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Herbert Jamison

1875 - 1938

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Herbert Brotherson Jamison (September 17, 1875 – June 22, 1938) was an American sprinter who won a silver medal in the 400 m at the 1896 Summer Olympics. His favorite event, 200 m, was not yet part of the Olympics. In 1897 Jamison graduated from Princeton University and joined the family business in agriculture. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herbert Jamison has received more than 24,843 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Herbert Jamison is the 1,084th most popular athlete (down from 841st in 2019), the 8,391st most popular biography from United States (down from 8,079th in 2019) and the 210th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Herbert Jamison ranks 1,084 out of 6,025Before him are Oscar De Cock, Andrey Abduvaliyev, Lee Calhoun, Ine Schäffer, Lars Jørgen Madsen, and Pierre Trentin. After him are Fred Hansen, Waldemar Baszanowski, Giovanni Zucchi, Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili, P. T. Usha, and Henri Guérin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Herbert Jamison ranks 165Before him are Maurice Hemelsoet, Kazimierz Prószyński, George Larner, Johan Edman, José Santos Chocano, and Harriet Quimby. After him are Tomás Berreta, Béla Békessy, Joseph Dempsey, Miriam A. Ferguson, Františka Plamínková, and Isak Saba. Among people deceased in 1938, Herbert Jamison ranks 197Before him are John Jacob Abel, Pedro Figari, Al Ernest Garcia, Harvey S. Firestone, John Exley, and Alexander Amfiteatrov. After him are Michel Giacobini, Johannes van Dijk, Harry Myers, Zitkala-Sa, Warner Oland, and Nikolai Vladimirovich Nekrasov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Herbert Jamison ranks 8,391 out of 20,380Before him are Chris Paul (1985), Melissa Belote (1956), Anna Thomson (1953), June Lockhart (1925), Charlie Murphy (1959), and Martha Vickers (1925). After him are Johnny Rivers (1942), Fred Hansen (1940), Belladonna (1981), Method Man (1971), Diane Sawyer (1945), and Gail Goodrich (1943).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Herbert Jamison ranks 210Before him are John Exley (1867), Marcus Hurley (1883), Vince Gallagher (1899), Albert Nasse (1878), Tranquilo Cappozzo (1918), and Lee Calhoun (1933). After him are Fred Hansen (1940), Annette Rogers (1913), Willie Davenport (1943), Cliff Bourland (1921), Willie Steele (1923), and Jay Silvester (1937).