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Sean Flynn

1941 - 1970

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Sean Leslie Flynn (May 31, 1941 – disappeared April 6, 1970; declared legally dead in 1984) was an American actor and freelance photojournalist best known for his coverage of the Vietnam War. Flynn was the only child of Australian-American actor Errol Flynn and his first wife, French-American actress Lili Damita. After studying briefly at Duke University, he embarked on an acting career. He retired by the mid-1960s to become a freelance photojournalist under contract to Time magazine. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sean Flynn is the 57th most popular photographer (up from 126th in 2019), the 4,155th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,161st in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Photographer.

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Among photographers, Sean Flynn ranks 57 out of 148. Before him are Jacques Henri Lartigue, Paul Strand, Josef Sudek, Gustav Klutsis, Cecil Beaton, and André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri. After him are Wilson Bentley, Nick Ut, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Grete Stern, Hippolyte Bayard, and Patrick Demarchelier.

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Among people born in 1941, Sean Flynn ranks 247. Before him are Charles Whitman, Lynne Cheney, Prince William of Gloucester, Lothar Bisky, Richard Martin West, and Jesse Jackson. After him are Robert Guéï, Chubby Checker, Mario Corso, Leonid Kizim, Angelo Domenghini, and Percy Sledge. Among people deceased in 1970, Sean Flynn ranks 126. Before him are Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Cathy O'Donnell, Unica Zürn, Lonnie Johnson, Félix Gaillard, and Lucía Sánchez Saornil. After him are Vera Brittain, Leah Goldberg, Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov, Fernand Crommelynck, Peter Doi, and Ștefan Barbu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sean Flynn ranks 4,155 out of 20,380. Before him are Jesse Jackson (1941), Robert Sapolsky (1957), Q-Tip (1970), Edward Bunker (1933), David Duke (1950), and Robert H. Jackson (1892). After him are Hardcore Holly (1963), Jane Alexander (1939), Letitia Christian Tyler (1790), Dan Blocker (1928), Lucretia Mott (1793), and Patty Duke (1946).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United States

Among photographers born in United States, Sean Flynn ranks 15. Before him are William Klein (1928), Robert Mapplethorpe (1946), Berenice Abbott (1898), Lewis Hine (1874), Edward Weston (1886), and Paul Strand (1890). After him are Wilson Bentley (1865), Herb Ritts (1952), Gertrude Käsebier (1852), Imogen Cunningham (1883), William P. Gottlieb (1917), and Berry Berenson (1948).

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