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Eric Liddell

1902 - 1945

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Eric Henry Liddell (; 16 January 1902 – 21 February 1945) was a Scottish sprinter, rugby player and Christian missionary. Born in Qing China to Scottish missionary parents, he attended boarding school near London, spending time when possible with his family in Edinburgh, and afterwards attended the University of Edinburgh. At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, Liddell refused to run in the heats for his favoured 100 metres because they were held on a Sunday. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric Liddell has received more than 2,366,097 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Eric Liddell is the 89th most popular athlete (down from 54th in 2019), the 607th most popular biography from China (down from 501st in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Eric Liddell ranks 89 out of 3,059. Before him are Mohammed Gammoudi, Irena Szewińska, Archie Hahn, Eric Lemming, Inese Jaunzeme, and Ibolya Csák. After him are Milkha Singh, Naoto Tajima, Fritz Hofmann, Stefka Kostadinova, Gaston Reiff, and Vladimír Dzurilla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Eric Liddell ranks 125. Before him are Samuel Goudsmit, Vladimír Clementis, Riccardo Morandi, Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria, Peng Zhen, and Gustav Fröhlich. After him are Mortimer J. Adler, Princess Françoise of Orléans, Oscar Cullmann, Andrew Irvine, K. Shivaram Karanth, and Anthony Asquith. Among people deceased in 1945, Eric Liddell ranks 175. Before him are Ludwig Müller, Dwight F. Davis, Roberto Farinacci, Maria Skobtsova, Ada Negri, and Violette Szabo. After him are Paul Giesler, Nikolai Tcherepnin, Ignacio Zuloaga, Princess Thyra of Denmark, Rash Behari Bose, and Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen.

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In China

Among people born in China, Eric Liddell ranks 607 out of 1,392. Before him are Muqi (1210), Peng Zhen (1902), Jia Yi (-200), Li Kui (-500), Han Suyin (1917), and Yang Hui (1238). After him are Zhu Shijie (1249), Gan Ji (101), Cheng Hao (1032), Charlie Soong (1861), Liu Bocheng (1892), and Pan Yuliang (1895).

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Among ATHLETES In China

Among athletes born in China, Eric Liddell ranks 1. After him are Karen Lachmann (1916), Liu Xiang (1983), Wang Junxia (1973), Zhu Jianhua (1963), Su Bingtian (1989), Guo Jingjing (1981), Wang Yifu (1960), Xu Haifeng (1957), Qu Yunxia (1972), Wu Minxia (1985), and Luan Jujie (1958).

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