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Steven Sotloff

1983 - 2014

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Steven Joel Sotloff (Hebrew: סטיבן סוטלוף; May 11, 1983 – c. September 2, 2014) was an American-Israeli journalist. In August 2013, he was kidnapped in Aleppo, Syria, and held captive by militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). On September 2, 2014, ISIS released a beheading video, showing one of its members beheading Sotloff. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Steven Sotloff is the 113th most popular journalist (up from 142nd in 2019), the 10,358th most popular biography from United States (up from 14,071st in 2019) and the 30th most popular American Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Steven Sotloff ranks 113 out of 196. Before him are Malcolm Muggeridge, Geraldo Rivera, Alexei Venediktov, Chris Bonington, Anna Whitlock, and Jemima Goldsmith. After him are Arbana Xharra, Don McCullin, Bianca Maria Piccinino, Kenji Nagai, Carol Thatcher, and Peter Jennings.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Steven Sotloff ranks 145. Before him are Branko Ilić, Clint Dempsey, Yuri Zhirkov, Tatsuya Kamohara, Michael Krohn-Dehli, and Nelson Haedo Valdez. After him are Iqbal Masih, Matt Sydal, Leeteuk, Mika Nakashima, Lisandro López, and Daniel Ek. Among people deceased in 2014, Steven Sotloff ranks 466. Before him are Géza Gulyás, Javier Guzmán, Dominique Baudis, Geoffrey Holder, Violetta Ferrari, and Levente Lengyel. After him are Farley Mowat, Edmund Bruggmann, Ernest Mühlen, Maxine Kumin, Lynsey de Paul, and Annemarie Buchner.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Steven Sotloff ranks 10,360 out of 20,380. Before him are Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper (1963), Laz Alonso (1974), Stacy Valentine (1970), William Smith (1928), Elihu B. Washburne (1816), and James M. Kelly (1964). After him are Nicholas Meyer (1945), Mia Sara (1967), Aaron Lewis (1972), Mark Valley (1964), Lin Carter (1930), and Laura La Plante (1904).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, Steven Sotloff ranks 30. Before him are Chris Cuomo (1970), Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864), Dan Rather (1931), Diane Sawyer (1945), Frances Bean Cobain (1992), and Geraldo Rivera (1943). After him are Peter Travers (2000), Sydney Schanberg (1934), Dorothy Thompson (1893), Louis Fischer (1896), Megyn Kelly (1970), and Greg Burke (1959).

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