Boxer

Jack Johnson

American boxer, became the first African-American world heavyweight champion

1878 - 1946

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His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2024). Jack Johnson is the 38th most popular boxer (down from 29th in 2024), the 3,826th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,276th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Boxer.

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Jack Johnson's biography appears in 37 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 96% of all Boxers.

Mar 31

Jack Johnson shares a March 31 birthday with René Descartes, Joseph Haydn, and Al Gore.

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Among Boxers

Among boxers, Jack Johnson ranks 38 out of 496. Before him are Ken Norton, Jimmy Ellis, Sugar Ray Leonard, Lennox Lewis, Riddick Bowe, and Manny Pacquiao. After him are Trevor Berbick, Roy Jones Jr., Max Baer, Oscar Bonavena, Henry Armstrong, and José Torres.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Jack Johnson ranks 107. Before him are Georgios Kondylis, Walter Heitz, Egon Friedell, Ernst Alexanderson, Kurt Goldstein, and Theodoros Pangalos. After him are Otto Freundlich, Louis Marcoussis, Katie Johnson, Ulrich Graf, Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, and Raymond Smith Dugan. Among people deceased in 1946, Jack Johnson ranks 103. Before him are Martin Gottfried Weiss, Claus Schilling, Bo Gu, Max Pauly, Harry Hopkins, and Elisabeth Becker. After him are Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Max von Oppenheim, Madan Mohan Malaviya, William Joyce, Edmund Glaise-Horstenau, and Charles Despiau.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Johnson ranks 3,826 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Buffer (1944), Sam Loyd (1841), Robert Gates (1943), Richard Estes (1932), Lindsey Buckingham (1949), and Sung Kang (1972). After him are Cherry Jones (1956), Ed Begley (1901), S. S. Van Dine (1888), Chelsea Manning (1987), Terry Brooks (1944), and Robert Davi (1953).

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Among Boxers In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Jack Johnson ranks 23. Before him are Archie Moore (1916), James J. Braddock (1905), Ken Norton (1943), Jimmy Ellis (1940), Sugar Ray Leonard (1956), and Riddick Bowe (1967). After him are Roy Jones Jr. (1969), Max Baer (1909), Henry Armstrong (1912), Leon Spinks (1953), Earnie Shavers (1944), and Ezzard Charles (1921).

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