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Charles Dumas

1937 - 2004

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Charles Everett "Charlie" Dumas (February 12, 1937 – January 5, 2004) was an American high jumper, the 1956 Olympic champion, and the first person to clear 7 ft.(2.13 m. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Dumas has received more than 74,128 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Dumas is the 1,804th most popular athlete (down from 1,519th in 2019), the 10,701st most popular biography from United States (up from 10,824th in 2019) and the 312th most popular American Athlete.

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  • 2.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Charles Dumas ranks 1,804 out of 6,025Before him are Shaun White, Yevgeny Maskinskov, Gordon George Avery, Johannes Terwogt, Georges Dransart, and Alberto Cova. After him are Viktor Markin, Rosa Kellner, Dietmar Mögenburg, John Porter, Grigory Mkrtychan, and Harry Siljander.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Charles Dumas ranks 505Before him are Tony Maggs, Willi Koslowski, Tore Eriksson, Maria Teresa Horta, Franco De Piccoli, and Archibald MacKinnon. After him are Mario Bergara, Tatyana Talysheva, Paul Hawkins, Donald Dewar, Francis George, and Arturo Chaires. Among people deceased in 2004, Charles Dumas ranks 301Before him are Bill Pickering, Ruslan Gelayev, Lyudmila Shishova, Custódio Pinto, Friedrich Waller, and Bernice Rubens. After him are Bjarne Andersson, Isabel Sanford, Eleanor Holm, Coxsone Dodd, Jerzy Klempel, and Paul Klebnikov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Dumas ranks 10,701 out of 20,380Before him are Shaun White (1986), Jimmy Bryan (1926), John McNaughton (1950), Alain LeRoy Locke (1885), Fyvush Finkel (1922), and Richard Zare (1939). After him are Susan Solomon (1956), Lloyd Price (1933), Summer Phoenix (1978), Lorraine Hansberry (1930), Bob Bryan (1978), and Michael D. Griffin (1949).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Charles Dumas ranks 312Before him are Edward Ferry (1941), Benjamin Bradshaw (1879), Tom Price (1933), Tommy Kono (1930), Allen Johnson (1971), and Shaun White (1986). After him are Merritt Giffin (1887), Mildrette Netter (1948), Francis Tyler (1904), Virgil Jacomini (1899), Alden Sanborn (1899), and James Workman (1908).