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Horst Faas

1933 - 2012

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Horst Faas (28 April 1933 – 10 May 2012) was a German photo-journalist and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. He is best known for his images of the Vietnam War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Horst Faas is the 5,724th most popular writer (down from 5,328th in 2019), the 5,216th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,901st in 2019) and the 333rd most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Horst Faas ranks 5,724 out of 7,302. Before him are Charles Le Goffic, Alain Decaux, Evgeny Vladimirovich Chetvergov, Vincenzo Consolo, Erwin Strittmatter, and Yuri Samarin. After him are J. Bernlef, Bill O'Reilly, George Mikes, Rıfat Ilgaz, Sibylle Riqueti de Mirabeau, and Trudi Canavan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Horst Faas ranks 440. Before him are Miklós Ambrus, Frank Murkowski, Tim Conway, George J. Mitchell, Masae Kasai, and Vincenzo Consolo. After him are Jean Boiteux, Michael Parenti, Pete Wilson, Penelope Lively, Tony Jay, and William Blum. Among people deceased in 2012, Horst Faas ranks 377. Before him are Théophile Abega, Branko Kralj, Clive Dunn, Sherman Hemsley, Oscar Rossi, and Vincenzo Consolo. After him are J. Bernlef, Vasily Belov, Jenni Rivera, Rino Ferrario, Eric Sykes, and Verghese Kurien.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Horst Faas ranks 5,219 out of 7,253. Before him are Erwin Bauer (1912), Boris Gulko (1947), Jens Jeremies (1974), Gisela May (1924), Erwin Strittmatter (1912), and Hans Theilig (1914). After him are Henriette Reker (1956), Georg Thoma (1937), Johannes Joachim Degenhardt (1926), Inge Keller (1923), Dieter Schubert (1943), and Thomas Köhler (1940).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Horst Faas ranks 333. Before him are Karl Leberecht Immermann (1796), Ludwig Ganghofer (1855), Franz Xaver Kroetz (1946), Adolf Bartels (1862), H. A. Rey (1898), and Erwin Strittmatter (1912). After him are Wilhelm Genazino (1943), Timur Vermes (1967), Elke Erb (1938), Ferdinand von Schirach (1964), Curt Siodmak (1902), and Stefan Andres (1906).

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