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Sebastião Salgado

1944 - 2025

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Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado Júnior (8 February 1944 – 23 May 2025) was a Brazilian social documentary photographer and photojournalist. Salgado traveled in more than 120 countries for his photographic projects, which appeared in numerous press publications and books. Touring exhibitions of his work have been presented throughout the world. He was a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sebastião Salgado is the 2nd most popular journalist (up from 7th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 35th in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Journalist.

Sebastião Salgado is a photographer who has taken pictures of the human condition all over the world. His work is most famous for its depiction of the human condition, and the beauty of the natural world.

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Among journalists, Sebastião Salgado ranks 2 out of 196. Before him are Robert Capa. After him are 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 1944, Sebastião Salgado ranks 11. Before him are Omar al-Bashir, George Lucas, Ban Ki-moon, Barry White, John Holmes, and Alexander Van der Bellen. After him are Jairzinho, Reinhold Messner, Rutger Hauer, Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, Ernő Rubik, and Jean-Pierre Sauvage. Among people deceased in 2025, Sebastião Salgado ranks 12. Before him are Marianne Faithfull, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Boris Spassky, Richard Chamberlain, Val Kilmer, and Brian Wilson. After him are Leo Beenhakker, Eddie Jordan, Khamtai Siphandon, Ágnes Keleti, Horst Köhler, and Aga Khan IV.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Sebastião Salgado ranks 13 out of 2,236. Before him are Zico (1953), Ronaldo (1976), Dilma Rousseff (1947), Pedro II of Brazil (1825), Mário Zagallo (1931), and Jair Bolsonaro (1955). After him are Jairzinho (1944), Sócrates (1954), Didi (1928), Rivellino (1946), Nelson Piquet (1952), and Roberto Carlos (1973).

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Among journalists born in Brazil, Sebastião Salgado ranks 1. After him are Plínio Salgado (1895).

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