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Joe Rosenthal

1911 - 2006

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Joseph John Rosenthal (October 9, 1911 – August 20, 2006) was an American photographer who received the Pulitzer Prize for his iconic World War II photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, taken during the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima. His picture became one of the best-known photographs of the war, and was replicated as the United States Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington County, Virginia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joe Rosenthal is the 37th most popular journalist (down from 36th in 2019), the 3,529th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,891st in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Joe Rosenthal ranks 37 out of 196. Before him are Christopher Hitchens, Kevin Carter, Edgar Snow, Harriet Quimby, Walker Evans, and Diana Nyad. After him are Joaquín Navarro-Valls, Aenne Burda, Marcelo H. del Pilar, James Foley, Letizia Battaglia, and Sue Gardner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Joe Rosenthal ranks 127. Before him are Martin Sandberger, Infanta María Cristina of Spain, Hervé Bazin, Jiří Sobotka, Koçi Xoxe, and Hans Woellke. After him are Barbara West, Gardner Fox, Pierre Harmel, Randolph Churchill, Birger Ruud, and Otto Baum. Among people deceased in 2006, Joe Rosenthal ranks 133. Before him are Don Thompson, Malcolm Arnold, Yuval Ne'eman, Valentín Paniagua, Asima Chatterjee, and Igor Sergeyev. After him are William Auld, Basil Poledouris, Richard Kuklinski, Gérard Oury, Gennadiy Aygi, and Jack Williamson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joe Rosenthal ranks 3,529 out of 20,380. Before him are Fred Kelly (1891), Estelle Getty (1923), James M. Cain (1892), Mitchell Feigenbaum (1944), Carla Bley (1936), and Lisa Edelstein (1966). After him are Stephen Paddock (1953), Alex Haley (1921), Carl W. Stalling (1891), Basil Poledouris (1945), Ron Kovic (1946), and William Hoyt (1875).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, Joe Rosenthal ranks 13. Before him are Charles Dow (1851), Margaret Bourke-White (1904), Edgar Snow (1905), Harriet Quimby (1875), Walker Evans (1903), and Diana Nyad (1949). After him are James Foley (1973), James Nachtwey (1948), Eve Arnold (1912), Larry Kudlow (1947), Tucker Carlson (1969), and Pauline Pfeiffer (1895).

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