# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/raghu-rai
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:44:30.772Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/raghu-rai"
name: "Raghu Rai"
slug: "raghu-rai"
description: "Raghu Rai was an Indian photographer and photojournalist, who is widely regarded as a pioneer of photojournalism in India and \"India's most celebrated photojournalist\". He was a protégé of Henri Cartier-Bresson, who nominated Rai, then a young photojournalist, to join Magnum Photos in 1977."
tagline: "Indian photographer ( 1942-2026)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Raghu_Rai_pix_by_Vikramjit_Kakati.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1942-12-18"
deathDate: "2026-04-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.6
  momentum:             0.4985754985754987
  historical:           15.97279466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm1588662"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump