1911 - Today
Fauja Singh (Punjabi: ਫੌਜਾ ਸਿੰਘ; born 1 April 1911) is a British Sikh centenarian 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 648,526 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Fauja Singh is the 343rd most popular athlete (down from 316th in 2019), the 442nd most popular biography from India (down from 363rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Indian Athlete.
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Among athletes, Fauja Singh ranks 343 out of 3,055. Before him are Tamara Bykova, Gyula Zsivótzky, Glenn Davis, Galina Bystrova, Sven Thofelt, and Betty Cuthbert. After him are Gunder Hägg, John Akii-Bua, Tamara Tyshkevich, Kinue Hitomi, Jānis Daliņš, and Harry Stenqvist.
1958 - Present
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 337
1937 - 2007
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 338
1934 - 2009
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 339
1934 - 1999
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 340
1904 - 1993
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 341
1938 - 2017
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 342
1911 - Present
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 343
1918 - 2004
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 344
1949 - 1997
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 345
1931 - 1997
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 346
1907 - 1931
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 347
1904 - 1978
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 348
1893 - 1968
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 349
Among people born in 1911, Fauja Singh ranks 213. Before him are Mirza Ibrahimov, Giuseppe Olmo, Rudolf Raftl, József Háda, Alan Hovhaness, and Martim Mércio da Silveira. After him are Mario Perazzolo, Alfred Manessier, Marie Braun, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Nikolai Kryuchkov, and Nils Eriksen.
1911 - 1993
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 207
1911 - 1992
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 208
1911 - 1994
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 209
1911 - 1994
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 210
1911 - 2000
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 211
1911 - 1972
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 212
1911 - Present
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 213
1911 - 2001
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 214
1911 - 1993
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 215
1911 - 1982
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 216
1911 - 1956
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 217
1911 - 1994
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 218
1911 - 1975
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 219
Among people born in India, Fauja Singh ranks 442 out of 1,227. Before him are Suriya (1975), Sanjay Gandhi (1946), H. D. Deve Gowda (1933), Kiran Bedi (1949), Saadat Hasan Manto (1912), and Sushma Swaraj (1952). After him are Mulayam Singh Yadav (1939), Kuriakose Elias Chavara (1805), Kamala Nehru (1899), Jagat Gosain (1573), Palden Thondup Namgyal (1923), and Jayalalithaa (1948).
1975 - Present
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 436
1946 - 1980
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 437
1933 - Present
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 438
1949 - Present
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 439
1912 - 1955
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 440
1952 - 2019
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 441
1911 - Present
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 442
1939 - Present
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 443
1805 - 1871
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 444
1899 - 1936
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 445
1573 - 1619
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 446
1923 - 1982
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 447
1948 - 2016
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 448
Among athletes born in India, Fauja Singh ranks 2. Before him are Balbir Singh Sr. (1923). After him are Launceston Elliot (1874), Charles Gmelin (1872), P. T. Usha (1964), Leslie Claudius (1927), Ajit Pal Singh (1947), Richard Allen (1902), Udham Singh (1928), Karnam Malleswari (1975), Kunjarani Devi (1968), and Abhinav Bindra (1982).
1923 - 2020
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 1
1911 - Present
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 2
1874 - 1930
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 3
1872 - 1950
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 4
1964 - Present
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 5
1927 - 2012
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 6
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 7
1902 - 1969
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 8
1928 - 2000
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 9
1975 - Present
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 10
1968 - Present
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 11
1982 - Present
HPI: 44.90
Rank: 12