Baseball Player

Jackie Robinson

1919 - 1972

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His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia. Jackie Robinson is the 3rd most popular baseball player, the 1,537th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,170th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Baseball Player.

Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball. He was also the first black man to win the Rookie of the Year award, and the first black man to win the Most Valuable Player award.

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Among Baseball Players

Among baseball players, Jackie Robinson ranks 3 out of 91Before him are Joe DiMaggio, and Babe Ruth. After him are Lou Gehrig, Sadaharu Oh, Cy Young, Hank Aaron, Alexander Cartwright, Ty Cobb, Ichiro Suzuki, Willie Mays, and Ted Williams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Jackie Robinson ranks 47Before him are Oleg Penkovsky, César Manrique, Mordechai Anielewicz, Martin Balsam, Boris Shcherbina, and Lex Barker. After him are Godfrey Hounsfield, Mohamed Boudiaf, René Barrientos, Elisabeth Volkenrath, James Lovelock, and Georges Duby. Among people deceased in 1972, Jackie Robinson ranks 36Before him are Heinrich Lübke, Erwin Bowien, Henri Coandă, Margaret Rutherford, Ghassan Kanafani, and Ásgeir Ásgeirsson. After him are Antonio Segni, Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Emil Maurice, Lale Andersen, Said bin Taimur, and Ferdinand Čatloš.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jackie Robinson ranks 1,537 out of NaNBefore him are Gary Sinise (1955), Matthew Perry (1969), Phil Spector (1939), Kelly LeBrock (1960), Etta James (1938), and George Stigler (1911). After him are Barbara Bel Geddes (1922), Solomon R. Guggenheim (1861), Cesar Chavez (1927), Edith Wharton (1862), Gary Gilmore (1940), and Henry Way Kendall (1926).

Among Baseball Players In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Jackie Robinson ranks 3Before him are Joe DiMaggio (1914), and Babe Ruth (1895). After him are Lou Gehrig (1903), Cy Young (1867), Hank Aaron (1934), Alexander Cartwright (1820), Ty Cobb (1886), Willie Mays (1931), Ted Williams (1918), Mickey Mantle (1931), and Barry Bonds (1964).

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