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Letizia Battaglia

1935 - 2022

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Letizia Battaglia (Italian pronunciation: [leˈtittsja batˈtaʎʎa]; 5 March 1935 – 13 April 2022) was an Italian photographer and photojournalist. Although her photos document a wide spectrum of Sicilian life, she is best known for her work on the Mafia. A documentary film based on her life, Shooting the Mafia, was released in 2019. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Letizia Battaglia is the 42nd most popular journalist (up from 44th in 2019), the 2,589th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,647th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Letizia Battaglia ranks 42 out of 196Before her are Diana Nyad, Joe Rosenthal, Joaquín Navarro-Valls, Aenne Burda, Marcelo H. del Pilar, and James Foley. After her are Sue Gardner, Yuri Bezmenov, Marta Hillers, Vladimir Posner, James Nachtwey, and Ara Güler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Letizia Battaglia ranks 180Before her are Peter Bichsel, Shūji Terayama, Pierre Kartner, Elga Andersen, Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, and Armando Manzanero. After her are Lisa Gastoni, Dudley Moore, Akihiro Miwa, Carl Andre, Richard M. Karp, and Daniel Williams. Among people deceased in 2022, Letizia Battaglia ranks 183Before her are Philip Baker Hall, Kazuki Takahashi, Vadim Bakatin, Robert Gordon, Pierre Kartner, and Olga Szabó-Orbán. After her are John Powell, Leonid Kuravlyov, Ercole Baldini, Milutin Šoškić, Man of the Hole, and John Aniston.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Letizia Battaglia ranks 2,589 out of 5,161Before her are Adalbert I of Ivrea (880), Benedetto Luti (1666), Virgilio Noè (1922), Francesco Furini (1603), Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum (-206), and John Leonardi (1541). After her are Moretto da Brescia (1498), Franchinus Gaffurius (1451), Simone Peterzano (1540), Elio Vittorini (1908), Andrea Guarneri (1626), and Lamberto Maggiorani (1909).

Among JOURNALISTS In Italy

Among journalists born in Italy, Letizia Battaglia ranks 3Before her are Gianni Rodari (1920), and Oriana Fallaci (1929). After her are Maurizio Costanzo (1938), Fabrizio Romano (1993), Bianca Maria Piccinino (1924), and Rosanna Marani (1946).