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Jon Lee Anderson

1957 - Today

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Jon Lee Anderson (born January 15, 1957) is an American journalist, investigative reporter, author, biographer, war correspondent, and staff writer for The New Yorker, reporting from war zones such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Uganda, Palestine, El Salvador, Ireland, Lebanon, Iran, and throughout the Middle East, as well as during Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Katrina disaster relief efforts with K38 Water Safety as documented in The New Yorker article "Leaving Desire". Anderson has also reported or written for the Lima Times, Harper's Magazine, Life, and The Nation. Anderson has profiled various political leaders, such as Hugo Chávez, Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, and Augusto Pinochet. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 16 in 2024). Jon Lee Anderson is the 6,680th most popular writer (up from 7,022nd in 2024), the 13,599th most popular biography from United States (up from 15,841st in 2019) and the 963rd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Jon Lee Anderson ranks 6,680 out of 7,302. Before him are Sarah Orne Jewett, Lady Gabriella Kingston, Mary Russell Mitford, Philip Levine, Tim Kring, and Peter Hitchens. After him are Ronald Firbank, Sue Monk Kidd, Woeser, Arthur Kopit, John Stossel, and Lisa Brennan-Jobs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Jon Lee Anderson ranks 635. Before him are Tie Ning, Hubert Gardas, Porfirio Armando Betancourt, Lizardo Garrido, Tim Kring, and Scott Adams. After him are Jayne Torvill, Meagen Fay, Fathi Hassan, Donna Dixon, Yoshiyuki Matsuoka, and Harley Jane Kozak.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jon Lee Anderson ranks 13,603 out of 20,380. Before him are Oscar Micheaux (1884), Keely Smith (1928), Frank Loesser (1910), Barbara Bennett (1906), Tom Irwin (1956), and Mario (1986). After him are Kim Wayans (1961), Randy Jackson (1956), Patsy Mink (1927), Maggie Roswell (1952), Caldwell Esselstyn (1933), and Nancy Carell (1966).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Jon Lee Anderson ranks 963. Before him are Jeff Davis (1975), Terence Winter (1960), Jill Abramson (1954), Sarah Orne Jewett (1849), Philip Levine (1928), and Tim Kring (1957). After him are Sue Monk Kidd (1948), Arthur Kopit (1937), John Stossel (1947), Lisa Brennan-Jobs (1978), George Clayton Johnson (1929), and Maxine Hong Kingston (1940).

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