1932 - 1973
Shambel Abebe Bikila (Amharic: ሻምበል አበበ ቢቂላ; August 7, 1932 – October 25, 1973) was an Ethiopian marathon runner who was a back-to-back Olympic marathon champion. He was the first Ethiopian Olympic gold medalist, winning his and Africa's first gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome while running barefoot. At the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, he won his second gold medal. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abebe Bikila has received more than 1,279,750 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Abebe Bikila is the 2nd most popular athlete, the 2nd most popular biography from Ethiopia and the most popular Ethiopian Athlete.
Abebe Bikila is most famous for winning the marathon at the 1960 Olympics in Rome.
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Among athletes, Abebe Bikila ranks 2 out of 3,059. Before him are Jesse Owens. After him are Paavo Nurmi, Emil Zátopek, Louis Zamperini, Bob Beamon, Spyridon Louis, Carl Lewis, Viktor Saneyev, Usain Bolt, Luz Long, and Sigfrid Edström.
1913 - 1980
HPI: 71.38
Rank: 1
1932 - 1973
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 2
1897 - 1973
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 3
1922 - 2000
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 4
1917 - 2014
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 5
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 6
1873 - 1940
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 7
1961 - Present
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 8
1945 - 2022
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 9
1986 - Present
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 10
1913 - 1943
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 11
1870 - 1964
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1932, Abebe Bikila ranks 13. Before him are Andrei Tarkovsky, François Truffaut, Miloš Forman, Johnny Cash, John Williams, and Cesare Maldini. After him are Peter O'Toole, Roh Tae-woo, Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, Anouk Aimée, Glenn Gould, and Dian Fossey. Among people deceased in 1973, Abebe Bikila ranks 18. Before him are Ivan Konev, Hans Kelsen, İsmet İnönü, Walter Ulbricht, Ludwig von Mises, and John Ford. After him are Paavo Nurmi, Max Horkheimer, Anna Magnani, Henri Charrière, Pablo Casals, and Gabriel Marcel.
1932 - 1986
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 7
1932 - 1984
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 8
1932 - 2018
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 9
1932 - 2003
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 10
1932 - Present
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 11
1932 - 2016
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 12
1932 - 1973
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 13
1932 - 2013
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 14
1932 - 2021
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 15
1932 - 2001
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 16
1932 - Present
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 17
1932 - 1982
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 18
1932 - 1985
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 19
1897 - 1973
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 12
1881 - 1973
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 13
1884 - 1973
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 14
1893 - 1973
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 15
1881 - 1973
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 16
1894 - 1973
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 17
1932 - 1973
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 18
1897 - 1973
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 19
1895 - 1973
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 20
1908 - 1973
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 21
1906 - 1973
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 22
1876 - 1973
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 23
1889 - 1973
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 24
Among people born in Ethiopia, Abebe Bikila ranks 2 out of 89. Before him are Haile Selassie (1892). After him are Zewditu (1876), Mengistu Haile Mariam (1937), Menelik II (1844), Menelik I (-954), Onuphrius (320), Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia (1895), Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (1946), Sahle-Work Zewde (1950), Girma Wolde-Giorgis (1924), and Tewodros II (1818).
1892 - 1975
HPI: 75.97
Rank: 1
1932 - 1973
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 2
1876 - 1930
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 3
1937 - Present
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 4
1844 - 1913
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 5
954 BC - 930 BC
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 6
320 - 400
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 7
1895 - 1935
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 8
1946 - Present
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 9
1950 - Present
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 10
1924 - 2018
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 11
1818 - 1868
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 12
Among athletes born in Ethiopia, Abebe Bikila ranks 1. After him are Haile Gebrselassie (1973), Mamo Wolde (1932), Kenenisa Bekele (1982), Miruts Yifter (1944), Sifan Hassan (1993), Tirunesh Dibaba (1985), Derartu Tulu (1972), Addis Abebe (1970), Eshetu Tura (1950), Genzebe Dibaba (1991), and Fatuma Roba (1973).
1932 - 1973
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 1
1973 - Present
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 2
1932 - 2002
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 3
1982 - Present
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 4
1944 - 2016
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 5
1993 - Present
HPI: 42.43
Rank: 6
1985 - Present
HPI: 39.53
Rank: 7
1972 - Present
HPI: 38.97
Rank: 8
1970 - Present
HPI: 36.42
Rank: 9
1950 - Present
HPI: 35.90
Rank: 10
1991 - Present
HPI: 34.97
Rank: 11
1973 - Present
HPI: 33.66
Rank: 12