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Charles Moore

1929 - 2020

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Charles Hewes Moore Jr. (August 12, 1929 – October 8, 2020) was an American track and field athlete, as well as a philanthropist, businessman, and champion of societal reform. Moore won a gold medal in the 400 metre hurdles in the 1952 Summer Olympics with a time of 50.8 seconds, narrowly missing the world record of 50.6 seconds. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Moore has received more than 31,481 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Moore is the 952nd most popular athlete (down from 339th in 2019), the 7,997th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,688th in 2019) and the 197th most popular American Athlete.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Charles Moore ranks 952 out of 6,025Before him are Albert Champoudry, Piero D'Inzeo, Fleur Mellor, John Eke, Zoran Janković, and Johan Edman. After him are Jan Werner, Martin Sheridan, Mirja Hietamies, Jean Piot, Eugène Mougin, and George Campbell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Charles Moore ranks 415Before him are Francisco Zuluaga, Sergio Cervato, Wolfgang Peters, Paule Desjardins, Ilene Woods, and Lady Pamela Hicks. After him are Remco Campert, Mikhail Krivonosov, Wanda Wiłkomirska, Judith Jarvis Thomson, Kazimir Hnatow, and Manfred Kaiser. Among people deceased in 2020, Charles Moore ranks 499Before him are Tatyana Prorochenko, Efraín Sánchez, Richard Herd, Tim Severin, Vladimír Zábrodský, and Yasumasa Kanada. After him are Nathan Zach, Spencer Davis, Sergei Slonimsky, Mario Chaldú, Suhaila Siddiq, and Lyle Mays.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Moore ranks 7,997 out of 20,380Before him are Danny Masterson (1976), George Abbott (1887), Matthew Davis (1978), Rudolph Rummel (1932), Debbie Rowe (1958), and Barry McGuire (1935). After him are Michael Anthony (1954), D. J. Fontana (1931), Guy Madison (1922), Eric Szmanda (1975), Stan Brakhage (1933), and Jeanette Nolan (1911).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Charles Moore ranks 197Before him are Hélène de Pourtalès (1868), Paul Costello (1894), Oliver Macdonald (1904), Donald Johnston (1899), Armand Duplantis (1999), and Frank Wykoff (1909). After him are Mac Wilkins (1950), Jackson Scholz (1897), Harry DeBaecke (1879), Carl Johnson (1898), Bob Richards (1926), and Harry Babcock (1890).