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George Padmore

1903 - 1959

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George Padmore (28 June 1903 – 23 September 1959), born Malcolm Ivan Meredith Nurse, was a leading Pan-Africanist, journalist, and author. He left his native Trinidad in 1924 to study medicine in the United States, where he also joined the Communist Party. From there he moved to the Soviet Union, where he was active in the party, and working on African independence movements. He also worked for the party in Germany but left after the rise of Nazism in the 1930s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Padmore is the 97th most popular journalist (up from 103rd in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Trinidad and Tobago (up from 21st in 2019) and the most popular Trinidadian Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, George Padmore ranks 97 out of 196. Before him are Kenji Goto, George Rodger, Homai Vyarawalla, Murray Walker, Tsuneko Sasamoto, and Chris Cuomo. After him are Daniel Schneidermann, Frances Benjamin Johnston, Dmitry Kiselyov, Dan Rather, Nuriye Ulviye Mevlan Civelek, and Joseph Ruttenberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, George Padmore ranks 305. Before him are Gejus van der Meulen, Lajos Maszlay, Werner Klingler, Ramón Ernesto Cruz Uclés, George Coulouris, and Millard Mitchell. After him are George Koltanowski, Diógenes Lara, Josef Maleček, Juan Jover, Tadeusz Friedrich, and Ruth Svedberg. Among people deceased in 1959, George Padmore ranks 190. Before him are Boris Lavrenyov, Sidney Robinson, Guillermo Riveros, Ragnar Malm, Jaroslav Skobla, and Paul Van Asbroeck. After him are Russell Simpson, Osvaldo Sáez, Blind Willie McTell, Otto Bartning, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, and Yoshioka Yayoi.

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In Trinidad and Tobago

Among people born in Trinidad and Tobago, George Padmore ranks 17 out of 71. Before him are David Jenkins (1952), Stephen Mallory (1813), Michael Fisher (1931), Imran N. Hosein (1942), A. N. R. Robinson (1926), and Edmundo Ros (1910). After him are Steven Pressfield (1943), C. L. R. James (1901), Christine Kangaloo (1961), Hasely Crawford (1950), Kamla Persad-Bissessar (1952), and Eric Williams (1911).

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Among JOURNALISTS In Trinidad and Tobago

Among journalists born in Trinidad and Tobago, George Padmore ranks 1. 

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