Fernando Lopez, Cecil Day-Lewis, Bozorg Alavi, Alger Hiss, and Valentín González. After him are Abraham Alikhanov, Giuliano Bonfante, Elizabeth Roboz Einstein, Attila Petschauer, Chūhei Nambu, and Yves Giraud-Cabantous. Among people deceased in 1983, Bill Brandt ranks 167. Before him are Rudolf Wolters, Marguerite Broquedis, Higinio Morínigo, Nils Engdahl, Valentín González, and Jānis Ivanovs. After him are Luís Mesquita de Oliveira, Bep Voskuijl, Clemens Holzmeister, Chabuca Granda, Jaime Lazcano, and Alexia Bryn.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Bill Brandt ranks 4,346 out of 7,253. Before him are Fritz Graebner (1877), Paul Mauser (1838), Walter Braunfels (1882), Nicolaus von Amsdorf (1483), Karl Allmendinger (1891), and Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Köthen (1696). After him are Erna Berger (1900), Wilhelm Weinberg (1862), Wolfgang Hildesheimer (1916), Marco Rose (1976), Carl Goßler (1885), and Arthur Tell Schwab (1896).

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Among JOURNALISTS In Germany

Among journalists born in Germany, Bill Brandt ranks 6. Before him are Gerda Taro (1910), Beate Klarsfeld (1939), Aenne Burda (1909), Marta Hillers (1911), and Thomas Nast (1840). After him are Norbert Haug (1952), Bogna Koreng (1965), Anja Niedringhaus (1965), Claas Relotius (1985), and Yury Dud (1986).

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