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James Foley

1973 - 2014

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James Wright Foley (October 18, 1973 – c. August 19, 2014) was an American journalist and video reporter. While working as a freelance war correspondent during the Syrian Civil War, he was abducted on November 22, 2012, in northwestern Syria. He was murdered by decapitation in August 2014 purportedly as a response to American airstrikes in Iraq, thus becoming the first American citizen executed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Foley is the 41st most popular journalist (up from 88th in 2019), the 3,921st most popular biography from United States (up from 7,152nd in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, James Foley ranks 41 out of 196. Before him are Walker Evans, Diana Nyad, Joe Rosenthal, Joaquín Navarro-Valls, Aenne Burda, and Marcelo H. del Pilar. After him are Letizia Battaglia, Sue Gardner, Yuri Bezmenov, Marta Hillers, Vladimir Posner, and James Nachtwey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, James Foley ranks 68. Before him are Federica Mogherini, Akon, Christian Cage, Neil Patrick Harris, Christian Panucci, and Rufus Wainwright. After him are Verka Serduchka, Edgars Rinkēvičs, Howie Dorough, Juliette Lewis, Savo Milošević, and Takeshi Kaneshiro. Among people deceased in 2014, James Foley ranks 160. Before him are Kumba Ialá, Efua Dorkenoo, Yitzhak Hofi, Dezső Novák, Jimmy Jones, and Abdul Qadir. After him are Tadeusz Różewicz, Bert Williams, Carmelo Simeone, Ramón José Velásquez, Bobby Collins, and Ante Žanetić.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Foley ranks 3,921 out of 20,380. Before him are Cecil Andrus (1931), Don Simpson (1943), Edward Calvin Kendall (1972), Steve Lacy (1934), Herman Wouk (1915), and William Devane (1939). After him are Mariska Hargitay (1964), Deborah Lipstadt (1947), Robert Hanssen (1944), Victor Young (1900), Bill Kristol (1952), and LL Cool J (1968).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, James Foley ranks 14. Before him are Margaret Bourke-White (1904), Edgar Snow (1905), Harriet Quimby (1875), Walker Evans (1903), Diana Nyad (1949), and Joe Rosenthal (1911). After him are James Nachtwey (1948), Eve Arnold (1912), Larry Kudlow (1947), Tucker Carlson (1969), Pauline Pfeiffer (1895), and Eddie Adams (1933).

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