1941 - 2013
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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Among athletes, John Thomas ranks 358 out of 3,059. Before 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.
1982 - Present
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 352
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.95
Rank: 353
1948 - 2021
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 354
1915 - 2003
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 355
1904 - 1986
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 356
1982 - Present
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 357
1941 - 2013
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 358
1918 - 2016
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 359
1896 - 1971
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 360
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 361
1898 - 1982
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 362
1900 - Present
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 363
1917 - 1975
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 364
Among people born in 1941, John Thomas ranks 341. Before 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 277. Before 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.
1941 - 2005
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 335
1941 - 2018
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 336
1941 - 2009
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 337
1941 - 1988
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 338
1941 - 2020
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 339
1941 - Present
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 340
1941 - 2013
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 341
1941 - 2008
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 342
1941 - Present
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 343
1941 - 2009
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 344
1941 - 2008
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 345
1941 - Present
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 346
1941 - Present
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 347
1919 - 2013
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 271
1959 - 2013
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 272
1982 - 2013
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 273
1933 - 2013
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 274
1925 - 2013
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 275
1936 - 2013
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 276
1941 - 2013
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 277
1928 - 2013
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 278
1934 - 2013
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 279
1933 - 2013
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 280
1933 - 2013
HPI: 47.69
Rank: 281
1921 - 2013
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 282
1941 - 2013
HPI: 47.48
Rank: 283
Among people born in United States, John Thomas ranks 5,840 out of 18,182. Before 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).
1953 - Present
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 5,834
1795 - 1869
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 5,835
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 5,836
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 5,837
1930 - 2016
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 5,838
1939 - Present
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 5,839
1941 - 2013
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 5,840
1975 - Present
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 5,841
1964 - Present
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 5,842
1900 - 1996
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 5,843
1973 - Present
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 5,844
1920 - 1997
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 5,845
1983 - Present
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 5,846
Among athletes born in United States, John Thomas ranks 77. Before 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).
1884 - 1962
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 71
1883 - 1942
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 72
1929 - 2020
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 73
1908 - 1967
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 74
1982 - Present
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 75
1904 - 1986
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 76
1941 - 2013
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 77
1896 - 1971
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 78
1898 - 1982
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 79
1874 - 1955
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 80
1895 - 1989
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 81
1935 - 2020
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 82
1901 - 1994
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 83