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Varian Fry

1907 - 1967

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Varian Mackey Fry (October 15, 1907 – September 13, 1967) was an American journalist. Fry ran a rescue network in Vichy France from August 1940 to September 1941 that helped 2,000 anti-Nazi and Jewish refugees, mostly artists and intellectuals, escape from persecution by Nazi Germany during World War II. Fry spent "thirteen months directing a bold, high-risk, and much celebrated refugee-smuggling operation in the south of France that included an all-star cast of Kulturträger [culture carriers], among them artists Marc Chagall and Max Ernst, and writer André Breton and philosopher Hannah Arendt." His activities, illegal under the laws of Vichy France, contrary to the policies of the United States government, and opposed by many of the other refugee relief organizations in France resulted in his expulsion and the severing of ties with him by his organization, the Emergency Rescue Committee. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Varian Fry is the 2,699th most popular writer (up from 2,777th in 2019), the 3,875th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,533rd in 2019) and the 310th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Varian Fry ranks 2,699 out of 7,302. Before him are Eugène Burnouf, Patrick Pearse, Sāyaṇa, Valentin Kataev, Sima Tan, and Peter Bichsel. After him are José María Arguedas, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, Johann Froben, Józef Czapski, Hella Haasse, and Hildebert.

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Among people born in 1907, Varian Fry ranks 148. Before him are Ethel Smith, Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Sergei Kruglov, Violette Leduc, and Parvin E'tesami. After him are Anthony Blunt, Viktoria Brezhneva, Mihail Sebastian, Dixie Dean, Volmari Iso-Hollo, and Ita Rina. Among people deceased in 1967, Varian Fry ranks 118. Before him are Albert Lutuli, Abelardo L. Rodríguez, Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder, and Morris Swadesh. After him are Carl Sandburg, Richard Ruoff, Victor de Sabata, Enrico Dante, Bob Anderson, Holland Smith, Tudor Arghezi, and José Martínez Ruiz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Varian Fry ranks 3,875 out of 20,380. Before him are John Marshall (1755), Sidney Wood (1911), Karl Malone (1963), J. C. R. Licklider (1915), Ashanti (1980), and Mitch Pileggi (1952). After him are Taylor Hackford (1944), Peter Steele (1962), Jim Beaver (1950), Anna Gunn (1968), Chaka Khan (1953), and Louise Bryant (1885).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Varian Fry ranks 305. Before him are John Zerzan (1943). After him are Larry Niven (1938), Carl Sandburg (1878), R. A. Salvatore (1959), Ben Hecht (1893), William L. Shirer (1904), Anne McCaffrey (1926), Maurice Sendak (1928), Jonathan Franzen (1959), Jack Williamson (1908), Robert Penn Warren (1905), and Lucia Berlin (1936).

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