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John Thomas

1941 - 2013

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John Curtis Thomas (March 3, 1941 – January 15, 2013) was an American track and field athlete who set several world records in the high jump using the straddle technique. As a youth, he earned the Eagle Scout award. At the age of 17, while a freshman at Boston University, Thomas became the first man to clear 7 feet (2.13 m) indoors. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Thomas has received more than 92,919 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. John Thomas is the 443rd most popular athlete (down from 358th in 2019), the 5,992nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,828th in 2019) and the 111th most popular American Athlete.

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  • 1.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, John Thomas ranks 443 out of 6,025. Before her are Rafael Chimishkyan, Arthur Russell, Georg Åberg, John Kuck, Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos, and Mel Sheppard. After her are Hermann Barrelet, Yurik Vardanyan, Charles Gmelin, Hans Günter Winkler, Justin Gatlin, and Lyudmila Shevtsova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, John Thomas ranks 374. Before her are Robert Pine, John Steiner, G. A. Cohen, James Joseph Dresnok, Eberhard Diepgen, and Gérard Corbiau. After her are Kurt Raab, Jesús Moncada, Jean Dockx, Youcef Yousfi, Ayşe Kulin, and Jacob Nena. Among people deceased in 2013, John Thomas ranks 287. Before her are Marcia Wallace, Kenneth Appel, Michel Brault, Paolo Soleri, Helen Thomas, and Harold Agnew. After her are Hennadiy Udovenko, Moses Blah, Amparo Rivelles, Rossella Falk, Chico Hamilton, and Ann-Britt Leyman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Thomas ranks 5,992 out of 20,380. Before her are Steve Stevens (1959), Amy Ryan (1969), Paul Morrissey (1938), Darren Young (1983), Agnes Ayres (1898), and Linda Cardellini (1975). After her are Frank Rosenblatt (1928), Niles Eldredge (1943), Christopher Judge (1964), Bob Lazar (1959), Julia Quinn (1970), and Tracy Chevalier (1962).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, John Thomas ranks 111. Before her are Edward Cook (1888), Harry Stenqvist (1893), Louis Clarke (1901), Fred Alderman (1905), John Kuck (1905), and Mel Sheppard (1883). After her are Justin Gatlin (1982), Charley Borah (1906), Glenn Morris (1912), Randy Williams (1953), John Cregan (1878), and Johnny Hayes (1886).

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