List of journalists

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This is a list of the 600 best-known journalists, ranked by reach: how many Wikipedia languages and sister sites have a page about each one.

#	Name	Age
1	Karl MarxGerman-born philosopher (1818–1883)	1818–1883
2	Mahatma GandhiIndian independence activist (1869–1948)	1869–1948
3	Mark TwainAmerican author and humorist (1835–1910)	1835–1910
4	Charles DickensEnglish novelist and social critic (1812–1870)	1812–1870
5	John F. KennedyPresident of the United States from 1961 to 1963 (1917–1963)	1917–1963
6	Hans Christian AndersenDanish writer and poet (1805–1875)	1805–1875
7	Anton ChekhovRussian dramatist and author (1860–1904)	1860–1904
8	James JoyceIrish novelist and poet (1882–1941)	1882–1941
9	Ernest HemingwayAmerican author and journalist (1899–1961)	1899–1961
10	Gabriel García MárquezColombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)	1927–2014
11	Fidel CastroCuban politician, author and revolutionary (1926–2016)	1926–2016
12	Albert CamusFrench philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)	1913–1960
13	Henry FordAmerican business magnate (1863–1947)	1863–1947
14	Benito MussoliniDictator of Italy from 1922 to 1945	1883–1945
15	Friedrich EngelsGerman philosopher, sociologist and economist (1820–1895)	1820–1895
16	Rudyard KiplingEnglish writer and poet (1865–1936)	1865–1936
17	Simone de BeauvoirFrench philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)	1908–1986
18	Bertrand RussellBritish philosopher and logician (1872–1970)	1872–1970
19	Leon TrotskyRussian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)	1879–1940
20	Friedrich SchillerGerman playwright, poet, philosopher and historian (1759–1805)	1759–1805
21	Maxim GorkyRussian and Soviet writer (1868–1936)	1868–1936
22	Honoré de BalzacFrench novelist and playwright (1799–1850)	1799–1850
23	Naguib MahfouzEgyptian writer (1911–2006)	1911–2006
24	Antoine de Saint-ExupéryFrench writer and aviator (1900–1944)	1900–1944
25	H. G. WellsEnglish writer (1866–1946)	1866–1946
26	Heinrich HeineGerman poet, writer and literary critic (1797–1856)	1797–1856
27	Émile ZolaFrench novelist, journalist, playwright, and poet (1840–1902)	1840–1902
28	Federico FelliniItalian filmmaker (1920–1993)	1920–1993
29	Isaac AsimovAmerican writer and biochemist (1920–1992)	1920–1992
30	Anatole FranceFrench writer (1844–1924)	1844–1924
31	Octave MirbeauFrench writer, art critic and journalist (1848–1917)	1848–1917
32	Guy de MaupassantFrench writer (1850-1893)	1850–1893
33	Robert Louis StevensonScottish novelist and poet (1850–1894)	1850–1894
34	Vladimir NabokovRussian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor (1899–1977)	1899–1977
35	Boris JohnsonPrime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022	62
36	B. R. AmbedkarIndian jurist, economist, and social reformer (1891–1956)	1891–1956
37	Eleanor RooseveltAmerican diplomat and activist, First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (1884–1962)	1884–1962
38	Walt WhitmanAmerican poet, essayist and journalist (1819–1892)	1819–1892
39	Stephen KingAmerican novelist and writer (born 1947)	79
40	Al-GhazaliPersian Sunni Muslim scholar and mystic (c.1058–1111)	1056–1111
41	Jack LondonAmerican author, journalist and social activist (1876–1916)	1876–1916
42	Maya AngelouAmerican poet, author, and civil rights activist (1928–2014)	1928–2014
43	André GideFrench author and Nobel laureate (1869–1951)	1869–1951
44	Daniel DefoeEnglish trader, writer, and journalist (1660–1731)	1660–1731
45	Pearl S. BuckChinese women Nobel Prize winner, author, teacher, missionary (1892–1973)	1892–1973
46	Satyajit RayIndian filmmaker and writer (1921–1992)	1921–1992
47	Aldous HuxleyViva el completo (1894–1963)	1894–1963
48	Henryk SienkiewiczPolish writer, novelist, journalist, philanthropist and Nobel Prize laureate (1846–1916)	1846–1916
