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James Nachtwey

1948 - Today

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James Nachtwey (born March 14, 1948) is an American photojournalist and war photographer. He has been awarded the Overseas Press Club's Robert Capa Gold Medal five times and two World Press Photo awards. In 2003, Nachtwey was injured in a grenade attack on his convoy while working in Baghdad, from which he made a full recovery. Nachtwey has worked with Time as a contract photographer since 1984. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Nachtwey is the 47th most popular journalist (up from 86th in 2019), the 4,642nd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,795th in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, James Nachtwey ranks 47 out of 196. Before him are James Foley, Letizia Battaglia, Sue Gardner, Yuri Bezmenov, Marta Hillers, and Vladimir Posner. After him are Ara Güler, William Wilson, Thomas Nast, Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Eve Arnold, and Marion Dönhoff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, James Nachtwey ranks 307. Before him are Chris Squire, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov, José José, Bernard Thévenet, Robert Taylor, and Tomáš Halík. After him are Tommy Körberg, Horst Köppel, Sergei Bodrov, Susana Dosamantes, Avi Arad, and Gregory Itzin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Nachtwey ranks 4,642 out of 20,380. Before him are Pink Anderson (1900), Christina Ricci (1980), William J. Brennan Jr. (1906), Herman J. Mankiewicz (1897), Penny Marshall (1943), and Mitchell Ryan (1928). After him are Mayim Bialik (1975), Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (1844), Paul Adelstein (1969), Chris Penn (1965), John Neumeier (1939), and Arnold Rothstein (1882).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, James Nachtwey ranks 15. Before him are Edgar Snow (1905), Harriet Quimby (1875), Walker Evans (1903), Diana Nyad (1949), Joe Rosenthal (1911), and James Foley (1973). After him are Eve Arnold (1912), Larry Kudlow (1947), Tucker Carlson (1969), Pauline Pfeiffer (1895), Eddie Adams (1933), and Marie Colvin (1956).

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