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Charles Krauthammer

1950 - 2018

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Charles Krauthammer (; March 13, 1950 – June 21, 2018) was an American political columnist. A moderate liberal who turned independent conservative as a political pundit, Krauthammer won the Pulitzer Prize for his columns in The Washington Post in 1987. His weekly column was syndicated to more than 400 publications worldwide. While in his first year studying medicine at Harvard Medical School, Krauthammer became permanently paralyzed from the waist down after a diving board accident that severed his spinal cord at cervical spinal nerve 5. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Charles Krauthammer is the 6,935th most popular writer (down from 6,895th in 2024), the 15,010th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,739th in 2019) and the 1,061st most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Charles Krauthammer ranks 6,935 out of 7,302. Before him are Hamid Mir, Ransom Riggs, Brigitte Vasallo, Esteban Navarro, Es'kia Mphahlele, and Ed Greenwood. After him are Roya Hakakian, Laurie Lee, Koenraad Elst, Valerie Plame, Lutz Seiler, and Sara Stridsberg.

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Among people born in 1950, Charles Krauthammer ranks 729. Before him are Roy Blunt, Rahat Indori, Paul Westphal, Alan Johnson, Fredis Refunjol, and Daniel Benzali. After him are Mitch Kapor, Tom Robinson, David Ignatius, Phoebe Snow, Charles Frazier, and Pawan Kumar Chamling. Among people deceased in 2018, Charles Krauthammer ranks 593. Before him are Carlos Ezquerra, Margaret Heckler, Robert Bergland, Pete Shelley, Liam O'Flynn, and Arnaud Beltrame. After him are Terry A. Davis, Chelsi Smith, Annapurna Devi, Jimmy McIlroy, Stan Anderson, and Zell Miller.

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Among people born in United States, Charles Krauthammer ranks 15,015 out of 20,380. Before him are Constance Wu (1982), Mike Ness (1962), Peggy Shannon (1907), Larry Norman (1947), Richard Burr (1955), and Jeremy Jackson (1980). After him are Terry A. Davis (1969), Aaron Rodgers (1983), Anne Lockhart (1953), Tracy Nelson (1963), Charles O. Hobaugh (1961), and Anthony Parker (1975).

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Among writers born in United States, Charles Krauthammer ranks 1,061. Before him are Jay McInerney (1955), Dave Eggers (1970), Howard Gordon (1961), Josephine Johnson (1910), Amor Towles (1964), and Ransom Riggs (1979). After him are Valerie Plame (1963), Russell Hoban (1925), Conrad Richter (1890), David Ignatius (1950), Sara Shepard (1977), and Dave Meltzer (1959).

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