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Louis Fischer

1896 - 1970

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Louis Fischer (29 February 1896 – 15 January 1970) was an American journalist. Among his works were a contribution to the ex-communist treatise The God that Failed (1949), The Life of Mahatma Gandhi (1950), basis for the Academy Award-winning film Gandhi (1982), as well as a Life of Lenin, which won the 1965 National Book Award in History and Biography. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Fischer is the 128th most popular journalist (up from 137th in 2019), the 12,204th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,707th in 2019) and the 34th most popular American Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Louis Fischer ranks 128 out of 196. Before him are Margarita Simonyan, Bogna Koreng, Peter Travers, Sydney Schanberg, Muntadhar al-Zaidi, and Dorothy Thompson. After him are Megyn Kelly, Greg Burke, Vicky Ntetema, Sofía Ímber, Amy Goodman, and Lesley Stahl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Louis Fischer ranks 270. Before him are William Cameron Townsend, Elliott Nugent, Yip Harburg, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Pavel Antokolsky, and R. C. Sherriff. After him are Ian Wolfe, Ivan Dresser, Ruth Etting, Erle C. Kenton, Reverend Gary Davis, and Lilyan Tashman. Among people deceased in 1970, Louis Fischer ranks 258. Before him are Maurice Stokes, Chester Morris, Charles Olson, Richard Cushing, Earl Hooker, and Marjorie Rambeau. After him are Lillian Board, William Beaudine, Booker Ervin, Preston Foster, Patricia Ellis, and Rose McConnell Long.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Louis Fischer ranks 12,207 out of 20,380. Before him are McG (1968), Kenneth Choi (1971), Rob Paulsen (1956), Caroll Spinney (1933), Robert M. T. Hunter (1809), and Marilu Henner (1952). After him are Clarence Birdseye (1886), Kitty Wells (1919), J. P. Donleavy (1926), Olive Borden (1906), Alain LeRoy Locke (1885), and Ansel Elgort (1994).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, Louis Fischer ranks 34. Before him are Frances Bean Cobain (1992), Geraldo Rivera (1943), Steven Sotloff (1983), Peter Travers (2000), Sydney Schanberg (1934), and Dorothy Thompson (1893). After him are Megyn Kelly (1970), Greg Burke (1959), Amy Goodman (1957), Lesley Stahl (1941), Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1890), and Tim Russert (1950).

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