Find out more about the greatest 19th Century Journalists, including Dorothy Day, Jack London, Nellie Bly, Friedrich Engels and Theodor Herzl.
Jack London12 January 1876, American
Author
Nellie Bly05 May 1864, American
Journalist
Joseph Pulitzer10 April 1847, Hungarian
Journalist & Publisher
H. L. Mencken12 September 1880, American
Ambrose Bierce24 June 1842, American
Journalist & Writer, soldier
Henry Morton Stanley28 January 1841, British, American, Welsh
Explorer
Dorothy Day08 November 1897, American
Walter Lippmann23 September 1889, American
First to introduce the concept of Cold War
Banjo Paterson17 February 1864, Australian
Poet
Walter Winchell07 April 1897, American
Journalist, Radio Personality
Pauline Pfeiffer22 July 1895, American
Journalist & Second Wife of Ernest Hemingway
James Thurber08 December 1894, American
Cartoonist, Author, Journalist & Playwright
Margaret Fuller23 May 1810, American
Henry Adams16 February 1838, American
Historian
Katherine Anne Porter15 May 1890, American
Journalist, Essayist, Writer, Novelist
Bret Harte25 August 1836, American
Author & Poet
Robert Benchley15 October 1889, American
Humorist
Hristo Botev06 January 1848, Bulgarian
Bulgarian Revolutionary
Giuseppe Ungaretti08 February 1888, Italian
Poet, Essayist
Alexander Woollcott19 January 1887, American
American critic
Norman Angell26 December 1872, British
British Journalist & Author
Christopher Morley05 May 1890, American
Journalist, Novelist
Don Marquis29 July 1878, American
Humorist
Thomas Bailey Aldrich11 November 1836, American
Poet & Novelist
Catherine Helen Spence31 October 1825, Australian
Author, Journalist & Politician
John Reed22 October 1887, American
Journalist, Poet
Franklin Pierce Adams15 November 1881, American
Journalist
C.P. Scott26 October 1846, British
Former Editor of 'The Guardian'
Colette28 January 1873, French
Novelist, Ghostwriter, Journalist, Writer,
G. K. Chesterton29 May 1874, British
Journalist, Poet, Novelist, Autobiographer,
Abul Kalam Azad11 November 1888, Indian
Politician, Journalist
Theodor Herzl02 May 1860, Hungarian
Journalist, Writer, Poet lawyer, Lawyer,
Stefan Zweig28 November 1881, Austrian, British
Writer, Translator, Journalist, Playwright, Poet,
Dorothea Lange26 May 1895, American
Journalist, Photographer, Artist, Photojournalist
Max Stirner25 October 1806, German
Philosopher, Journalist, Writer, Anarchist
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Vera Brittain29 December 1893, British
Nurse, Writer, Poet, Novelist, Feminist, Pacifist,
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon15 January 1809, French
Economist, Sociologist, Politician, Journalist,
Horace Greeley03 February 1811, American
Journalist, Politician, Publisher, Editor
Wilfrid Laurier20 November 1841, Canadian
Politician, Lawyer, Journalist
Ida Tarbell05 November 1857, American
Journalist, Writer, Biographer
Henryk Sienkiewicz05 May 1846, Polish
Writer, Novelist, Screenwriter, Journalist
Stephen Crane01 November 1871, American
Writer, Journalist, Poet, Baseball player,
Mary McLeod Bethune10 July 1875, American
Teacher, Journalist, Politician
Marjory Stoneman Douglas07 April 1890, American
Journalist, Feminist
Emma Lazarus22 July 1849, American
Poet, Writer, Journalist
Harold Nicolson21 November 1886, British
Horticulturist, Politician, Diplomat, Diarist,
Weegee12 June 1899, American
Photographer, Photojournalist, Journalist
Mathew Brady18 May 1822, American
Photographer, War photographer, Photojournalist,
Harold Abrahams15 December 1899, British
Athletics competitor, Sprinter, Lawyer, Journalist
Keith Murdoch12 August 1885, Australian
War correspondent
