1973 - Today
Haile Gebrselassie (Amharic: ኀይሌ ገብረ ሥላሴ, romanized: Haylē Gebre Silassē; born 18 April 1973) is an Ethiopian former long-distance track, road running athlete, and businessman. He won two Olympic gold medals and four World Championship titles over the 10,000 metres. Haile triumphed in the Berlin Marathon four times consecutively and also had three straight wins at the Dubai Marathon. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Haile Gebrselassie has received more than 1,369,590 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Haile Gebrselassie is the 73rd most popular athlete (up from 108th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Ethiopia (up from 20th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Ethiopian Athlete.
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Among athletes, Haile Gebrselassie ranks 73 out of 3,059. Before him are Alain Mimoun, Irina Press, Jim Thorpe, Alajos Szokolyi, Elvīra Ozoliņa, and Ralph Craig. After him are Jüri Tamm, Volodymyr Holubnychy, Robert Garrett, Myer Prinstein, Jim Hines, and Stamata Revithi.
1921 - 2013
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 67
1939 - 2004
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 68
1887 - 1953
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 69
1871 - 1932
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 70
1939 - Present
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 71
1889 - 1972
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 72
1973 - Present
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 73
1957 - 2021
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 74
1936 - 2021
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 75
1875 - 1961
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 76
1878 - 1925
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 77
1946 - 2023
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 78
1866 - Present
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 79
Among people born in 1973, Haile Gebrselassie ranks 41. Before him are Monica Seles, Varg Vikernes, Christian Vieri, Rogério Ceni, Xavier Bettel, and Jay-Jay Okocha. After him are Rüştü Reçber, Patrick Wilson, Giancarlo Fisichella, Claude Makélélé, Ceca, and Mos Def.
1973 - Present
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 35
1973 - Present
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 36
1973 - Present
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 37
1973 - Present
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 38
1973 - Present
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 39
1973 - Present
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 40
1973 - Present
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 41
1973 - Present
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 42
1973 - Present
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 43
1973 - Present
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 44
1973 - Present
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 45
1973 - Present
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 46
1973 - Present
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 47
Among people born in Ethiopia, Haile Gebrselassie ranks 19 out of 89. Before him are Meles Zenawi (1955), Abdullah ibn Ja'far (650), Amha Selassie (1916), Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (1200), Abiy Ahmed (1976), and Mulatu Teshome (1955). After him are Taytu Betul (1851), Yohannes IV (1837), Mamo Wolde (1932), Fasilides (1603), Zara Yaqob (1399), and Mulatu Astatke (1943).
1955 - 2012
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 13
650 - 680
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 14
1916 - 1997
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 15
1200 - 1221
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 16
1976 - Present
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 17
1955 - Present
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 18
1973 - Present
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 19
1851 - 1918
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 20
1837 - 1889
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 21
1932 - 2002
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 22
1603 - 1667
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 23
1399 - 1468
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 24
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 25
Among athletes born in Ethiopia, Haile Gebrselassie ranks 2. Before him are Abebe Bikila (1932). After him are Mamo Wolde (1932), Kenenisa Bekele (1982), Miruts Yifter (1944), Sifan Hassan (1993), Tirunesh Dibaba (1985), Derartu Tulu (1972), Addis Abebe (1970), Eshetu Tura (1950), Genzebe Dibaba (1991), and Fatuma Roba (1973).
1932 - 1973
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 1
1973 - Present
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 2
1932 - 2002
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 3
1982 - Present
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 4
1944 - 2016
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 5
1993 - Present
HPI: 42.43
Rank: 6
1985 - Present
HPI: 39.53
Rank: 7
1972 - Present
HPI: 38.97
Rank: 8
1970 - Present
HPI: 36.42
Rank: 9
1950 - Present
HPI: 35.90
Rank: 10
1991 - Present
HPI: 34.97
Rank: 11
1973 - Present
HPI: 33.66
Rank: 12