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Journalist Biographies
Every archived life recorded as journalist, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Modern era
H. G. Wells
September 21, 1866 – August 13, 1946
English writer (1866–1946)
Modern era
Mark Twain
November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910
American author and humorist (1835–1910)
Modern era
Simone de Beauvoir
January 9, 1908 – April 14, 1986
French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)
Modern era
Albert Camus
November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
Modern era
Ernest Hemingway
July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
Modern era
Arthur Miller
October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005
American playwright and essayist (1915–2005)
Modern era
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
March 6, 1927 – April 17, 2014
Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)
Modern era
Henry Morton Stanley
January 28, 1841 – May 10, 1904
British journalist and explorer (1841–1904)
Modern era
Amelia Earhart
July 24, 1897 – January 5, 1939
Aviation pioneer, first woman to fly the Atlantic solo
Modern era
Frederick Douglass
1817 – February 20, 1895
African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist (c. 1818–1895)
Modern era
Ida B. Wells
July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931
American journalist and civil rights activist (1862–1931)
Modern era
Marcus Garvey
August 17, 1887 – June 10, 1940
Jamaica-born British political activist, Pan-Africanist, orator, and entrepreneur (1887-1940)
Modern era
Jane Addams
September 6, 1860 – June 21, 1935
American feminist social activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, philosopher, and writer (1860–1935)
Modern era
Nellie Bly
May 5, 1864 – January 27, 1922
American journalist
Modern era
Faiz Ahmed Faiz
February 13, 1911 – November 20, 1984
Pakistani Urdu poet and author (1911–1984)
Modern era
Saadat Hasan Manto
May 11, 1912 – January 18, 1955
Indo-Pakistani novelist, playwright and writer (1912-1955)
Modern era
Maulana Shaukat Ali
March 10, 1873 – November 26, 1938
Indian activist (1873–1939)
Modern era
Maulana Zafar Ali Khan
January 19, 1873 – 1956
Pakistani writer (1873–1956)
Modern era
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
November 11, 1888 – February 22, 1958
Indian politician and writer (1888–1958)
Modern era
Annie Besant
October 1, 1847 – September 20, 1933
British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator (1847-1933)
Modern era
Abul A'la Maududi
September 25, 1903 – September 22, 1979
South Asian Islamic scholar, Founder of Jamaat-e-Islami (1903–1979)
Modern era
Ibn-e-Insha
June 15, 1927 – January 11, 1978
Pakistani writer (1927–1978)
Modern era
Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi
November 20, 1916 – July 10, 2006
Pakistani writer (1916–2006)
Modern era
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
September 23, 1908 – April 24, 1974
Indian Hindi poet, essayist (1908-1974)
Modern era
Subramania Bharati
December 11, 1882 – September 12, 1921
Tamil poet, social reformer, fighter for Indian freedom & women's rights
Contemporary era
Farooq Qaiser
October 31, 1945 – May 14, 2021
Pakistani artist, writer and actor (1945-2021)
Contemporary era
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
b. November 12, 1978
Pakistani filmmaker and journalist (born 1978)
Modern era
Vo Nguyen Giap
August 25, 1911 – October 4, 2013
Vietnamese general and communist politician (1911–2013)
Modern era
U Thant
January 22, 1909 – November 25, 1974
UN Secretary-General from 1961 to 1971
Modern era
Apolinario Mabini
July 22, 1864 – May 13, 1903
Prime Minister of the Philippines in 1899
Modern era
Hoda Shaarawi
June 23, 1879 – December 12, 1947
Egyptian feminist and nationalist (1879–1947)
Modern era
Abdelhamid Ben Badis
December 4, 1889 – April 16, 1940
Muslim scholar (1889–1940)
Modern era
Ruben Dario
January 18, 1867 – February 6, 1916
Nicaraguan poet, journalist, writer, and diplomat (1867-1916)
Modern era
Cesar Vallejo
March 16, 1892 – April 15, 1938
Peruvian writer
Early Modern era
Manuel Belgrano
June 3, 1770 – June 20, 1820
Argentine politician and military leader
Modern era
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
February 15, 1811 – September 11, 1888
Argentinian politician and writer (1811-1888)
Modern era
David Unaipon
September 28, 1872 – February 7, 1967
Indigenous Australian inventor and writer (1872–1967)
Modern era
Banjo Paterson
February 17, 1864 – February 5, 1941
Australian journalist, author and poet (1864 - 1941)
Modern era
Roger Mortimer
1909 – 1991
Racing correspondent
Modern era
Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah
December 25, 1921 – September 10, 2000
Pakistani writer
Modern era
Madan Mohan Malaviya
December 25, 1861 – November 12, 1946
Indian educator and politician
Modern era
Yashpal
December 3, 1903 – December 26, 1976
Hindi writer (1903–1976)
Modern era
Subramania Siva
October 4, 1884 – July 23, 1925
Indian independence activist, writer, and editor (1884–1925)
Modern era
Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
July 14, 1856 – June 17, 1895
Social reformer, educationist, thinker from Maharashtra, India during the British rule (1856-1895)
Modern era
Behramji Malabari
May 18, 1853 – July 12, 1912
Indian poet and social reformer (1853–1912)
Modern era
Kandukuri Veeresalingam
April 16, 1848 – May 27, 1919
Social reformer and father of modern Telugu literature
Modern era
Baba Amte
December 26, 1914 – February 9, 2008
Indian freedom fighter, social worker (1914–2008)
Modern era
Bhartendu Harishchandra
September 9, 1850 – January 6, 1885
Indian Hindi writer, poet and dramatist (1850–1885); father of modern Hindi literature
Modern era
Makhanlal Chaturvedi
April 4, 1889 – January 30, 1968
Indian writer (1889-1968)
Modern era
Sufia Kamal
June 20, 1911 – November 20, 1999
Bangladeshi writer
Modern era
Syed Mujtaba Ali
September 13, 1904 – February 11, 1974
Bengali author and scholar
Modern era
Shamsur Rahman
October 23, 1929 – August 17, 2006
Bangladeshi poet, writer, journalist (1929–2006)
Modern era
Kalki Krishnamurthy
September 9, 1899 – December 5, 1954
Indian writer, journalist, freedom fighter and Tamil novelist (1899–1954)
Modern era
Hameed Nizami
October 3, 1915 – February 22, 1962
Pakistani journalist and activist (1915–1962)
Modern era
Majid Nizami
April 3, 1928 – July 26, 2014
Pakistani journalist
Modern era
Zamir Niazi
1932 – 2004
Pakistani journalist (1932–2004)
Modern era
Razia Bhatti
1943 – March 12, 1996
Pakistani journalist
Modern era
Ardeshir Cowasjee
April 13, 1926 – November 24, 2012
Pakistani businessman and journalist (1926-2012)
Modern era
B. G. Horniman
1873 – 1948
Journalist who supported Indian Independence and establishment of Federal Republic of India.
Modern era
Ramnath Goenka
April 3, 1904 – October 5, 1991
Indian newspaper publisher (1904–1991)