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Robert Capa

1913 - 1954

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Robert Capa (; born Endre Ernő Friedmann, Hungarian: [ˈɛndrɛ ˈɛrnøː ˈfridmɒn]; October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954) was a Hungarian-American war photographer and photojournalist. He is considered by some to be the greatest combat and adventure photographer in history. Friedman had fled political repression in Hungary when he was a teenager, moving to Berlin, where he enrolled in college. He witnessed Adolf Hitler's rise to power, which led him to move to Paris, where he met and began to work with his professional partner Gerda Taro, and they began to publish their work separately. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Capa is the most popular journalist, the 24th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 21st in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Journalist.

Robert Capa is most famous for his photographs of the Normandy landings on D-Day.

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Among journalists, Robert Capa ranks 1 out of 196. After him are Sebastião Salgado, Richard Sorge, Lee Miller, François-Noël Babeuf, Joseph Pulitzer, Gianni Rodari, Oriana Fallaci, Gerda Taro, Anna Politkovskaya, Dorothea Lange, and W. T. Stead.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Robert Capa ranks 9. Before him are Gerald Ford, Willy Brandt, Rosa Parks, Vivien Leigh, Menachem Begin, and Jean Marais. After him are Burt Lancaster, Klaus Barbie, Claude Simon, Paul Ricœur, Josef Bican, and Willis Lamb. Among people deceased in 1954, Robert Capa ranks 6. Before him are Frida Kahlo, Henri Matisse, Alan Turing, Enrico Fermi, and Heinz Guderian. After him are Otto Diels, Princess Märtha of Sweden, Colette, Gideon Sundback, André Derain, and Getúlio Vargas.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Robert Capa ranks 24 out of 1,077. Before him are Imre Kertész (1929), Imre Nagy (1896), Edward Teller (1908), Árpád (845), Franz Lehár (1870), and John Zápolya (1487). After him are Edgar Ætheling (1051), Jadwiga of Poland (1374), Anne of Bohemia and Hungary (1503), Ilona Staller (1951), Eugene Wigner (1902), and Count of St. Germain (1712).

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Among JOURNALISTS In Hungary

Among journalists born in Hungary, Robert Capa ranks 1. After him are Joseph Pulitzer (1847).

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