1958 - Today
Francis Morgan Ayodélé Thompson, (born 30 July 1958), better known as Daley Thompson, is a British former decathlete. He won the decathlon gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, and broke the world record for the event four times. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daley Thompson has received more than 1,176,412 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Daley Thompson is the 1,545th most popular athlete (down from 1,111th in 2019), the 5,146th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,983rd in 2019) and the 53rd most popular British Athlete.
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Among athletes, Daley Thompson ranks 1,545 out of 3,059. Before him are Viola Myers, Nino Salukvadze, Émile Delchambre, Al LeConey, Yoshihisa Yoshikawa, and Bernard Tchoullouyan. After him are Hennadiy Avdyeyenko, Christophe Lemaitre, John Anderson, Olga Kuzenkova, Larry Myricks, and Lennox Miller.
1927 - 1993
HPI: 39.93
Rank: 1,539
1969 - Present
HPI: 39.93
Rank: 1,540
1875 - 1958
HPI: 39.93
Rank: 1,541
1901 - 1959
HPI: 39.92
Rank: 1,542
1936 - 2019
HPI: 39.92
Rank: 1,543
1953 - 2019
HPI: 39.91
Rank: 1,544
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.90
Rank: 1,545
1963 - Present
HPI: 39.89
Rank: 1,546
1990 - Present
HPI: 39.89
Rank: 1,547
1907 - 1948
HPI: 39.89
Rank: 1,548
1970 - Present
HPI: 39.88
Rank: 1,549
1956 - Present
HPI: 39.88
Rank: 1,550
1946 - 2004
HPI: 39.84
Rank: 1,551
Among people born in 1958, Daley Thompson ranks 450. Before him are Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, Andris Šķēle, Roland Koch, Shalva Natelashvili, George Saunders, and Scott Rudin. After him are Masakuni Yamamoto, Julio César Uribe, Amadou Dia Ba, Bengt-Åke Gustafsson, Etienne De Wilde, and Thierry Tusseau.
1958 - Present
HPI: 40.09
Rank: 444
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.98
Rank: 445
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.95
Rank: 446
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.92
Rank: 447
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.91
Rank: 448
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.91
Rank: 449
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.90
Rank: 450
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.86
Rank: 451
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.84
Rank: 452
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.82
Rank: 453
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.80
Rank: 454
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.80
Rank: 455
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.76
Rank: 456
Among people born in United Kingdom, Daley Thompson ranks 5,146 out of 7,765. Before him are Bunny Austin (1906), Ann Jones (1938), Henry Vaughan (1621), Hannah John-Kamen (1989), Max Hastings (1945), and William Wycherley (1640). After him are Skandar Keynes (1991), Holmes Herbert (1882), David Robb (1947), Ronald Searle (1920), Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock (1924), and John Arden (1930).
1906 - 2000
HPI: 39.92
Rank: 5,140
1938 - Present
HPI: 39.91
Rank: 5,141
1621 - 1695
HPI: 39.90
Rank: 5,142
1989 - Present
HPI: 39.90
Rank: 5,143
1945 - Present
HPI: 39.90
Rank: 5,144
1640 - 1716
HPI: 39.90
Rank: 5,145
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.90
Rank: 5,146
1991 - Present
HPI: 39.88
Rank: 5,147
1882 - 1956
HPI: 39.87
Rank: 5,148
1947 - Present
HPI: 39.87
Rank: 5,149
1920 - 2011
HPI: 39.86
Rank: 5,150
1924 - 2019
HPI: 39.86
Rank: 5,151
1930 - 2012
HPI: 39.86
Rank: 5,152
Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Daley Thompson ranks 53. Before him are Basil Heatley (1933), Sheila Lerwill (1928), Ken Matthews (1934), Steve Redgrave (1962), Harold Whitlock (1903), and Douglas Lowe (1902). After him are Steve Ovett (1955), David Jacobs (1888), Queenie Newall (1854), Allan Wells (1952), Fiona May (1969), and Mary Rand (1940).
1933 - 2019
HPI: 41.22
Rank: 47
1928 - Present
HPI: 41.17
Rank: 48
1934 - 2019
HPI: 40.70
Rank: 49
1962 - Present
HPI: 40.35
Rank: 50
1903 - 1985
HPI: 40.33
Rank: 51
1902 - 1981
HPI: 40.29
Rank: 52
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.90
Rank: 53
1955 - Present
HPI: 39.75
Rank: 54
1888 - 1976
HPI: 39.66
Rank: 55
1854 - 1929
HPI: 39.62
Rank: 56
1952 - Present
HPI: 39.59
Rank: 57
1969 - Present
HPI: 39.32
Rank: 58
1940 - Present
HPI: 39.05
Rank: 59