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Eddie Adams

1933 - 2004

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Edward Thomas Adams (June 12, 1933 – September 19, 2004) was an American photographer and photojournalist noted for portraits of celebrities and politicians and for coverage of 13 wars. He is best known for his photograph of the execution of Nguyễn Văn Lém, a Viet Cong prisoner of war, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography in 1969. Adams was a longtime resident of Bogota, New Jersey. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eddie Adams is the 73rd most popular journalist (down from 41st in 2019), the 6,495th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,532nd in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Eddie Adams ranks 73 out of 196. Before him are Salima Ghezali, Kanno Sugako, Caroline Rémy de Guebhard, Tucker Carlson, Robbie Ross, and Pauline Pfeiffer. After him are Ernst Haas, Marie Colvin, Francesco Alberoni, Bill Brandt, Sandister Tei, and Edward R. Murrow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Eddie Adams ranks 321. Before him are Valentina Ponomaryova, Allen J. Bard, James Wolfensohn, Américo Lopes, Yoshishige Yoshida, and Brad Harris. After him are Sarah Marshall, Jean Becker, Otar Chiladze, Ágnes Gergely, Frank Gorshin, and Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. Among people deceased in 2004, Eddie Adams ranks 197. Before him are Kenneth E. Iverson, Bryce DeWitt, Philip Arthur Fisher, Leonel Brizola, Veríssimo Correia Seabra, and Bagrat Shinkuba. After him are Claude Nougaro, Shirley Strickland, Rodney Dangerfield, Hasse Ekman, Balamani Amma, and Neil Campbell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eddie Adams ranks 6,496 out of 20,380. Before him are Amy Brenneman (1964), Richard Marx (1963), Daryl Hall (1946), Darlene Cates (1947), Michael Tomasello (1950), and Brad Harris (1933). After him are Jimmy Cobb (1929), Childe Hassam (1859), Vinnie Colaiuta (1956), Jeff Farrell (1937), Clark Terry (1920), and Lola Albright (1924).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, Eddie Adams ranks 20. Before him are James Foley (1973), James Nachtwey (1948), Eve Arnold (1912), Larry Kudlow (1947), Tucker Carlson (1969), and Pauline Pfeiffer (1895). After him are Marie Colvin (1956), Edward R. Murrow (1908), Malcolm Browne (1931), Chris Cuomo (1970), Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864), and Dan Rather (1931).

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