49	George EliotEnglish novelist, essayist, poet and journalist (1819–1880)	1819–1880
50	Orhan PamukTurkish novelist, academic and Nobel laureate (born 1952)	74
51	George SandFrench novelist and memoirist (1804–1876)	1804–1876
52	Julian AssangeAustralian editor, publisher, and activist (born 1971)	55
53	Al GoreVice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948)	78
54	Deng XiaopingChinese politician and paramount leader from 1978 to 1989	1904–1997
55	José SaramagoPortuguese novelist (1922–2010)	1922–2010
56	Oprah WinfreyAmerican talk show host, actress, producer, and author (born 1954)	72
57	François Mitterrand21st President of the French Republic from 1981 to 1995 (1916–1996)	1916–1996
58	Maximilien RobespierreFrench revolutionary lawyer and politician (1758–1794)	1758–1794
59	Paulo CoelhoBrazilian lyricist and novelist (born 1947)	79
60	Mario Vargas LlosaPeruvian, Spanish and Dominican novelist and writer (1936–2025)	1936–2025
61	Alice MunroCanadian writer (1931–2024)	1931–2024
62	Gordon BrownPrime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010	75
63	Antonio GramsciItalian Marxist philosopher, writer, and politician (1891–1937)	1891–1937
64	Giorgia MeloniPrime Minister of Italy since 2022	49
65	Stefan ZweigAustrian writer (1881–1942)	1881–1942
66	Amelia EarhartAmerican aviation pioneer and author (1897–1939)	1897–1939
67	Ayn RandRussian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905–1982)	1905–1982
68	Bjørnstjerne BjørnsonNorwegian writer (1832–1910)	1832–1910
69	Emma GoldmanRussian-born American anarchist (1869–1940)	1869–1940
70	Theodor MommsenGerman classical scholar and historian (1817–1903)	1817–1903
71	Vladimir MayakovskyRussian and Soviet poet (1893–1930)	1893–1930
72	Willy BrandtGerman politician (SPD), chancellor of West Germany (1969–1974) and Nobel Peace Prize laureate	1913–1992
73	Giosuè CarducciItalian poet and literary critic (1835–1907)	1835–1907
74	Svetlana AlexievichBelarusian investigative journalist and non-fiction prose writer (born 1948)	78
75	Saul BellowCanadian-American writer (1915–2005)	1915–2005
76	Herbert SpencerEnglish philosopher and political theorist (1820–1903)	1820–1903
77	Sinclair LewisAmerican writer and playwright (1885–1951)	1885–1951
78	Garry KasparovRussian chess grandmaster and activist	63
79	Peter KropotkinRussian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842–1921)	1842–1921
80	François MauriacFrench writer (1885-1970)	1885–1970
81	Mikhail BulgakovRussian author (1891–1940)	1891–1940
82	G. K. ChestertonEnglish author and Christian apologist (1874–1936)	1874–1936
83	H. P. LovecraftAmerican writer and editor (1890–1937)	1890–1937
84	John RuskinEnglish writer and art critic (1819–1900)	1819–1900
85	Mikhail SholokhovSoviet writer (1905-1984)	1905–1984
86	Arthur MillerAmerican playwright and essayist (1915–2005)	1915–2005
87	Isaac Bashevis SingerPolish-American writer (1904–1991)	1903–1991
88	Giorgio NapolitanoPresident of Italy from 2006 to 2015	1925–2023
89	Graham GreeneBritish writer, playwright and literary critic (1904–1991)	1904–1991
90	Clara ZetkinCommunist activist, and advocate for women's rights (1857–1933)	1857–1933
91	Dan BrownAmerican novelist (born 1964)	62
92	Ezra PoundAmerican poet and critic (1885–1972)	1885–1972
93	Frank ZappaAmerican musician (1940–1993)	1940–1993
94	Karel ČapekCzech writer (1890–1938)	1890–1938
95	V. S. NaipaulTrinidadian-British writer (1932–2018)	1932–2018
96	Gabriele D'AnnunzioItalian writer, poet, playwright, soldier and politician (1863-1938)	1863–1938
97	Washington IrvingAmerican writer, historian and diplomat (1783-1859)	1783–1859
98	Pierre-Joseph ProudhonFrench politician, philosopher, anarchist and socialist (1809-1865)	1809–1865
99	Bertha von SuttnerAustrian novelist, radical (organizational) pacifist, editor	1843–1914
100	Bram StokerIrish novelist and short story writer (1847–1912)	1847–1912