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Hugh Hefner

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

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Theodor Herzl

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis leads this board.

Read 3.3M times in 2025, ahead of Hugh Hefner.

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  3. 6thHenry Morton StanleyJournalists240.1K
  4. 7thAmbrose BierceJournalists232.7K
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10th, stableFrançois-Noël BabeufJournalists · 1760-1797FranceFranceJournalists91.7Kmom 111th, fallingJacques HébertJournalists · 1757-1794FranceFranceJournalists91.5Kmom 012th, risingHunter S. ThompsonJournalists · 1937-2005United StatesUnited StatesJournalists88.8Kmom 1013th, fallingJohn WilkesJournalists · 1725-1797Journalists81.3Kmom 014th, risingWilliam CobbettJournalists · 1763-1835United KingdomUnited KingdomJournalists36.1Kmom 615th, fallingNicolas ChamfortJournalists · 1740-1794FranceFranceJournalists27.7Kmom 016th, fallingPhilippe BuonarrotiJournalists · 1761-1837FranceFranceJournalists13.5Kmom 0

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Hunter S. Thompson holds 199th among journalists

American journalist and author (1937-2005)

Hugh Hefner holds 161st among journalists

American businessman and magazine publisher (1926-2017)

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