1903 - 1976
William DeHart Hubbard (November 25, 1903 – June 23, 1976) was a track and field athlete who was the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual event: the running long jump at the 1924 Paris Summer games.He subsequently set a long jump world record of 25 feet 10+3⁄4 inches (7.89 m) at Chicago in June 1925 and equaled the world record of 9.6 seconds for the 100-yard dash at Cincinnati, Ohio a year later. He attended and graduated from Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati, graduated with honors from the University of Michigan in 1927 where he was a three-time National Collegiate Athletic Association champion (1923 & 1925 outdoor long jump, 1925 100-yard dash) and seven-time Big Ten Conference champion in track and field (1923 & 1925 indoor 50-yard dash, 1923, 1924, & 1925 outdoor long jump, 1924 & 1925 outdoor 100-yard dash). His 1925 outdoor long jump of 25 feet 10+1⁄2 inches (7.89 m) stood as the Michigan Wolverines team record until 1980, and it still stands second. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of DeHart Hubbard has received more than 59,703 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). DeHart Hubbard is the 781st most popular athlete (up from 990th in 2019), the 7,867th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,194th in 2019) and the 151st most popular American Athlete.
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Among athletes, DeHart Hubbard ranks 781 out of 3,059. Before him are Willem Slijkhuis, Jacques Cariou, Guy Butler, Nils Täpp, Glenn Morris, and Daniel Kelly. After him are Josef Ternström, Viktor An, Verner Järvinen, René Lorain, Ileana Silai, and Babben Enger-Damon.
1923 - 2003
HPI: 44.59
Rank: 775
1870 - 1951
HPI: 44.58
Rank: 776
1899 - 1981
HPI: 44.58
Rank: 777
1917 - 2000
HPI: 44.57
Rank: 778
1912 - 1974
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 779
1883 - 1920
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 780
1903 - 1976
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 781
1888 - 1953
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 782
1985 - Present
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 783
1870 - 1941
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 784
1900 - 1984
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 785
1941 - Present
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 786
1939 - Present
HPI: 44.51
Rank: 787
Among people born in 1903, DeHart Hubbard ranks 272. Before him are Anders Rydberg, Josephine Hutchinson, George Koltanowski, Kenneth Clark, Norman Foster, and Vernon Duke. After him are Hermann Volk, Niní Marshall, Lilly Scholz, Ruth Svedberg, Bernard Leene, and Georges de Rham. Among people deceased in 1976, DeHart Hubbard ranks 202. Before him are Segundo Durandal, Samuel Eliot Morison, Matthias Kaburek, Narve Bonna, George Parker, and Norman Foster. After him are María Corda, Jimmy Garrison, Martín Luis Guzmán, Armen Ohanian, Mortimer Wheeler, and John A. Costello.
1903 - 1989
HPI: 44.76
Rank: 266
1903 - 1998
HPI: 44.72
Rank: 267
1903 - 2000
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 268
1903 - 1983
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 269
1903 - 1976
HPI: 44.60
Rank: 270
1903 - 1969
HPI: 44.60
Rank: 271
1903 - 1976
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 272
1903 - 1988
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 273
1903 - 1996
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 274
1903 - Present
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 275
1903 - 2002
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 276
1903 - 1988
HPI: 44.26
Rank: 277
1903 - 1990
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 278
1912 - 1976
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 196
1887 - 1976
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 197
1911 - 1976
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 198
1901 - 1976
HPI: 44.71
Rank: 199
1896 - 1976
HPI: 44.64
Rank: 200
1903 - 1976
HPI: 44.60
Rank: 201
1903 - 1976
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 202
1898 - 1976
HPI: 44.22
Rank: 203
1934 - 1976
HPI: 44.11
Rank: 204
1887 - 1976
HPI: 44.09
Rank: 205
1887 - 1976
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 206
1890 - 1976
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 207
1891 - 1976
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 208
Among people born in United States, DeHart Hubbard ranks 7,867 out of 18,182. Before him are Henry Jarvis Raymond (1820), Bill Black (1926), Bob Brookmeyer (1929), A. P. Hill (1825), Mary Miles Minter (1902), and Daniel Morgan (1736). After him are Austin Pendleton (1940), Gay Talese (1932), Jim Siedow (1920), Roma Maffia (1955), Daniel Henney (1979), and Tim Powers (1952).
1820 - 1869
HPI: 44.55
Rank: 7,861
1926 - 1965
HPI: 44.55
Rank: 7,862
1929 - 2011
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 7,863
1825 - 1865
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 7,864
1902 - 1984
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 7,865
1736 - 1802
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 7,866
1903 - 1976
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 7,867
1940 - Present
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 7,868
1932 - Present
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 7,869
1920 - 2003
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 7,870
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 7,871
1979 - Present
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 7,872
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 7,873
Among athletes born in United States, DeHart Hubbard ranks 151. Before him are Paul Pilgrim (1883), John Bray (1875), Dallas Long (1940), Roy Cochran (1919), Glenn Morris (1912), and Daniel Kelly (1883). After him are Ray Barbuti (1905), Mike Larrabee (1933), Pat McCormick (1930), James Juvenal (1874), John McLean (1878), and Harriet Bland (1915).
1883 - 1958
HPI: 44.71
Rank: 145
1875 - 1945
HPI: 44.70
Rank: 146
1940 - Present
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 147
1919 - 1981
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 148
1912 - 1974
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 149
1883 - 1920
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 150
1903 - 1976
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 151
1905 - 1988
HPI: 44.49
Rank: 152
1933 - 2003
HPI: 44.48
Rank: 153
1930 - 2023
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 154
1874 - 1942
HPI: 44.43
Rank: 155
1878 - 1955
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 156
1915 - 1991
HPI: 44.39
Rank: 157