1938 - Today
Herbert James Elliott (born 25 February 1938) is a former Australian athlete and arguably the world's greatest middle distance runner of his era. In August 1958 he set the world record in the mile run, clocking 3:54.5, 2.7 seconds under the record held by Derek Ibbotson; later in the month he set the 1500 metres world record, running 3:36.0, 2.1 seconds under the record held by Stanislav Jungwirth. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herb Elliott has received more than 244,983 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Herb Elliott is the 1,552nd most popular athlete (down from 851st in 2019), the 343rd most popular biography from Australia (down from 285th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Australian Athlete.
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Among athletes, Herb Elliott ranks 1,552 out of 3,059. Before him are Hennadiy Avdyeyenko, Christophe Lemaitre, John Anderson, Olga Kuzenkova, Larry Myricks, and Lennox Miller. After him are Kenny Harrison, Velimir Valenta, Yuriy Kutsenko, Amadou Dia Ba, Jim Bausch, and Robert Korzeniowski.
1963 - Present
HPI: 39.89
Rank: 1,546
1990 - Present
HPI: 39.89
Rank: 1,547
1907 - 1948
HPI: 39.89
Rank: 1,548
1970 - Present
HPI: 39.88
Rank: 1,549
1956 - Present
HPI: 39.88
Rank: 1,550
1946 - 2004
HPI: 39.84
Rank: 1,551
1938 - Present
HPI: 39.83
Rank: 1,552
1965 - Present
HPI: 39.83
Rank: 1,553
1929 - 2004
HPI: 39.83
Rank: 1,554
1952 - 2018
HPI: 39.82
Rank: 1,555
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.82
Rank: 1,556
1906 - 1974
HPI: 39.82
Rank: 1,557
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.81
Rank: 1,558
Among people born in 1938, Herb Elliott ranks 495. Before him are Yevgeni Mayorov, Charles Wuorinen, Leonard Frey, Phillip Griffiths, Ann Jones, and Mary Jo Catlett. After him are Bertie Auld, Peter Jennings, Satch Sanders, Les Aspin, Caryl Churchill, and Timmy Mayer.
1938 - 1997
HPI: 40.18
Rank: 489
1938 - 2020
HPI: 40.14
Rank: 490
1938 - 1988
HPI: 40.10
Rank: 491
1938 - Present
HPI: 39.98
Rank: 492
1938 - Present
HPI: 39.91
Rank: 493
1938 - Present
HPI: 39.87
Rank: 494
1938 - Present
HPI: 39.83
Rank: 495
1938 - 2021
HPI: 39.77
Rank: 496
1938 - 2005
HPI: 39.65
Rank: 497
1938 - Present
HPI: 39.52
Rank: 498
1938 - 1995
HPI: 39.43
Rank: 499
1938 - Present
HPI: 39.38
Rank: 500
1938 - 1964
HPI: 39.29
Rank: 501
Among people born in Australia, Herb Elliott ranks 343 out of 925. Before him are Adrian Quist (1913), Troy Bayliss (1969), Katherine Langford (1996), John Kerr (1914), Josephine Langford (1997), and John Pyper-Ferguson (1964). After him are Avraam Papadopoulos (1984), Edward Clancy (1923), Pat Cash (1965), Tina Arena (1967), Jacqueline McKenzie (1967), and Nick Kyrgios (1995).
1913 - 1991
HPI: 40.08
Rank: 337
1969 - Present
HPI: 40.06
Rank: 338
1996 - Present
HPI: 39.92
Rank: 339
1914 - 1991
HPI: 39.90
Rank: 340
1997 - Present
HPI: 39.90
Rank: 341
1964 - Present
HPI: 39.87
Rank: 342
1938 - Present
HPI: 39.83
Rank: 343
1984 - Present
HPI: 39.73
Rank: 344
1923 - 2014
HPI: 39.70
Rank: 345
1965 - Present
HPI: 39.67
Rank: 346
1967 - Present
HPI: 39.64
Rank: 347
1967 - Present
HPI: 39.62
Rank: 348
1995 - Present
HPI: 39.62
Rank: 349
Among athletes born in Australia, Herb Elliott ranks 14. Before him are George Parker (1896), Shirley Strickland (1925), Stan Rowley (1876), Norma Croker (1934), Cathy Freeman (1973), and Joyce King (1920). After him are Dave Power (1928), Andrew Hoy (1959), Al Lawrence (1930), Rick Mitchell (1955), Pam Kilborn (1939), and Fleur Mellor (1936).
1896 - 1976
HPI: 44.64
Rank: 8
1925 - 2004
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 9
1876 - 1924
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 10
1934 - 2019
HPI: 42.43
Rank: 11
1973 - Present
HPI: 41.88
Rank: 12
1920 - 2001
HPI: 40.81
Rank: 13
1938 - Present
HPI: 39.83
Rank: 14
1928 - 2014
HPI: 38.37
Rank: 15
1959 - Present
HPI: 37.82
Rank: 16
1930 - 2017
HPI: 37.43
Rank: 17
1955 - 2021
HPI: 36.59
Rank: 18
1939 - Present
HPI: 36.15
Rank: 19
1936 - Present
HPI: 36.07
Rank: 20