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David Seymour

1911 - 1956

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David Seymour (born Dawid Szymin; November 20, 1911 – November 10, 1956), or Chim (pronounced shim, an abbreviation of the surname "Szymin"), was a Polish photographer and photojournalist. Chim was known for his images from the Spanish Civil War, for co-founding Magnum Photos with Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa and George Rodger, and for his project "Children of War" with UNICEF that captured the plight of children in the aftermath of World War II. He became president of Magnum after Capa's death in 1954 and held this post until his own death in 1956 by Egyptian machinegun fire in the aftermath of the Suez crisis. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Seymour is the 17th most popular journalist (up from 75th in 2019), the 286th most popular biography from Poland (up from 931st in 2019) and the most popular Polish Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, David Seymour ranks 17 out of 196. Before him are Dorothea Lange, W. T. Stead, Jean-Marie Balestre, John Reed, Beate Klarsfeld, and Julian Assange. After him are Victor Noir, Robert Guérin, Gareth Jones, W. Eugene Smith, Alexander Berkman, and Steve McCurry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, David Seymour ranks 72. Before him are Bernard Herrmann, Karel Čurda, Lee J. Cobb, Hans von Ohain, Dieter Wisliceny, and Stanisława Walasiewicz. After him are André Claveau, Nicholas Ray, Eduardo Frei Montalva, Sergey Sokolov, Mahalia Jackson, and Hubert Humphrey. Among people deceased in 1956, David Seymour ranks 51. Before him are Marie Laurencin, Harold Bride, Mistinguett, Alben W. Barkley, Gottfried Benn, and Giovanni Papini. After him are Chandrashekhar Agashe, Savielly Tartakower, Erich Kleiber, Pío Baroja, Hiram Bingham III, and Hermann Abendroth.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, David Seymour ranks 286 out of 1,694. Before him are Hans Kammler (1901), Kurt Masur (1927), Adam Stefan Sapieha (1867), Dieter Wisliceny (1911), Stanisława Walasiewicz (1911), and Adam Czerniaków (1880). After him are Mieczysław Weinberg (1919), Victor Klemperer (1881), Leopold Infeld (1898), Robert Wiene (1873), Edward Gierek (1913), and Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński (1776).

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Among JOURNALISTS In Poland

Among journalists born in Poland, David Seymour ranks 1. 

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