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Ben Johnson

Canadian sprinter

1961 - today

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His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2024). Ben Johnson is the 11th most popular athlete (up from 28th in 2024), the 5th most popular biography from Jamaica (up from 7th in 2019) and the most popular Jamaican Athlete.

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#1

Ben Johnson is the most memorable of the 3 notable people born in Falmouth, Jamaica, Jamaica, ahead of Luther Blissett and Ky-Mani Marley.

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Of the 143 Athletes born in Jamaica, Ben Johnson ranks first.

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Ben Johnson's biography appears in 40 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 99% of all Athletes.

Dec 30

Ben Johnson shares a December 30 birthday with Pope Gregory XI, Ahmed III, and Patti Smith.

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Among Athletes

Among athletes, Ben Johnson ranks 11 out of 6,025. Before him are Sigfrid Edström, Florence Griffith Joyner, Spyridon Louis, Thomas Burke, Bob Beamon, and John Flanagan. After him are Carl Lewis, Iolanda Balaș, Usain Bolt, Robert Hichens, Louis Zamperini, and Thomas Curtis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Ben Johnson ranks 37. Before him are Meg Ryan, Forest Whitaker, Laurence Fishburne, Lisa Gerrard, John Corbett, and Bill de Blasio. After him are Carl Lewis, Andoni Zubizarreta, Julia Gillard, Samy Naceri, Woody Harrelson, and Tim Roth.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Ben Johnson ranks 5 out of 189. Before him are Bob Marley (1945), Stamford Raffles (1781), Grace Jones (1948), and John Barnes (1963). After him are Usain Bolt (1986), Patrick Allen (1951), Max Romeo (1944), Peter Tosh (1944), Jimmy Cliff (1948), Marcus Garvey (1887), and Violet Brown (1900).

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Among Athletes In Jamaica

Among athletes born in Jamaica, Ben Johnson ranks 1. After him are Usain Bolt (1986), George Rhoden (1926), George Kerr (1937), Merlene Ottey (1960), Veronica Campbell-Brown (1982), Lennox Miller (1946), Don Quarrie (1951), Elaine Thompson (1992), Asafa Powell (1982), Arthur Wint (1920), and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (1986).

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