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Godfrey Brown

1915 - 1995

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Arthur Godfrey Kilner Brown (21 February 1915 – 4 February 1995) was a British athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He later became Headmaster of the Royal Grammar School Worcester, a post which he held from 1950 until his retirement in 1978. Born in Bankura, Bengal, India, Godfrey Brown was a highly talented runner at distances from 100 yd (91 m) to the half-mile. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Godfrey Brown has received more than 17,077 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Godfrey Brown is the 993rd most popular athlete (down from 950th in 2019), the 651st most popular biography from India and the 6th most popular Indian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Godfrey Brown ranks 993 out of 3,059Before him are Henri Helle, André Gaudin, Aldo Aureggi, Jean-Guy Gautier, Leonid Shcherbakov, and Yordanka Donkova. After him are Dainis Kūla, Jean Piot, Raymond Salles, Hildrun Laufer-Claus, Annette Rogers, and Paula Mollenhauer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Godfrey Brown ranks 229Before him are Signe Hasso, Felix Kaspar, Ramón Piñeiro López, Barnard Hughes, Lars Ahlin, and Hanka Bielicka. After him are Heinrich Albertz, Ran Laurie, Khushwant Singh, Joe Mantell, Vincent Persichetti, and William Hopper. Among people deceased in 1995, Godfrey Brown ranks 256Before him are Iosif Kheifits, Giorgio Bocchino, Nida Senff, George Abbott, Edmondo Fabbri, and Maino Neri. After him are Stephen Spender, René Lemoine, Sony Lab'ou Tansi, Red Amick, Giovanni Giacomazzi, and Bryan Johnson.

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In India

Among people born in India, Godfrey Brown ranks 651 out of 1,493Before him are Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1872), Sam Manekshaw (1914), S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan (1940), Sheila Dikshit (1938), Spike Milligan (1918), and Rambhadracharya (1950). After him are Jasraj (1930), Tarsem Singh (1961), Ram Vilas Paswan (1946), Rukhmabai (1864), Sharman Joshi (1979), and Shivakumara Swami (1907).

Among ATHLETES In India

Among athletes born in India, Godfrey Brown ranks 6Before him are Charles Gmelin (1872), P. T. Usha (1964), Fauja Singh (1911), K. D. Jadhav (1926), and Launceston Elliot (1874). After him are Udham Singh (1928), Balbir Singh Sr. (1923), Richard Allen (1902), Leslie Claudius (1927), Karnam Malleswari (1975), and Ajit Pal Singh (1947).