Karl Polanyi25 October 1886, Hungarian
Economist, Anthropologist, Economic historian,
Robert Ripley25 December 1890, American
Anthropologist, Journalist
Otto Strasser10 September 1897, German
Journalist, Politician, Writer
Walter Duranty25 May 1884, British
Journalist
Theodor Heuss31 January 1884, German
Politician, University teacher, Journalist
Elbert Hubbard19 June 1856, American
Journalist, Philosopher, Publisher, Writer
Carlo Collodi24 November 1826, Italian
Writer, Journalist, Novelist, Children's writer
Lewis Mumford19 October 1895, American
Architect, Historian of technology, Historian,
Marcelo H. del Pilar30 August 1850, Filipino
Journalist, Writer
Kalki Krishnamurthy09 September 1899, Indian
Screenwriter, Journalist, Writer
Fukuzawa Yukichi10 January 1835, Japanese
Writer, Teacher, Educationist, Philosopher,
Constantine P. Cavafy29 April 1863, Egyptian, Greek, British
Poet, Writer, Civil servant, Journalist
E. H. Carr28 June 1892, British
Historian, Journalist, Diplomat, Writer, Political
Harriet Martineau12 June 1802, British
Linguist, Journalist, Economist, Historian,
Raymond Poincaré20 August 1860, French
Politician, Lawyer, Journalist
Béla Kun20 February 1886, Hungarian
Politician, Diplomat, Journalist
Gaston Leroux06 May 1868, French
Journalist, Writer, Novelist, Screenwriter
Henry Luce03 April 1898, American
Journalist, Publisher
Paul Reynaud15 October 1878, French
Politician, Lawyer, Journalist
George Washington Williams16 October 1849, American
Soldier, Historian, Diplomat, Writer, Minister,
Walther Funk18 August 1890, Bulgarian, German
Journalist, Banker, Economist, Politician
Lysander Spooner19 January 1808, American
Lawyer, Journalist, Essayist, Philosopher
Adolphe Thiers15 April 1797, French
Lawyer, Politician, Journalist, Historian, Writer
Mark Van Doren13 June 1894, American
Poet, Autobiographer, Literary critic, University
Max Brod27 May 1884, Czech, Israeli
Linguist, Composer, Pianist, Novelist, Translator,
Karl Radek31 October 1885, Austrian, Polish
Politician, University teacher, Journalist
James Russell Lowell22 February 1819, American
Poet, Diplomat, Essayist, Writer, Literary critic,
Clara Zetkin05 July 1857, German
Politician, Journalist, Feminist
Carter G. Woodson19 December 1875, American
Journalist, Historian
B. H. Liddell Hart31 October 1895, British
Journalist, Military historian, Historian, Writer
Jean-Baptiste Say05 January 1767, French
Economist, Politician, Writer, Professor,
Wyndham Lewis18 November 1882, British
Painter, Writer, Journalist, Editor, Novelist
Dolores Ibárruri09 December 1895, Spanish
Politician, Journalist
Chen Duxiu08 October 1879, Chinese
Politician, Professor, Philosopher, Journalist
Caresse Crosby20 April 1891, American
Publisher, Writer, Socialite, Poet, Memoirist,
Lothrop Stoddard29 June 1883, American
Anthropologist, Political scientist, Historian,
Walter Bagehot03 February 1826, British
Journalist, Economist, Political scientist,
Hu Shih17 December 1891, Taiwanese
Diplomat, Professor, Journalist
Victor Klemperer09 October 1881, German
Linguist, Politician, Writer, Autobiographer,
George S. Kaufman16 November 1889, American
Theatre director, Screenwriter, Journalist,
Bharatendu Harishchandra09 September 1850, Indian
Actor, Journalist, Writer, Poet
Kenneth Burke05 May 1897, American
Philosopher, Literary critic, University teacher,
Abraham Kuyper29 October 1837
Journalist, Theologian, Politician, University
Edmund Wilson08 May 1895, American
Journalist, Poet, Playwright, Literary critic,
Kurt Eisner14 May 1867, German
Politician, Writer, Journalist
Jacob Burckhardt25 May 1818, Swiss
Art historian, Historian of the modern age,