The Most Famous
ATHLETES from Turkey
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Turkish Athletes of all time. This list of famous Turkish Athletes is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Meriones (b. )
With an HPI of 51.62, Meriones is the most famous Turkish Athlete. His biography has been translated into 19 different languages on wikipedia.
In Greek mythology, Meriones (Ancient Greek: Μηριόνης, romanized: Mēriónēs) was the Cretan son of Molus and Melphis or Euippe. Molus was a half-brother of Idomeneus. Like other heroes of mythology, Meriones was said to be a descendant of gods. As a grandson of Deucalion (son of Minos), Meriones' ancestors include Zeus, Europa, Helios, and Pasiphae, the sister of Circe. Meriones possessed the helmet of Amyntor, which Autolycus had stolen. He inherited the helmet from his father Molus and later gave it to Odysseus. Meriones killed seven men at Troy.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Turkish athletes born between Infinity and 0. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Turkish athletes include Meriones.
