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James Dunbar

1930 - 2018

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James Ralph "Jim" Dunbar (July 17, 1930 – May 14, 2018) was an American competition rower and Olympic champion. He was born in Crawfordsville, Indiana. At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, he and his teammates, all members of the U.S. Naval Academy's Crew Team, captured the gold medal in the men's eight rowing competition for the U.S. Following his Olympic win, Dunbar graduated from the United States Naval Academy and joined the U.S. Air Force where he spent his career as a fighter pilot, retiring as a full colonel in 1982. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Dunbar has received more than 5,332 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. James Dunbar is the 2,003rd most popular athlete, the 11,313th most popular biography from United States and the 347th most popular American Athlete.

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  • 1.81

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, James Dunbar ranks 2,003 out of 6,025. Before him are Thierry Vigneron, Shinji Hosokawa, Antonio Siddi, Garrett Serviss, Marte Olsbu Røiseland, and Gilbert Colgate. After him are Lutz Dombrowski, Kenny Harrison, Horace Ashenfelter, Zhanna Pintusevich-Block, Petra Schersing, and Toru Goto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, James Dunbar ranks 574. Before him are Sammy Baird, David Piper, Jack Angel, Ed Thigpen, Duvall Hecht, and Yuri Krylov. After him are Sándor Csoóri, Jim Loscutoff, Maureen Forrester, Greg Bell, Don Meineke, and Jim Nabors. Among people deceased in 2018, James Dunbar ranks 502. Before him are Bassano Staffieri, Antonio Munguía, Emil Wolf, Luisa Cuesta, Saida Gunba, and Carla Marangoni. After him are Alan Geldard, Horace Ashenfelter, Nikolai Pankin, Alberto Dines, Rick Genest, and Yuriy Tyukalov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Dunbar ranks 11,313 out of 20,380. Before him are David Chokachi (1968), Teresa Brewer (1931), Ralph Sampson (1960), Jacqueline Barton (1952), Zoe Kazan (1983), and Karyn Parsons (1966). After him are Alice Lake (1895), Sandra Cisneros (1954), Bill Bright (1921), Scott Cooper (1970), Barrett Strong (1941), and Damian Lillard (1990).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, James Dunbar ranks 347. Before him are Mae Faggs (1932), Burton Downing (1885), Oscar Osthoff (1883), Gail Devers (1966), Jim Ryun (1947), and Gilbert Colgate (1899). After him are Kenny Harrison (1965), Horace Ashenfelter (1923), DeHart Hubbard (1903), Tris Speaker (1888), George Dole (1885), and Rod Milburn (1950).

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