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Jacques Mayol

1927 - 2001

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Jacques Mayol (1 April 1927 – 22 December 2001) was a French diver and the holder of many world records in free diving. The 1988 film The Big Blue, directed by Luc Besson, was inspired by his life story and that of his friend, Enzo Maiorca. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Mayol has received more than 519,643 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Jacques Mayol is the 28th most popular celebrity (down from 24th in 2019), the 278th most popular biography from China (down from 234th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Celebrity.

Jacques Mayol was a French free-diver who was famous for his breath-holding skills. He set many world records, including one for the longest free-dive (217 meters) and the deepest free-dive (105 meters).

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Among CELEBRITIES

Among celebrities, Jacques Mayol ranks 28 out of 181Before him are Sarah Knauss, Marie Duplessis, Peggy Guggenheim, Mehran Karimi Nasseri, Don King, and Rodney King. After him are Mary Mallon, Kim Kardashian, Albert Pierrepoint, Blanche Monnier, Rosemary Kennedy, and Besarion Jughashvili.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Jacques Mayol ranks 58Before him are Phil Hill, Robert Noyce, Eduardo Martínez Somalo, Sydney Brenner, John Vane, and Harry Mulisch. After him are Maurice Ronet, Raúl Alfonsín, Leszek Kołakowski, Romano Mussolini, F. Sherwood Rowland, and Abdul Halim of Kedah. Among people deceased in 2001, Jacques Mayol ranks 38Before him are Clifford Shull, Charles Trenet, Juan Antonio Villacañas, Morris, Stanley Kramer, and Chung Ju-yung. After him are Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, Timothy McVeigh, Isaac Stern, Ken Kesey, Henry Lee Lucas, and Giovanni Leone.

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In China

Among people born in China, Jacques Mayol ranks 278 out of 1,392Before him are Sima Shi (208), Emperor Wuzong of Tang (814), Cao Ren (168), Emperor Gong of Song (1271), Empress Dowager Ci'an (1837), and Ma Teng (156). After him are Yoshiko Kawashima (1907), Linji Yixuan (850), Chen Duxiu (1879), Sima Guang (1019), Ban Zhao (45), and Emperor Zhang of Han (57).

Among CELEBRITIES In China

Among celebrities born in China, Jacques Mayol ranks 1After him are Li Wenliang (1986) and Yu Wenxia (1989).