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John Reed

1887 - 1920

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John Silas Reed (October 22, 1887 – October 17, 1920) was an American journalist, poet, and communist activist. Reed first gained prominence as a war correspondent during the Mexican Revolution for Metropolitan and World War I for The Masses. He is best known for his coverage of the October Revolution in Petrograd, Russia, which he wrote about in his 1919 book Ten Days That Shook the World. Reed supported the Soviet takeover of Russia, even briefly taking up arms to join the Red Guards in 1918. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Reed is the 14th most popular journalist (down from 13th in 2019), the 1,297th most popular biography from United States (down from 875th in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Journalist.

John Reed is most famous for his book Ten Days That Shook the World.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, John Reed ranks 14 out of 196. Before him are Oriana Fallaci, Gerda Taro, Anna Politkovskaya, Dorothea Lange, W. T. Stead, and Jean-Marie Balestre. After him are Beate Klarsfeld, Julian Assange, David Seymour, Victor Noir, Robert Guérin, and Gareth Jones.

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Among people born in 1887, John Reed ranks 44. Before him are Alexander Archipenko, Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Erich Mendelsohn, Kurt Schwitters, George Pólya, and René Cassin. After him are Emilio Mola, Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, Harald Bohr, Violet Jessop, Boris Karloff, and Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick. Among people deceased in 1920, John Reed ranks 20. Before him are Rosalia Lombardo, Svetozar Boroević, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, Inessa Armand, and Essad Pasha Toptani. After him are Jeanne Hébuterne, Benito Pérez Galdós, Eleanor H. Porter, Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria, Venustiano Carranza, and Dmitri Ivanovsky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Reed ranks 1,297 out of 20,380. Before him are Mike Shinoda (1977), James M. Buchanan (1919), Howard Martin Temin (1934), William Fichtner (1956), Joshua Lederberg (1925), and Joseph Campbell (1904). After him are John Jacob Astor IV (1864), Susan B. Anthony (1820), Henry Norris Russell (1877), Sam Anderson (1945), David Gross (1941), and Don Siegel (1912).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, John Reed ranks 4. Before him are Lee Miller (1907), Anna Politkovskaya (1958), and Dorothea Lange (1895). After him are W. Eugene Smith (1918), Steve McCurry (1950), Charles Dow (1851), Margaret Bourke-White (1904), Edgar Snow (1905), Harriet Quimby (1875), Walker Evans (1903), and Diana Nyad (1949).

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