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Herb McKenley

1922 - 2007

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The Hon. Herbert Henry McKenley OM (10 July 1922 – 26 November 2007) was a Jamaican track and field sprinter. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics in six events in total, and won one gold and three silver medals.Born in Pleasant Valley, Clarendon, Jamaica, Herb McKenley enrolled at the University of Illinois and won the NCAA championships in 220 yd (200 m) and 440 yd (400 m) in 1946 and 1947. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herb McKenley has received more than 123,512 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Herb McKenley is the 1,669th most popular athlete (down from 1,065th in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 60th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Jamaican Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Herb McKenley ranks 1,669 out of 3,059Before him are Nouria Mérah-Benida, Dwight Stones, John Walker, Koji Murofushi, Guillermo Douglas, and Simon Fourcade. After him are Mario Tullio Montano, Rod Milburn, Yvonne van Gennip, John Davis, Fermín Cacho, and Robson da Silva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Herb McKenley ranks 388Before him are Len Lesser, Mavis Gallant, Edwin Thompson Jaynes, Eugenie Clark, Audrey Meadows, and Jean Porter. After him are Kathleen Booth, Herbert Goldstein, Bill Macy, Joan Caulfield, Bert I. Gordon, and Gil Merrick. Among people deceased in 2007, Herb McKenley ranks 352Before him are Kenji Nagai, John Inman, Ruth Graham, Janet Blair, Kelly Johnson, and Robin Montgomerie-Charrington. After him are Tony Wilson, Jack Valenti, John Compton, Richard Jeni, Hughie Thomasson, and Satymkul Dzhumanazarov.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Herb McKenley ranks 68 out of 168Before him are Alexander Bustamante (1884), Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (1986), Bruce Golding (1947), Andrew Holness (1972), P. J. Patterson (1935), and Roger Cross (1969). After him are Dennis Brown (1957), Luther Blissett (1958), Diana King (1970), Ini Kamoze (1957), Junior Murvin (1949), and Ky-Mani Marley (1976).

Among ATHLETES In Jamaica

Among athletes born in Jamaica, Herb McKenley ranks 15Before him are Donovan Bailey (1967), Yohan Blake (1989), Arthur Wint (1920), Nesta Carter (1985), Lennox Miller (1946), and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (1986). After him are Michael Frater (1982), Elaine Thompson (1992), Veronica Campbell-Brown (1982), Bert Cameron (1959), Juliet Cuthbert (1964), and Grace Jackson (1961).