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Phan Thi Kim Phuc

1963 - Today

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Phan Thị Kim Phúc (Vietnamese: [faːŋ tʰɪ̂ˀ kim fúk͡p̚]; born April 6, 1963), referred to informally as the girl in the picture and the napalm girl, is a South Vietnamese-born Canadian woman best known as the child depicted in the Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph, titled The Terror of War, taken at Trảng Bàng during the Vietnam War on June 8, 1972. The image shows a nine-year-old Phúc running naked on a road after being severely burned on her back by a South Vietnamese Air Force napalm attack. The image became one of the most iconic and powerful symbols of the war, influencing global public opinion and anti-war movements. After years of medical treatment for her injuries, Phúc eventually moved to Canada, where she became a citizen and later founded the Kim Foundation International, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping child victims of war. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Phan Thi Kim Phuc is the 2,472nd most popular writer (up from 3,518th in 2019), the 50th most popular biography from Vietnam (up from 78th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Vietnamese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Phan Thi Kim Phuc ranks 2,472 out of 7,302. Before her are Tanya Savicheva, Michele Ruggieri, Alfréd Wetzler, Forrest J Ackerman, Karel Hynek Mácha, and Charles Mackay. After her are Konstantin Balmont, Atsushi Nakajima, Rolf Hochhuth, Jean-François Regnard, Ivan Yefremov, and Sergey Aksakov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Phan Thi Kim Phuc ranks 111. Before her are Lauren Holly, Beata Szydło, Radosław Sikorski, Gosho Aoyama, Dean Norris, and Jennifer Beals. After her are Pierre Woodman, Jason Isaacs, Jason Newsted, Harold Perrineau, Ihor Kolomoyskyi, and Doris Leuthard.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Phan Thi Kim Phuc ranks 50 out of 136. Before her are Tự Đức (1829), Trương Tấn Sang (1949), Charles Sobhraj (1944), Michel Henry (1922), Lý Thái Tổ (974), and Duy Tân (1900). After her are Đinh Bộ Lĩnh (924), Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (1954), Đỗ Mười (1917), Andrew Dũng-Lạc (1795), Son Ngoc Thanh (1908), and Nguyễn Văn Thuận (1928).

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Among WRITERS In Vietnam

Among writers born in Vietnam, Phan Thi Kim Phuc ranks 2. Before her are Marguerite Duras (1914). After her are Nguyễn Du (1765), Phan Bội Châu (1867), Hồ Xuân Hương (1772), Dương Thu Hương (1947), Kim Thúy (1968), and Viet Thanh Nguyen (1971).

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