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Bruce Harlan

1926 - 1959

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Bruce Ira Harlan (January 2, 1926 – June 22, 1959) was a diver from the United States and Olympic champion. He represented his native country at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he received one gold medal and one silver medal. Harlan was a high school wrestler and pole vaulter in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, and served in the United States Navy during World War II. Harlan coached diving at the University of Michigan from 1954 to 1959. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bruce Harlan has received more than 23,549 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Bruce Harlan is the 2,226th most popular athlete (down from 1,750th in 2019), the 11,893rd most popular biography from United States (up from 12,018th in 2019) and the 380th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Bruce Harlan ranks 2,226 out of 6,025. Before him are Tomas Johansson, Harald Schmid, Christina Heinich, Mayumi Aoki, Charles Thias, and Costică Dafinoiu. After him are Teja Gregorin, Diane Williams, Ben Jipcho, Maryvonne Dupureur, Karl Schnabl, and Aldo Montano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Bruce Harlan ranks 521. Before him are Sonja Åkesson, Tulsi Giri, Joe Paterno, Karl Gordon Henize, Bucky Pizzarelli, and Jane Withers. After him are James Lipton, Narinder Singh Kapany, J. P. Donleavy, Kenneth Richmond, Rusty Wailes, and Hazel Court. Among people deceased in 1959, Bruce Harlan ranks 209. Before him are Frank Vaughn, Harold Hardwick, Baby Dodds, Kenneth Anderson, James Gleason, and Taylor Holmes. After him are Wayne Morris, Paul Douglas, Arvi Pohjanpää, Clarence McKerrow, and Lal Bokhari.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bruce Harlan ranks 11,893 out of 20,380. Before him are Alice Evans (1971), Steven M. Greer (1955), Louis A. Johnson (1891), D'Arcy Carden (1980), Robert Horry (1970), and Kimmy Robertson (1954). After him are Dallas Roberts (1970), Anna Deavere Smith (1950), Robert Toombs (1810), Robert Duncan McNeill (1964), Michael Gaston (1962), and Elizabeth Allen (1929).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Bruce Harlan ranks 380. Before him are Sammy Lee (1920), Marvin Stalder (1905), Mal Whitfield (1924), Alexander Wilson (null), Josiah McCracken (1874), and Charles Thias (1879). After him are Diane Williams (1960), John Taylor (1883), Dwight Stones (1953), James Rector (1884), John McLean (1878), and Frank Havens (1924).

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