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Jack LaLanne

1914 - 2011

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Francois Henri LaLanne (; September 26, 1914 – January 23, 2011), the "Godfather of Fitness", was an American fitness and nutrition guru and motivational speaker. He described himself as being a "sugarholic" and a "junk food junkie" until he was 15 years old. He also had behavioral problems but "turned his life around" after listening to a public lecture about the benefits of good nutrition by health food pioneer Paul Bragg. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack LaLanne has received more than 2,945,782 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia. Jack LaLanne is the 7th most popular inspiration (up from 3,368th in 2019), the 6,744th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,341st in 2019) and the most popular American Inspiration.

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  • 2.9M

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  • 46.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 62

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 7.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among INSPIRATIONS

Among inspirations, Jack LaLanne ranks 7 out of 7Before him are Vlad the Impaler, Eugène François Vidocq, Johann Georg Faust, Alice Liddell, Joseph Bell, and Andrew Wakefield. After him are George Floyd.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Jack LaLanne ranks 254Before him are Oscar Heisserer, William Castle, Jo Cals, Elfriede Kaun, Julián Marías, and R. A. Lafferty. After him are Kaisa Parviainen, Hamo Sahyan, Alan Bullock, Peter Whitehead, Hermann Pilnik, and Adrien Rommel. Among people deceased in 2011, Jack LaLanne ranks 282Before him are Francesco Quinn, Adrián Escudero, Jean Bartik, Robert Lamoureux, Klaus-Dieter Sieloff, and Maurice Goldhaber. After him are Edmundo Ros, Daniel Quillen, Annie Easley, Mamoni Raisom Goswami, Joanna Russ, and Michael Sarrazin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack LaLanne ranks 6,744 out of 18,182Before him are Nils Lofgren (1951), SZA (1990), Zalman King (1941), Kathy Najimy (1957), Alice Kober (1906), and James Worthy (1961). After him are Bebe Neuwirth (1958), Nick Jonas (1992), Duane Eddy (1938), Dolph Schayes (1928), Missy Elliott (1971), and Tay Garnett (1894).

Among INSPIRATIONS In United States

Among inspirations born in United States, Jack LaLanne ranks 1After him are George Floyd (1973).