20th-century American male journalists

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the youngest person elected president, at 43 years, and the first Catholic president. Kennedy served at the height of the Cold War, and the majority of his foreign policy concerned relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba. A member of the Democratic Party, Kennedy represented Massachusetts in both houses of the United States Congress before his presidency.

American author and journalist (1899–1961)

American writer and editor (1890–1937)

American author (1924-1984)

American novelist, poet (1932–2009)

American writer (1920–1986)

American writer (1923–2007)

American television and radio host (1933–2021)

American writer (1925–2012)

Austrian-born American filmmaker and screenwriter (1906-2002)

American novelist and journalist (1871–1945)

American journalist and author (1937–2005)

American journalist and writer (1880–1956)

American actor (1907–1997)

American broadcast journalist (1916-2009)

Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson is an American conservative political commentator who hosts Tucker on X and The Tucker Carlson Show since 2023. He previously hosted the nightly political talk show Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News from 2016 to 2023, when his contract with Fox News was terminated. A longtime advocate of U.S. president Donald Trump, Carlson has been described as a high-profile proponent of Trumpism, and an influential voice in right-wing media. In 2026, Carlson publicly withdrew his support for Trump and apologized for "misleading" people into supporting him.

American economist (1926–1995)

American investigative journalist (born 1943)

American journalist and political commentator (1889–1974)

American journalist, poet, and communist activist

American broadcast journalist (1908–1965)

Indian-American journalist and author

American biographer, screenwriter, and novelist (1921–1992)

American politician and commentator

American television host (1901-1974)

American author (1899–1985)

American author, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic (1909-1955)

American television personality and politician (1944–2023)

American journalist and author

American journalist, game show host and actor (1918–2012)

American journalist (1904–1993)

American journalist (born 1967)

American psychologist & journalist

American political commentator, television host and writer

journalist, humorist, United States Marine (1925–2007)

American journalist (born 1944)

American television journalist (born 1959)

American author, journalist and professor (born 1952)

American broadcast journalist and author (born 1940)

American broadcast journalist (born 1931)

American investigative journalist (born 1937)

American author, historian and broadcaster (1912-2008)

American attorney, journalist and talk show host

American journalist (1941–2006)

American journalist (1963–2002)

American cartoonist (1883–1970)

American gossip journalist (1897-1972)

American writer and actor (1889-1945)

American journalist and writer (1905–1970)

American author

American photographer (1933–2004)

American historian, writer, journalist and political scientist (born 1949)

American journalist, novelist, professor (1914-1993)

American politician (1902–1985)

American writer, literary and social critic, and noted man of letters (1895-1972)

American political satirist and journalist (1947–2022)

United States Senator from Kansas

American journalist (1950-2018)

Canadian-American broadcast journalist (1938–2005)

American TV news anchor