1921 - 2013
Alain Mimoun, born Ali Mimoun Ould Kacha (1 January 1921 – 27 June 2013) was an Algerian-born 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 80,615 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Alain Mimoun is the 83rd most popular athlete (up from 122nd in 2019), the 61st most popular biography from Algeria (down from 60th in 2019) and the most popular Algerian Athlete.
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Among athletes, Alain Mimoun ranks 83 out of 3,055. Before him are Stamata Revithi, Albin Stenroos, Viktor Saneyev, Myer Prinstein, Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, and Jüri Lossmann. After him are Alajos Szokolyi, Egil Danielsen, Josy Barthel, Gaston Roelants, Stefka Kostadinova, and Naim Süleymanoğlu.
1866 - Present
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 77
1889 - 1971
HPI: 64.44
Rank: 78
1945 - Present
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 79
1878 - 1925
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 80
1938 - Present
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 81
1891 - 1984
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 82
1921 - 2013
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 83
1871 - 1932
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 84
1933 - 2019
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 85
1927 - 1992
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 86
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 87
1965 - Present
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 88
1967 - 2017
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 89
Among people born in 1921, Alain Mimoun ranks 151. Before him are Eugenio Coșeriu, Francisco Morales Bermúdez, Luis García Berlanga, Lidia Gueiler Tejada, Lionel Terray, and Kocheril R. Narayanan. After him are Jack Clayton, Daniel Gélin, Violette Szabo, Louis Lachenal, Maurice Yaméogo, and Silvio Gazzaniga. Among people deceased in 2013, Alain Mimoun ranks 141. Before him are Scott Carpenter, Édouard Molinaro, Emile Griffith, Margherita Hack, Clive Burr, and Emilio Colombo. After him are Ray Dolby, Michael Ansara, Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, Ed Lauter, Rosalía Mera, and Dennis Farina.
1921 - 2002
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 145
1921 - Present
HPI: 64.41
Rank: 146
1921 - 2010
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 147
1921 - 2011
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 148
1921 - 1965
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 149
1921 - 2005
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 150
1921 - 2013
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 151
1921 - 1995
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 152
1921 - 2002
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 153
1921 - 1945
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 154
1921 - 1955
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 155
1921 - 1993
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 156
1921 - 2016
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 157
1925 - 2013
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 135
1928 - 2013
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 136
1938 - 2013
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 137
1922 - 2013
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 138
1957 - 2013
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 139
1920 - 2013
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 140
1921 - 2013
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 141
1933 - 2013
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 142
1922 - 2013
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 143
1968 - 2013
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 144
1938 - 2013
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 145
1944 - 2013
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 146
1944 - 2013
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 147
Among people born in Algeria, Alain Mimoun ranks 61 out of 164. Before him are René Viviani (1862), Mohammed Dib (1920), Isaac Alfasi (1013), Ali Kafi (1928), Lakhdar Brahimi (1934), and Rachid Taha (1958). After him are Thelma Schoonmaker (1940), Tony Gatlif (1948), Mouloud Feraoun (1913), Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi (1787), Roger Hanin (1925), and Françoise Fabian (1933).
1862 - 1925
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 55
1920 - 2003
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 56
1013 - 1103
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 57
1928 - 2013
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 58
1934 - Present
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 59
1958 - 2018
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 60
1921 - 2013
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 61
1940 - Present
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 62
1948 - Present
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 63
1913 - 1962
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 64
1787 - 1859
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 65
1925 - 2015
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 66
1933 - Present
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 67
Among athletes born in Algeria, Alain Mimoun ranks 1. After him are Boughera El Ouafi (1898), Noureddine Morceli (1970), Hassiba Boulmerka (1968), Nouria Mérah-Benida (1970), Taoufik Makhloufi (1988), Ali Saïdi-Sief (1978), Djabir Saïd-Guerni (1977), Abderrahmane Hammad (1977), Amar Benikhlef (1982), and Nassima Saifi (1988).
1921 - 2013
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 1
1898 - 1959
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 2
1970 - Present
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 3
1968 - Present
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 4
1970 - Present
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 5
1988 - Present
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 6
1978 - Present
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 7
1977 - Present
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 8
1977 - Present
HPI: 46.65
Rank: 9
1982 - Present
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 10
1988 - Present
HPI: 40.28
Rank: 11