1926 - 2023
Robert Eugene Richards (February 20, 1926 – February 26, 2023) was an American athlete, minister, and politician. He made three U.S. Olympic Teams in two events: the 1948, 1952, and 1956 Summer Olympics as a pole vaulter and as a decathlete in 1956. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bob Richards has received more than 210,998 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Bob Richards is the 1,308th most popular athlete (down from 1,009th in 2019), the 9,811th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,359th in 2019) and the 242nd most popular American Athlete.
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Among athletes, Bob Richards ranks 1,308 out of 3,059. Before him are James Rector, Marjorie Clark, Ghiță Licu, Lidiya Alfeyeva, Vincenzo Cuccia, and Kurt Wires. After him are Tiina Lillak, Joseph Stadler, László Rajcsányi, Hayes Jones, Sandra Sánchez, and Bertha Brouwer.
1884 - 1949
HPI: 41.68
Rank: 1,302
1909 - 1993
HPI: 41.67
Rank: 1,303
1945 - 2014
HPI: 41.66
Rank: 1,304
1946 - 2022
HPI: 41.65
Rank: 1,305
1892 - 1979
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 1,306
1919 - 1992
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 1,307
1926 - 2023
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 1,308
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.62
Rank: 1,309
1880 - 1950
HPI: 41.62
Rank: 1,310
1907 - 1992
HPI: 41.61
Rank: 1,311
1938 - Present
HPI: 41.60
Rank: 1,312
1981 - Present
HPI: 41.60
Rank: 1,313
1930 - 2006
HPI: 41.59
Rank: 1,314
Among people born in 1926, Bob Richards ranks 426. Before him are Jesús Loroño, J. I. Packer, Larissa Volpert, Audrey Williamson, Raymond Gosling, and Clive Donner. After him are André Testut, Bucky Pizzarelli, Narinder Singh Kapany, Desmond Connell, József Kovács, and Bryan Forbes. Among people deceased in 2023, Bob Richards ranks 349. Before him are Marianne Werner, Jimmy Buffett, Niels Holst-Sørensen, Safi Faye, Martin Davis, and Pascoal Mocumbi. After him are Henrik Nordbrandt, Terence Davies, Gordon Pinsent, Richard Murphy, Terry Dischinger, and Rolf Harris.
1926 - 1998
HPI: 41.85
Rank: 420
1926 - 2020
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 421
1926 - 2017
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 422
1926 - 2010
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 423
1926 - 2015
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 424
1926 - 2010
HPI: 41.70
Rank: 425
1926 - 2023
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 426
1926 - 2005
HPI: 41.56
Rank: 427
1926 - 2020
HPI: 41.52
Rank: 428
1926 - 2020
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 429
1926 - 2017
HPI: 41.41
Rank: 430
1926 - 1987
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 431
1926 - 2013
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 432
1924 - 2023
HPI: 41.99
Rank: 343
1946 - 2023
HPI: 41.91
Rank: 344
1922 - 2023
HPI: 41.90
Rank: 345
1943 - 2023
HPI: 41.80
Rank: 346
1928 - 2023
HPI: 41.69
Rank: 347
1941 - 2023
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 348
1926 - 2023
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 349
1945 - 2023
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 350
1945 - 2023
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 351
1930 - 2023
HPI: 41.18
Rank: 352
1931 - 2023
HPI: 41.18
Rank: 353
1940 - 2023
HPI: 41.10
Rank: 354
1930 - 2023
HPI: 41.09
Rank: 355
Among people born in United States, Bob Richards ranks 9,811 out of 18,182. Before him are Nick de Firmian (1957), Les Baxter (1922), Ted Kaufman (1939), Jack Jones (1938), Soraya (1969), and Alessandro Nivola (1972). After him are Audrey Hollander (1979), John Kunkel Small (1869), Marla Gibbs (1931), Catherine Coleman (1960), Susan Collins (1952), and Madeline Miller (1978).
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 9,805
1922 - 1996
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 9,806
1939 - Present
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 9,807
1938 - Present
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 9,808
1969 - 2006
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 9,809
1972 - Present
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 9,810
1926 - 2023
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 9,811
1979 - Present
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 9,812
1869 - 1938
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 9,813
1931 - Present
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 9,814
1960 - Present
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 9,815
1952 - Present
HPI: 41.62
Rank: 9,816
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.62
Rank: 9,817
Among athletes born in United States, Bob Richards ranks 242. Before him are Dorothy Poynton-Hill (1915), Catherine Hardy Lavender (1930), Pete George (1929), Lesley Ashburner (1883), Leroy Burrell (1967), and James Rector (1884). After him are Joseph Stadler (1880), Isabelle Daniels (1937), Tim Montgomery (1975), Randy Barnes (1966), Lucinda Williams (1937), and George Bonhag (1882).
1915 - 1995
HPI: 41.79
Rank: 236
1930 - 2017
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 237
1929 - 2021
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 238
1883 - 1950
HPI: 41.76
Rank: 239
1967 - Present
HPI: 41.72
Rank: 240
1884 - 1949
HPI: 41.68
Rank: 241
1926 - 2023
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 242
1880 - 1950
HPI: 41.62
Rank: 243
1937 - 2017
HPI: 41.56
Rank: 244
1975 - Present
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 245
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.48
Rank: 246
1937 - Present
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 247
1882 - 1960
HPI: 41.35
Rank: 248