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Dorothea Lange

1895 - 1965

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Dorothea Lange (born Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn; May 26, 1895 – October 11, 1965) was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA). Lange's photographs influenced the development of documentary photography and humanized the consequences of the Great Depression. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dorothea Lange is the 11th most popular journalist (up from 12th in 2019), the 1,018th most popular biography from United States (down from 849th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Journalist.

Dorothea Lange is most famous for her photographs of the Great Depression.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Dorothea Lange ranks 11 out of 196. Before her are François-Noël Babeuf, Joseph Pulitzer, Gianni Rodari, Oriana Fallaci, Gerda Taro, and Anna Politkovskaya. After her are W. T. Stead, Jean-Marie Balestre, John Reed, Beate Klarsfeld, Julian Assange, and David Seymour.

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Among people born in 1895, Dorothea Lange ranks 52. Before her are Vasily Blokhin, Oskar Dirlewanger, Stanley Rous, Jürgen Stroop, Richard Barthelmess, and Babe Ruth. After her are Augusto César Sandino, Albert Göring, Dickinson W. Richards, Richard Walther Darré, Nedeljko Čabrinović, and Lázaro Cárdenas. Among people deceased in 1965, Dorothea Lange ranks 23. Before her are Moshe Sharett, Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, Maxime Weygand, Louise Mountbatten, and Nat King Cole. After her are Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, Helena Rubinstein, Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, Paul Tillich, and Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dorothea Lange ranks 1,018 out of 20,380. Before her are Jane Russell (1921), Richard Barthelmess (1895), George Eastman (1854), Babe Ruth (1895), Bill Bixby (1934), and William Hanna (1910). After her are Lillian Gish (1893), Hulk Hogan (1953), Karl Malden (1912), Bill Cosby (1937), Wes Craven (1939), and Harold Ramis (1944).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, Dorothea Lange ranks 3. Before her are Lee Miller (1907), and Anna Politkovskaya (1958). After her are John Reed (1887), W. Eugene Smith (1918), Steve McCurry (1950), Charles Dow (1851), Margaret Bourke-White (1904), Edgar Snow (1905), Harriet Quimby (1875), Walker Evans (1903), and Diana Nyad (1949).

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