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Catherine Leroy

1944 - 2006

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Catherine Leroy (August 27, 1944 – July 8, 2006) was a French-born photojournalist and war photographer, whose stark images of battle illustrated the story of the Vietnam War in the pages of Life magazine and other publications. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Catherine Leroy is the 121st most popular journalist (down from 114th in 2024), the 5,123rd most popular biography from France (down from 5,072nd in 2019) and the 12th most popular French Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Catherine Leroy ranks 121 out of 196. Before her are Arbana Xharra, Don McCullin, Bianca Maria Piccinino, Kenji Nagai, Carol Thatcher, and Peter Jennings. After her are Sara Carbonero, Margarita Simonyan, Bogna Koreng, Peter Travers, Sydney Schanberg, and Muntadhar al-Zaidi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Catherine Leroy ranks 660. Before her are Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Spartaco Landini, Dave Edmunds, Jac Nellemann, Neroli Fairhall, and Eddie Keizan. After her are Miguel Mejía Barón, Stoyan Yordanov, Héctor Santos, Janet Simpson, Leopoldo Vallejos, and Reinhold Bachler. Among people deceased in 2006, Catherine Leroy ranks 359. Before her are Kiril Rakarov, Bertha Brouwer, Philippa Pearce, G. William Miller, Neroli Fairhall, and Vincent Sherman. After her are Atanas Mihaylov, Comandanta Ramona, Edward Albert, Mervyn Wood, Óscar González, and Bernie Geoffrion.

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In France

Among people born in France, Catherine Leroy ranks 5,123 out of 6,770. Before her are Yaël Braun-Pivet (1970), Guillaume de Tonquédec (1966), Bernard Talvard (1947), Philippe Delerm (1950), Mehdi Nebbou (1971), and Alexa Davalos (1982). After her are Lydie Salvayre (1948), Stuart Price (1977), Marc Alexandre (1959), Alain Couriol (1958), Yvan Colonna (1960), and Mike Sparken (1930).

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Among JOURNALISTS In France

Among journalists born in France, Catherine Leroy ranks 12. Before her are Vladimir Posner (1934), Bernard Pivot (1935), Caroline Rémy de Guebhard (1855), Robbie Ross (1869), Pierre Brossolette (1903), and Daniel Schneidermann (1958). After her are Mariane Pearl (1967), and Rémi Ochlik (1983).

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