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Vittorio Arrigoni

1975 - 2011

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Vittorio Arrigoni (Italian: [vitˈtɔːrjo arriˈɡoːni]; 4 February 1975 – 15 April 2011) was an Italian journalist and activist. He worked with the Palestinian-led International Solidarity Movement (ISM), through which he arrived in the Gaza Strip in 2008. He maintained a website called Guerrilla Radio and also published a book about his experiences in Gaza City during the 2008–2009 Gaza War between Hamas and Israel. In 2011, he was abducted and murdered by a group of Salafi jihadists. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Vittorio Arrigoni is the 6,292nd most popular writer (down from 6,066th in 2024), the 4,211th most popular biography from Italy (down from 4,099th in 2019) and the 289th most popular Italian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vittorio Arrigoni ranks 6,292 out of 7,302Before him are Asma Barlas, Albrecht Behmel, Dorothy Richardson, Jack McDevitt, Georgi Vladimov, and Anne-Marie Garat. After him are Michal Šanda, Kathleen Raine, Joan Carreras i Goicoechea, Bayard Taylor, John Toll, and Chris Claremont.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Vittorio Arrigoni ranks 293Before him are Ivan Bakanov, Gabriela Szabo, Ayman Odeh, Christie Pearce, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Gergely Karácsony. After him are Ozan Güven, Francesc Arnau, Kong Linghui, Theo Rossi, Nicki Aycox, and Regla Torres. Among people deceased in 2011, Vittorio Arrigoni ranks 440Before him are Mike Starr, Jet Harris, Betty Garrett, Matti Yrjänä Joensuu, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, and Ryan Dunn. After him are Pauline Betz, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Peter Schamoni, Clement Arrindell, Naoki Matsuda, and Frank Kameny.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Vittorio Arrigoni ranks 4,210 out of 5,161Before him are Andrea Tafi (1966), Franco Ballerini (1964), Pietro Genovesi (1902), and Piero Fassino (1949). After him are Lucio Corsi (1993), Giorgio Di Centa (1972), Roberto Repole (1967), Giovanna Mezzogiorno (1974), Mario Martone (1959), Isabella Ferrari (1964), Gian Giorgio Trissino (1877), and Mattia De Sciglio (1992).

Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Vittorio Arrigoni ranks 289Before him are Giorgio Faletti (1950), Marcus Furius Bibaculus (-103), Federico Moccia (1963), Donato Carrisi (1973), Caterina Davinio (1957), and Vincenzo Cardarelli (1887). After him are Renata Viganò (1900), Ludwig Bemelmans (1898), Elisabetta Gnone (1965), Sandro Veronesi (1959), Paolo Giordano (1982), and Paolo Cognetti (1978).