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Bill Miller

1912 - 2008

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William Waring Miller (November 1, 1912 – November 13, 2008) was an American pole vaulter who won a gold medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics. At the U.S. Olympic trials he finished second (4.30 m) behind Bill Graber, who set a new world record at 4.37 m. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Miller has received more than 17,683 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Bill Miller is the 932nd most popular athlete (down from 636th in 2019), the 8,478th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,602nd in 2019) and the 180th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Bill Miller ranks 932 out of 3,059Before him are Jean Cau, Lee Calhoun, Harry Babcock, Giorgio Bocchino, Luigi Carpaneda, and Vladimir Melanin. After him are Valentin Gavrilov, Jacqueline Mazéas, Ihor Rybak, Henri Bouckaert, Mariya Petkova, and Tarjei Bø.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Bill Miller ranks 303Before him are Francesc Xavier Bultó, František Šterc, George Woodcock, Karl Kreutzberg, Giuliano Nostini, and Juan Antonio Ipiña. After him are Simón Lecue, Leslie Johnson, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Matthias Heidemann, Jadwiga Wajs, and Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz. Among people deceased in 2008, Bill Miller ranks 275Before him are Jesse Helms, Monica Lovinescu, Harvey Korman, Buddy Miles, Tony Duvert, and Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca. After him are Sam Tingle, Elizabeth Spriggs, Sam Manekshaw, Rudolf Illovszky, Ai Iijima, and Larry James.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Miller ranks 8,478 out of 18,182Before him are Dave Chappelle (1973), Dana DeArmond (1979), Barnard Hughes (1915), James Comey (1960), John C. Pemberton (1814), and Christy Mathewson (1880). After him are Eric Van Lustbader (1946), Donald Richie (1924), Stuart Holmes (1884), Edward Dillon (1879), Laila Ali (1977), and Harold Eugene Edgerton (1903).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Bill Miller ranks 180Before him are Burton Downing (1885), Arthur Shaw (1886), Daniel Kinsey (1902), Charles Greene (1945), Lee Calhoun (1933), and Harry Babcock (1890). After him are Paul Drayton (1939), Alvah Meyer (1888), Billy Mills (1938), Steve Prefontaine (1951), Edwin Hedley (1864), and William Hogenson (1884).