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Frederick Sheffield

1902 - 1971

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Frederick Sheffield (February 26, 1902 – May 8, 1971) was an American rower who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Argenteuil/Paris, France. Sheffield was born in New York City to James Rockwell Sheffield, US Ambassador to Mexico 1924-1927 and Edith Tod. Sheffield prepared at Groton School, graduating in 1920. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick Sheffield has received more than 12,592 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Frederick Sheffield is the 1,516th most popular athlete (up from 1,713th in 2019), the 9,764th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,801st in 2019) and the 268th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Frederick Sheffield ranks 1,516 out of 6,025. Before him are Erwin Casmir, József Kovács, Georgia Coleman, Jerome Biffle, Waldemar Tietgens, and Ghiță Licu. After him are Vyacheslav Vedenin, Irmgard Praetz, Siegfried Purner, Dorothy Poynton-Hill, Frank Odberg, and Väinö Siikaniemi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Frederick Sheffield ranks 299. Before him are Commodore Cochran, Paul Bontemps, Marguerite De La Motte, Howie Morenz, Virginia Fox, and Ernő Goldfinger. After him are Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Mary Philbin, José Humberto Quintero Parra, Diógenes Domínguez, Alphonse Matejka, and Ross Taylor. Among people deceased in 1971, Frederick Sheffield ranks 223. Before him are Lil Hardin Armstrong, Charles Pahud de Mortanges, Richard Mulcahy, Thomas C. Hart, Basil Dearden, and Thawi Bunyaket. After him are Károly Weichelt, Glenda Farrell, Ricardo J. Alfaro, Ross Cuthbert, Dorothy Comingore, and Jan Palouš.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frederick Sheffield ranks 9,764 out of 20,380. Before him are Tom Harrell (1946), Magic Sam (1937), Michael Ritchie (1938), Rikishi (1965), Carol J. Adams (1951), and George Washington Goethals (1858). After him are Jonathan Safran Foer (1977), Johnnie Ray (1927), Timothy Kopra (1963), Nicole Stott (1962), Tim Hardaway (1966), and Edward James Roye (1815).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Frederick Sheffield ranks 268. Before him are George Finnegan (1881), Barbara Ferrell (1947), Edward Stevens (1932), Roger Kingdom (1962), Georgia Coleman (1912), and Jerome Biffle (1928). After him are Dorothy Poynton-Hill (1915), Carl Kaufmann (1936), Valerie Brisco-Hooks (1960), Marjorie Gestring (1922), Butch Reynolds (1964), and William Dickey (1874).

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