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Iris Chang

1968 - 2004

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Iris Shun-Ru Chang (traditional Chinese: 張純如; March 28, 1968 – November 9, 2004) was an American journalist, historian, and political activist. She is best known for her best-selling 1997 account of the Nanjing Massacre, The Rape of Nanking, and in 2003, The Chinese in America: A Narrative History. Chang is the subject of the 2007 biography Finding Iris Chang, and the 2007 documentary film Iris Chang: The Rape of Nanking starring Olivia Cheng as Iris Chang. The independent 2007 documentary film Nanking was based on her work and dedicated to her memory. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Iris Chang is the 5,953rd most popular writer (down from 5,791st in 2024), the 10,100th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,964th in 2019) and the 736th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Iris Chang ranks 5,953 out of 7,302. Before her are Douglas Coupland, Liam O'Flaherty, Naomi Wolf, Judy Blume, Eugenie Schwarzwald, and Phil Donahue. After her are Anna J. Cooper, Maria Janion, Parveen Shakir, Albert Sánchez Piñol, Kåre Holt, and Roger Foulon.

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Among people born in 1968, Iris Chang ranks 325. Before her are Thomas Strunz, Tanja Ribič, David Hewlett, Robin Li, Espen Bredesen, and Mateja Svet. After her are Jeanne Balibar, Vickie Guerrero, Andi Herzog, Kaori Nagamine, Osmar Donizete Cândido, and Ricardo Rosset. Among people deceased in 2004, Iris Chang ranks 289. Before her are Carl Raddatz, Lyudmila Shishova, Julius Sang, Friedrich Waller, David Raksin, and Veerappan. After her are Emlyn Hughes, Fernando Campos, Frances Dee, Eric Douglas, Bill Nicholson, and Leonid Shcherbakov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Iris Chang ranks 10,102 out of 20,380. Before her are Frank Ferrer (1966), Skrillex (1988), Monte Blue (1887), Phil Donahue (1935), Bianca Belair (1989), and Johnny Van Zant (1960). After her are Ann Harding (1902), Brewster H. Shaw (1945), Edward Everett Horton (1886), Luke Askew (1932), Ed King (1949), and Adolph Dubs (1920).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Iris Chang ranks 736. Before her are Marc Connelly (1890), Theodore Roethke (1908), Bill Bright (1921), Naomi Wolf (1962), Judy Blume (1938), and Phil Donahue (1935). After her are Anna J. Cooper (1858), W. S. Merwin (1927), Kevin J. Anderson (1962), David Benioff (1970), John Perry Barlow (1947), and Jenna Bush Hager (1981).

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