1921 - 2013
Alain Mimoun, born Ali Mimoun Ould Kacha (1 January 1921 – 27 June 2013), was a French long-distance runner who competed in track events, cross-country running and the marathon. He was the 1956 Olympic champion in the marathon. He is the most bemedalled French athletics sportsperson in history. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alain Mimoun has received more than 102,095 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Alain Mimoun is the 67th most popular athlete (up from 83rd in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from Algeria (down from 61st in 2019) and the most popular Algerian Athlete.
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Among athletes, Alain Mimoun ranks 67 out of 3,059. Before him are Naim Süleymanoğlu, Jan Jindra, Wilma Rudolph, Jüri Lossmann, Gustav Flatow, and Alfred Schmidt. After him are Irina Press, Jim Thorpe, Alajos Szokolyi, Elvīra Ozoliņa, Ralph Craig, and Haile Gebrselassie.
1967 - 2017
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 61
1932 - 2021
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 62
1940 - 1994
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 63
1891 - 1984
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 64
1875 - 1945
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 65
1898 - 1972
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 66
1921 - 2013
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 67
1939 - 2004
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 68
1887 - 1953
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 69
1871 - 1932
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 70
1939 - Present
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 71
1889 - 1972
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 72
1973 - Present
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 73
Among people born in 1921, Alain Mimoun ranks 136. Before him are Maurice Yaméogo, Wolfgang Lotz, Jaroslav Drobný, Francisco Morales Bermúdez, Georges Mathieu, and Giovanni Benelli. After him are Heinz G. Konsalik, Luis García Berlanga, Meir Amit, Lionel Terray, Darío Moreno, and Angelica Rozeanu. Among people deceased in 2013, Alain Mimoun ranks 139. Before him are Édouard Molinaro, Clive Burr, Álvaro Mutis, Karen Black, Luis Cubilla, and Marta Eggerth. After him are Hans Riegel, Walter De Maria, Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, Bill Foulkes, Harry Reems, and Patti Page.
1921 - 1993
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 130
1921 - 1993
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 131
1921 - 2001
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 132
1921 - 2022
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 133
1921 - 2012
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 134
1921 - 1982
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 135
1921 - 2013
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 136
1921 - 1999
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 137
1921 - 2010
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 138
1921 - 2009
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 139
1921 - 1965
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 140
1921 - 1968
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 141
1921 - 2006
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 142
1928 - 2013
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 133
1957 - 2013
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 134
1923 - 2013
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 135
1939 - 2013
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 136
1940 - 2013
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 137
1912 - 2013
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 138
1921 - 2013
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 139
1923 - 2013
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 140
1935 - 2013
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 141
1968 - 2013
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 142
1932 - 2013
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 143
1947 - 2013
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 144
1927 - 2013
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 145
Among people born in Algeria, Alain Mimoun ranks 64 out of 184. Before him are Alphonse Juin (1888), Adherbal (-200), Gaston Julia (1893), Isaac Alfasi (1013), Djamila Bouhired (1935), and Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi (1787). After him are Tony Gatlif (1948), Rabah Bitat (1925), Roger Hanin (1925), Nicole Garcia (1946), Mouloud Feraoun (1913), and Rachid Taha (1958).
1888 - 1967
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 58
200 BC - 112 BC
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 59
1893 - 1978
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 60
1013 - 1103
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 61
1935 - Present
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 62
1787 - 1859
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 63
1921 - 2013
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 64
1948 - Present
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 65
1925 - 2000
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 66
1925 - 2015
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 67
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 68
1913 - 1962
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 69
1958 - 2018
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 70
Among athletes born in Algeria, Alain Mimoun ranks 1. After him are Boughera El Ouafi (1898), Hassiba Boulmerka (1968), Noureddine Morceli (1970), Tommy Green (1894), Nouria Mérah-Benida (1970), Taoufik Makhloufi (1988), Ali Saïdi-Sief (1978), Djabir Saïd-Guerni (1977), Amar Benikhlef (1982), Abderrahmane Hammad (1977), and Nassima Saifi (1988).
1921 - 2013
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 1
1898 - 1959
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 2
1968 - Present
HPI: 44.16
Rank: 3
1970 - Present
HPI: 43.35
Rank: 4
1894 - 1975
HPI: 43.04
Rank: 5
1970 - Present
HPI: 38.84
Rank: 6
1988 - Present
HPI: 34.44
Rank: 7
1978 - Present
HPI: 33.98
Rank: 8
1977 - Present
HPI: 32.40
Rank: 9
1982 - Present
HPI: 30.92
Rank: 10
1977 - Present
HPI: 30.77
Rank: 11
1988 - Present
HPI: 25.29
Rank: 12