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Peter Scholl-Latour

1924 - 2014

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Peter Roman Scholl-Latour (9 March 1924 – 16 August 2014) was a French-German journalist, author and reporter. Scholl-Latour was regarded as one of Europe's most important journalists, akin to what Walter Cronkite was in the US. For over six decades, he was one of the continent's most influential voices. During the Vietnam War, he was captured by the Viet Cong and managed to secure unique film footage during his captivity. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Scholl-Latour is the 5,196th most popular writer (down from 4,766th in 2019), the 4,857th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,528th in 2019) and the 310th most popular German Writer.

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Among writers, Peter Scholl-Latour ranks 5,196 out of 7,302. Before him are Milan Rúfus, Charlaine Harris, Edith Sitwell, Adelaide Anne Procter, Petr Bezruč, and Henryk Rzewuski. After him are Brian Lumley, Kedarnath Singh, Nicolaas Beets, Tabitha King, Regīna Ezera, and Helene Hanff.

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Among people born in 1924, Peter Scholl-Latour ranks 379. Before him are Joan Aiken, Natalia Bekhtereva, Erkki Kataja, Sabine Weiss, Carlos Humberto Romero, and Masha Bruskina. After him are Rossana Rossanda, Alberto Uria, Roy Bentley, César Ruminski, David Marshall Lang, and Maino Neri. Among people deceased in 2014, Peter Scholl-Latour ranks 366. Before him are Matthew Cowles, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Rosemary Murphy, Casey Kasem, Dale Gardner, and Eladio Herrera. After him are Francisco Gabica, Suchitra Sen, Dietmar Schönherr, Joep Lange, Andriy Bal, and Georges Lamia.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Peter Scholl-Latour ranks 4,860 out of 7,253. Before him are Serge Gnabry (1995), Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert (1769), Edgar Reinhardt (1914), Roland Grapow (1959), Olga Oelkers (1887), and Thomas Allofs (1959). After him are Adolf Möller (1877), Marika Kilius (1943), Carla Bodendorf (1953), Alfred Bohrmann (1904), Gustav Schäfer (1906), and Edzard Ernst (1948).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Peter Scholl-Latour ranks 310. Before him are Johann Gottfried Seume (1763), Sarah Kirsch (1935), Wolf Erlbruch (1948), Angela Sommer-Bodenburg (1948), Wilhelm Geiger (1856), and Jakob van Hoddis (1887). After him are Jenny Erpenbeck (1967), Friedrich von Hagedorn (1708), Heinrich Christian Boie (1744), Ludwig Thoma (1867), Günther Jauch (1956), and Brigitte Reimann (1933).

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