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Daniel Pearl

1963 - 2002

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Daniel Pearl (October 10, 1963 – February 1, 2002) was an American journalist who worked for The Wall Street Journal. On January 23, 2002, he was kidnapped by jihadist militants while he was on his way to what he had expected would be an interview with Pakistani Islamic scholar Mubarak Ali Gilani in Karachi, Pakistan. Pearl had moved to Mumbai, India, upon taking up a regional posting by his newspaper and later entered Pakistan to cover the war on terror, which was launched by the United States in response to the September 11 attacks in 2001. At the time of his abduction, he had been investigating the alleged links between British citizen Richard Reid (a.k.a. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2024). Daniel Pearl is the 6,186th most popular writer (down from 5,770th in 2024), the 10,888th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,920th in 2019) and the 800th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Daniel Pearl ranks 6,186 out of 7,302. Before him are Hannah More, John Jakes, Stanisław Barańczak, Mikhail Gurevich, Ryukishi07, and Dorothy Wordsworth. After him are Gyula Juhász, Tillie Olsen, Caterina Davinio, Jun Maeda, Lydie Salvayre, and Susan Cooper.

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Among people born in 1963, Daniel Pearl ranks 484. Before him are Olivier Gourmet, Semih Kaplanoğlu, Maja Gojković, Andy Timmons, Claudia Brücken, and Solvita Āboltiņa. After him are Yelena Romanova, Danuta Lato, Cuca, José Basualdo, Dan Osman, and Lotta Engberg. Among people deceased in 2002, Daniel Pearl ranks 313. Before him are Jürgen Werner, Marga Petersen, Davey Boy Smith, Martin Kamen, Pierre Rapsat, and Stanley Wagner. After him are Renato Pirocchi, Jonathan Harris, Johnny Unitas, John James, Aglaja Veteranyi, and Salman Raduyev.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Daniel Pearl ranks 10,884 out of 20,380. After him are Faiq Bolkiah (1998), George Steinbrenner (1930), Juan Atkins (1962), Phyllis Haver (1899), Bob Gibson (1935), Paul Bartel (1938), Tillie Olsen (1912), Patsy Ruth Miller (1904), Kylie Ireland (1970), Didi Conn (1951), Sid Grauman (1879), and Miriam Cooper (1891).

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Among writers born in United States, Daniel Pearl ranks 800. Before him are M. H. Abrams (1912), Bill Prady (1960), Hugh Howey (1975), Kenneth Burke (1897), Larry Kramer (1935), and John Jakes (1932). After him are Tillie Olsen (1912), Patricia A. McKillip (1948), Peter Orlovsky (1933), Joan D. Vinge (1948), Christina Hoff Sommers (1950), and John Patrick Shanley (1950).

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