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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 89,536 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). John Thomas is the 358th most popular athlete (down from 268th in 2019), the 5,840th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,133rd in 2019) and the 77th most popular American Athlete.

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  • 17

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, John Thomas ranks 358 out of 3,059Before her are Tyson Gay, Linford Christie, Vera Nikolić, Herma Bauma, Henry Russell, and Asafa Powell. After her are Martin Lundström, Frank Loomis, Nawal El Moutawakel, Allen Woodring, Ioannis Theodoropoulos, and Gösta Andersson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, John Thomas ranks 341Before her are Jesús Moncada, Arie den Hartog, G. A. Cohen, Anatoly Levchenko, Pat Patterson, and Georges Heylens. After her are Rina Zaripova, Laura Mulvey, Barry Flanagan, Neil Aspinall, Robert Pine, and Vittorio Messori. Among people deceased in 2013, John Thomas ranks 277Before her are Roman Vlad, Aleksei Balabanov, Cory Monteith, Alfredo Landa, Maria Tallchief, and Dave Charlton. After her are Nigel Davenport, Zlatko Papec, Jerry Buss, Imre Nagy, Ottavio Missoni, and Valeri Zolotukhin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Thomas ranks 5,840 out of 18,182Before her are Colleen Camp (1953), George Peabody (1795), Peggy Whitson (1960), Doug Hutchison (1960), Marni Nixon (1930), and John Hopcroft (1939). After her are Alex Rodriguez (1975), Tim Blake Nelson (1964), Charles Jewtraw (1900), Shannon Elizabeth (1973), Julian Jaynes (1920), and Amanda Righetti (1983).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, John Thomas ranks 77Before her are Forrest Smithson (1884), Mel Sheppard (1883), Charles Moore (1929), Eddie Tolan (1908), Tyson Gay (1982), and Henry Russell (1904). After her are Frank Loomis (1896), Allen Woodring (1898), Honus Wagner (1874), Frank Foss (1895), Bobby Morrow (1935), and Bud Houser (1901).