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Danish Siddiqui

1983 - 2021

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Danish Siddiqui (19 May 1983 – 16 July 2021) was an Indian photojournalist based in Delhi, who used to lead the national Reuters multimedia team and was Chief Photographer India. He received his first 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography, as part of the Reuters team, for documenting the Rohingya refugee crisis. In 2021, he was killed while covering a clash between Afghan security forces and Taliban forces near a border crossing with Pakistan. His second Pulitzer was awarded posthumously in 2022 for documenting the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Danish Siddiqui is the 140th most popular journalist (up from 192nd in 2024), the 1,052nd most popular biography from India (up from 1,656th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Indian Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Danish Siddiqui ranks 140 out of 196. Before him are Amy Goodman, Lesley Stahl, Peter Arnett, Nina García, Samantha Power, and Rosanna Marani. After him are Ekaterina Andreeva, Pavel Sheremet, Darya Dugina, Halyna Hutchins, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, and Hu Shuli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Danish Siddiqui ranks 288. Before him are Semih Şentürk, Pavel Eljanov, Ranko Despotović, Masashi Otani, Jean Makoun, and Carrie Underwood. After him are Kevin Martin, Ilya Kovalchuk, Kerry Condon, Brit Marling, Kim Myong-won, and Guillermo García López. Among people deceased in 2021, Danish Siddiqui ranks 674. Before him are Storrs L. Olson, Surekha Sikri, Antony Sher, Tommy Kirk, David Amess, and Porfirio Armando Betancourt. After him are Keshav Dutt, Arthur Kopit, Rick Mitchell, Pornsak Songsaeng, Shawn Rhoden, and Yury Dokhoian.

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In India

Among people born in India, Danish Siddiqui ranks 1,052 out of 1,861. Before him are Usha Uthup (1947), Mahie Gill (1975), Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar (1930), Simi Garewal (1947), Sooraj Barjatya (1965), and Chitrangada Singh (1976). After him are Ebrahim Alkazi (1925), Rajmohan Gandhi (1935), Kartik Aaryan (1990), Bappi Lahiri (1952), Arun Shourie (1941), and V. Shantaram (1901).

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Among JOURNALISTS In India

Among journalists born in India, Danish Siddiqui ranks 2. Before him are Homai Vyarawalla (1913). After him are Arnab Goswami (1973), and Asra Nomani (1965).

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