Soccer Player

Ian Rush

Welsh footballer and manager

1961 - today

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His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia. Ian Rush is the 641st most popular soccer player (down from 387th in 2024), the 1,588th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,096th in 2019) and the 36th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Ian Rush is the most memorable of the 3 notable people born in St Asaph, United Kingdom.

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Ian Rush's biography appears in 46 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 93% of all Soccer Players.

Oct 20

Ian Rush shares a October 20 birthday with Arthur Rimbaud, John Dewey, and James Chadwick.

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Among Soccer Players

Among soccer players, Ian Rush ranks 638 out of 21,273. Before him are John Connelly, Bernd Hölzenbein, Erwin Koeman, Rabah Madjer, Emmanuel Petit, and Agne Simonsson. After him are Hugo Meisl, Viliam Schrojf, Pedro Rocha, Predrag Mijatović, Rainer Bonhof, and Miho Kaneda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Ian Rush ranks 72. Before him are Armin Meiwes, Susan Boyle, Armin Laschet, Mike Dunleavy, Andy Fletcher, and Erwin Koeman. After him are Andrey Korotayev, Amr Diab, Ricky Gervais, Iain Glen, Erna Solberg, and Dmitry Muratov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ian Rush ranks 1,588 out of 8,785. Before him are John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (1404), Ceawlin of Wessex (600), Tim Hunt (1943), Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673), Thomas Gresham (1519), and Bill Ward (1948). After him are Dave Gahan (1962), Frederick Abel (1827), John Gould (1804), Aphra Behn (1640), Antony Flew (1923), and Rishi Sunak (1980).

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Among Soccer Players In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Ian Rush ranks 36. Before him are Bob Paisley (1919), Gareth Bale (1989), Ryan Giggs (1973), Phil Neville (1977), Herbert Chapman (1878), and John Connelly (1938). After him are Gerry Byrne (1938), Frank Lampard (1978), Alan Shearer (1970), Dave Sexton (1930), Michael Owen (1979), and Gary Lineker (1960).

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