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Johnny Hayes

1886 - 1965

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John Joseph Hayes (April 10, 1886 – August 25, 1965) was an American athlete, a member of the Irish American Athletic Club, and winner of the marathon race at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Hayes' Olympic victory contributed to the early growth of long-distance running and marathoning in the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johnny Hayes has received more than 123,665 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Johnny Hayes is the 479th most popular athlete (down from 203rd in 2019), the 6,151st most popular biography from United States (down from 4,573rd in 2019) and the 117th most popular American Athlete.

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  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.29

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  • 3.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Johnny Hayes ranks 479 out of 6,025Before him are Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Ingrid Gulbin, Adrien Rommel, Abelardo Olivier, Simon Slåttvik, and John Cregan. After him are Hector Dyer, Władysław Komar, Mahmoud Fayad, Jacques Noël, Heide Rosendahl, and Veikko Karvonen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Johnny Hayes ranks 215Before him are Tadeusz Kotarbiński, Lars Hanson, Eddie Owen, Mihri Müşfik Hanım, Źmitrok Biadula, and Haakon Sörvik. After him are Tomás Romero Pereira, Seigō Nakano, Frank Irons, Sakutarō Hagiwara, John M. Stahl, and Władysław Tatarkiewicz. Among people deceased in 1965, Johnny Hayes ranks 148Before him are Princess Xenia Georgievna of Russia, Frederick Browning, Lars Hanson, E. E. Smith, Sonny Boy Williamson II, and John Cregan. After him are Sonja Graf, Constance Bennett, Giorgio Zampori, Tommy Hampson, Reino Kuuskoski, and Eric Backman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Johnny Hayes ranks 6,151 out of 20,380Before him are Norris Bradbury (1909), Neal McDonough (1966), Talisa Soto (1967), John Cregan (1878), Amiri Baraka (1934), and Michael Beck (1949). After him are Philip Bailey (1951), Jimmy Cobb (1929), Graham Allison (1940), Hector Dyer (1910), Shane Black (1961), and Jon Stewart (1962).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Johnny Hayes ranks 117Before him are John Thomas (1941), Justin Gatlin (1982), Charley Borah (1906), Glenn Morris (1912), Randy Williams (1953), and John Cregan (1878). After him are Hector Dyer (1910), Frank Loomis (1896), Fred Kelly (1891), Morris Kirksey (1895), Edward Marsh (1874), and Bill Holland (1874).