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Fauja Singh

1911 - Today

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Fauja Singh (Punjabi: ਫੌਜਾ ਸਿੰਘ) is a British Sikh and retired marathon runner of Punjabi Indian descent. He has beaten a number of world records in multiple age brackets, but none of his times have been ratified as records. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fauja Singh has received more than 1,046,169 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Fauja Singh is the 529th most popular athlete (down from 401st in 2019), the 581st most popular biography from India (down from 506th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Indian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Fauja Singh ranks 529 out of 6,025. Before him are Géo André, Georgios Papasideris, Doina Melinte, Elżbieta Krzesińska, George Rhoden, and Klaus Bonsack. After him are Ioannis Theodoropoulos, Roger de Barbarin, Sid Atkinson, Percy Williams, Henry Macintosh, and Carlo Airoldi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Fauja Singh ranks 241. Before him are Leen Vente, Paris Pişmiş, Gyula Lázár, Giuseppe Olmo, Reg Parnell, and Ján Cikker. After him are Mirza Ibrahimov, Kurt Maetzig, Leif Erickson, Stan Kenton, Max Gluckman, and José Augusto Brandão.

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In India

Among people born in India, Fauja Singh ranks 581 out of 1,861. Before him are Naseeruddin Shah (1949), The Great Gama (1878), Verghese Kurien (1921), Muhammad Azam Shah (1653), Sivaji Ganesan (1928), and Launceston Elliot (1874). After him are Charu Majumdar (1918), Kajal Aggarwal (1985), Cerverí de Girona (1259), Baji Rao II (1775), Sanjay Dutt (1959), and Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy (1924).

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Among ATHLETES In India

Among athletes born in India, Fauja Singh ranks 4. Before him are K. D. Jadhav (1926), Charles Gmelin (1872), and Launceston Elliot (1874). After him are P. T. Usha (1964), Godfrey Brown (1915), Udham Singh (1928), Balbir Singh Sr. (1923), Leslie Claudius (1927), Karnam Malleswari (1975), Richard Allen (1902), and Ajit Pal Singh (1947).

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