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Alastair McCorquodale

1925 - 2009

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Alastair McCorquodale (5 December 1925 – 27 February 2009) was a British athlete and cricketer. His son married Lady Sarah Spencer, a sister of Diana, Princess of Wales. McCorquodale was educated at Harrow where he opened the bowling for the 1st XI in the 1948 Eton v Harrow match at Lord's. He represented Britain in Athletics at the 1948 Olympic Games in London. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Alastair McCorquodale is the 2,710th most popular athlete (up from 2,748th in 2024), the 6,329th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,313th in 2019) and the 109th most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Alastair McCorquodale ranks 2,710 out of 6,025. Before him are Antoine Richard, Dayron Robles, Olga Chernyavskaya, Alexander Melentyev, Selina Gasparin, and Kim Woo-jin. After him are Rodica Frîntu, Grigoriy Yegorov, Stephanie Graf, Philippe Omnès, Dong Hyun Kim, and Constanța Burcică.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Alastair McCorquodale ranks 531. Before him are Swami Rama, Philip Carey, Nat Hentoff, Ebrahim Alkazi, Keshav Dutt, and Nicholas Brathwaite. After him are Virginia Capers, Eddie Baily, Jerry Paris, Dickie Moore, Maryon Pittman Allen, and Dale Bumpers. Among people deceased in 2009, Alastair McCorquodale ranks 402. Before him are Philip Carey, Horton Foote, Stanley Middleton, Stanislav Markelov, Vladimir Turchinsky, and Arnold Stang. After him are Stephen Gately, Valeri Broshin, Tohir Yoʻldosh, William Safire, Wendy Richard, and Noordin Mohammad Top.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alastair McCorquodale ranks 6,331 out of 8,785. Before him are Ian Astbury (1962), Antonia Bird (1951), Tomm Moore (1977), David Jones (1984), Steve Hewitt (1971), and Maxwell Caulfield (1959). After him are Hazel Court (1926), Sophie Wilson (1957), Angela Buxton (1934), Stanley Spencer (1891), Matilda Ziegler (1964), and Jamie Cullum (1979).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Alastair McCorquodale ranks 109. Before him are June Foulds (1934), Nellie Halstead (1910), Mark Richardson (1972), Jayne Torvill (1957), Walter D'Hondt (1936), and Daley Thompson (1958). After him are Paula Radcliffe (1973), Sylvia Cheeseman (1929), Phil Brown (1962), Peter Radford (1939), Alan Pascoe (1947), and Dorothy Hyman (1941).

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