1906 - 1985
Emerson Lane "Bud" Spencer (October 10, 1906 – May 15, 1985) was an American sprint runner who won a gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 1928 Summer Olympics, breaking the world record in the process. A week later he helped to set another world record, at 3.13.4 in the 4×440 yard relay in London. Early in his career, Spencer competed in the hurdles in addition to sprinting, finishing second in the 220 yard low hurdles and fourth in the 120 yard high hurdles while running for Modesto High School in Modesto, California at the 1923 CIF California State Meet. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emerson Spencer has received more than 21,868 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Emerson Spencer is the 656th most popular athlete (up from 954th in 2019), the 7,334th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,975th in 2019) and the 134th most popular American Athlete.
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Among athletes, Emerson Spencer ranks 656 out of 3,059. Before him are Maurice Schilles, Yevgeniya Sechenova, Oliver Macdonald, Dave Albritton, Arie van Vliet, and Naohiro Ikeda. After him are Paul Bontemps, Yvette Williams, André Auffray, Piero D'Inzeo, Hans Berglund, and Gabriele Reinsch.
1888 - 1950
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 650
1918 - 1990
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 651
1904 - 1973
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 652
1913 - 1994
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 653
1916 - 2001
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 654
1940 - 2021
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 655
1906 - 1985
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 656
1902 - 1981
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 657
1929 - 2019
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 658
1884 - 1953
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 659
1923 - 2014
HPI: 45.32
Rank: 660
1918 - 2006
HPI: 45.31
Rank: 661
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.31
Rank: 662
Among people born in 1906, Emerson Spencer ranks 288. Before him are Emília Rotter, Albert Charles Smith, Jean Dréville, Plácido Galindo, Carl Benjamin Boyer, and Jorge Icaza Coronel. After him are Anšlavs Eglītis, Franco Comotti, Sara Ashurbeyli, Rafaela Aparicio, Augustin Chantrel, and William Feller. Among people deceased in 1985, Emerson Spencer ranks 191. Before him are Paul Peter Ewald, Miguel Otero Silva, Maya Kristalinskaya, Josef Smistik, Renato Olmi, and Inger Hagerup. After him are Alfredo Duhalde, Riccardo Bacchelli, Michel Pécheux, Paul Creston, Edgar Reinhardt, and Lucien Michard.
1906 - 2003
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 282
1906 - 1999
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 283
1906 - 1997
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 284
1906 - 1988
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 285
1906 - 1976
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 286
1906 - 1978
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 287
1906 - 1985
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 288
1906 - 1993
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 289
1906 - 1963
HPI: 45.27
Rank: 290
1906 - 2001
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 291
1906 - 1996
HPI: 45.25
Rank: 292
1906 - 1956
HPI: 45.19
Rank: 293
1906 - 1970
HPI: 45.18
Rank: 294
1888 - 1985
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 185
1908 - 1985
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 186
1932 - 1985
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 187
1905 - 1985
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 188
1914 - 1985
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 189
1905 - 1985
HPI: 45.50
Rank: 190
1906 - 1985
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 191
1898 - 1985
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 192
1891 - 1985
HPI: 45.30
Rank: 193
1911 - 1985
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 194
1906 - 1985
HPI: 45.16
Rank: 195
1914 - 1985
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 196
1903 - 1985
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 197
Among people born in United States, Emerson Spencer ranks 7,334 out of 18,182. Before him are Christopher George (1931), Thomas Ligotti (1953), Robert John Burke (1960), Elliott Smith (1969), Charles Fefferman (1949), and Hubert Sumlin (1931). After him are Margaret Avery (1944), Colin Hanks (1977), Kathryn Hahn (1974), Otto Kruger (1885), Paul Heyman (1965), and Richard E. Stearns (1936).
1931 - 1983
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 7,328
1953 - Present
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 7,329
1960 - Present
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 7,330
1969 - 2003
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 7,331
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 7,332
1931 - 2011
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 7,333
1906 - 1985
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 7,334
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 7,335
1977 - Present
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 7,336
1974 - Present
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 7,337
1885 - 1974
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 7,338
1965 - Present
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 7,339
1936 - Present
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 7,340
Among athletes born in United States, Emerson Spencer ranks 134. Before him are Carl Johnson (1898), Alan Helffrich (1900), Wilhelmina von Bremen (1909), Paul Anderson (1932), Jackson Scholz (1897), and Oliver Macdonald (1904). After him are Glenn Hardin (1910), Don Bragg (1935), Frederick Schule (1879), Guinn Smith (1920), Karl Warner (1908), and Mel Patton (1924).
1898 - 1932
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 128
1900 - 1994
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 129
1909 - 1976
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 130
1932 - 1994
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 131
1897 - 1986
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 132
1904 - 1973
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 133
1906 - 1985
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 134
1910 - 1975
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 135
1935 - 2019
HPI: 45.15
Rank: 136
1879 - 1962
HPI: 45.09
Rank: 137
1920 - 2004
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 138
1908 - 1995
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 139
1924 - 2014
HPI: 45.02
Rank: 140