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Lyra McKee

1990 - 2019

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Lyra McKee

Lyra Catherine McKee ( 31 March 1990 – 18 April 2019) was a journalist from Northern Ireland who wrote for several publications about the consequences of the Troubles. She also served as an editor for Mediagazer, a news aggregator website. On 18 April 2019, McKee was fatally shot while observing rioting in the Creggan area of Derry. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Lyra McKee is the 7,562nd most popular writer (down from 7,289th in 2024), the 8,666th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 8,161st in 2019) and the 786th most popular British Writer.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Lyra McKee ranks 7,562 out of 7,302. Before her are Becky Albertalli, Elizabeth Bear, Nadifa Mohamed, Robyn Young, Maajid Nawaz, and Reham Khan. After her are Prasoon Joshi, Anuja Chauhan, Marie Lu, Matt Walsh, Jessica Cox, and Annie Baker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1990, Lyra McKee ranks 1,624. Before her are Tatsuro Inui, Yusuke Muta, Kosuke Okanishi, Kohei Hattanda, Dudu, and Keigo Sonoda. After her are Neah Evans, Habib Al Fardan, Kiowa Gordon, Susanne Grainger, Mario Delaš, and Ondřej Vaněk. Among people deceased in 2019, Lyra McKee ranks 662. Before her are Death of Sahar Khodayari, Thalles, Craig Fallon, Justin Edinburgh, Colin Clark, and Brody Stevens. After her is Mama Cax.

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Tatsuro Inui
SOCCER PLAYER
1990 - Present
HPI: 32.77
Rank: 1,618
Yusuke Muta
SOCCER PLAYER
1990 - Present
HPI: 32.74
Rank: 1,619
Kosuke Okanishi
SOCCER PLAYER
1990 - Present
HPI: 32.73
Rank: 1,620
Kohei Hattanda
SOCCER PLAYER
1990 - Present
HPI: 32.71
Rank: 1,621
Dudu
SOCCER PLAYER
1990 - Present
HPI: 32.71
Rank: 1,622
Keigo Sonoda
BADMINTON PLAYER
1990 - Present
HPI: 32.70
Rank: 1,623
Lyra McKee
WRITER
1990 - 2019
HPI: 32.70
Rank: 1,624
Neah Evans
CYCLIST
1990 - Present
HPI: 32.69
Rank: 1,625
Habib Al Fardan
SOCCER PLAYER
1990 - Present
HPI: 32.69
Rank: 1,626
Kiowa Gordon
ACTOR
1990 - Present
HPI: 32.68
Rank: 1,627
Susanne Grainger
ATHLETE
1990 - Present
HPI: 32.67
Rank: 1,628
Mario Delaš
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1990 - Present
HPI: 32.67
Rank: 1,629
Ondřej Vaněk
SOCCER PLAYER
1990 - Present
HPI: 32.64
Rank: 1,630

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Death of Sahar Khodayari
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1990 - 2019
HPI: 35.94
Rank: 656
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SOCCER PLAYER
1995 - 2019
HPI: 34.37
Rank: 657
Craig Fallon
POLITICIAN
1982 - 2019
HPI: 34.27
Rank: 658
Justin Edinburgh
SOCCER PLAYER
1969 - 2019
HPI: 34.15
Rank: 659
Colin Clark
SOCCER PLAYER
1984 - 2019
HPI: 33.54
Rank: 660
Brody Stevens
ACTOR
1970 - 2019
HPI: 33.44
Rank: 661
Lyra McKee
WRITER
1990 - 2019
HPI: 32.70
Rank: 662
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1989 - 2019
HPI: 29.07
Rank: 663