ATHLETE

Charles Hefferon

1878 - 1931

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Charles Archer Hefferon (25 January 1878 – 13 May 1932) was an athlete representing South Africa who competed mainly in the marathon. Hefferon was born in Newbury, Berkshire, England, to an Irish father and an English mother but moved with his family to Canada and was raised on a farm near Brandon, Manitoba. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Hefferon has received more than 26,181 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Hefferon is the 1,598th most popular athlete, the 4,888th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 56th most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Charles Hefferon ranks 1,598 out of 6,025. Before him are Robert Korzeniowski, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Mia Gommers, Bo Ekelund, Harry Steevens, and David Smith. After him are Darya Domracheva, Sultan Rakhmanov, Michel Knuysen, Joaquim Cruz, Ramón Tapia, and Marjorie Gestring.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Charles Hefferon ranks 225. Before him are Flora Drummond, Albert Corey, Peder Kolstad, Peter Kemp, Herbert H. Lehman, and Richard Meinertzhagen. After him are Elvia Carrillo Puerto, Gyula Kakas, Katie Johnson, Léon Binoche, Oscar Apfel, and George M. Cohan. Among people deceased in 1931, Charles Hefferon ranks 141. Before him are Luigi Galleani, Daniel Chester French, John Monash, Harry Clarke, Charles Clary, and Axel Andersen. After him are Frank Harris, Lidiya Tseraskaya, James Neill, Tom Roberts, Vachel Lindsay, and George Whitefield Chadwick.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Hefferon ranks 4,888 out of 8,785. Before him are Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875), John Barrowman (1967), Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin (1866), Luke Fildes (1843), Andy Fraser (1952), and Ranulph Fiennes (1944). After him are Robin Sachs (1951), Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy (1862), Judy Parfitt (1935), Ralph Ineson (1969), Sarah Trimmer (1741), and Lily Allen (1985).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Charles Hefferon ranks 56. Before him are John James Shepherd (1884), Walter Chaffe (1870), Peter Kemp (1878), Steve Ovett (1955), Dorothy Manley (1927), and Don Finlay (1909). After him are James Wilson (1891), Stan Vickers (1932), John Fenning (1885), Sheila Lerwill (1928), Mary Peters (1939), and Dorothy Shirley (1939).

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