1927 - 1992
Joseph ("Josy") Barthel (24 April 1927 – 7 July 1992) was a Luxembourgish athlete. He was the surprise winner of the Men's 1500 metres at the 1952 Summer Olympics, and the only athlete representing Luxembourg to have won a gold medal at the Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josy Barthel has received more than 80,521 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Josy Barthel is the 59th most popular athlete (up from 86th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Luxembourg (up from 23rd in 2019) and the most popular Luxembourger Athlete.
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Among athletes, Josy Barthel ranks 59 out of 3,059. Before him are Dora Ratjen, Hans Woellke, Irving Baxter, Matti Järvinen, Alvin Kraenzlein, and Ole Einar Bjørndalen. After him are Yelena Isinbayeva, Naim Süleymanoğlu, Jan Jindra, Wilma Rudolph, Jüri Lossmann, and Gustav Flatow.
1918 - 2008
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 53
1911 - 1943
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 54
1876 - 1957
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 55
1909 - 1985
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 56
1876 - 1928
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 57
1974 - Present
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 58
1927 - 1992
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 59
1982 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 60
1967 - 2017
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 61
1932 - 2021
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 62
1940 - 1994
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 63
1891 - 1984
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 64
1875 - 1945
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 65
Among people born in 1927, Josy Barthel ranks 113. Before him are Robert Shaw, Wadie Haddad, Allan Kaprow, Zbigniew Cybulski, Gordon Cooper, and Andy Williams. After him are Nguyễn Khánh, Pierre Henry, Mikhail Ulyanov, Óscar Míguez, Allen Newell, and Colin Davis. Among people deceased in 1992, Josy Barthel ranks 83. Before him are Arpad Elo, Wang Hongwen, Camarón de la Isla, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Giorgio Perlasca, and Gavriil Ilizarov. After him are Ajahn Chah, Stella Adler, Allen Newell, Isidro Lángara, Fritz Leiber, and Jean Dieudonné.
1927 - 1978
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 107
1927 - 1978
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 108
1927 - 2006
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 109
1927 - 1967
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 110
1927 - 2004
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 111
1927 - 2012
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 112
1927 - 1992
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 113
1927 - 2013
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 114
1927 - 2017
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 115
1927 - 2007
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 116
1927 - 2006
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 117
1927 - 1992
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 118
1927 - 2013
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 119
1903 - 1992
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 77
1935 - 1992
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 78
1950 - 1992
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 79
1908 - 1992
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 80
1910 - 1992
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 81
1921 - 1992
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 82
1927 - 1992
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 83
1918 - 1992
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 84
1901 - 1992
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 85
1927 - 1992
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 86
1912 - 1992
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 87
1910 - 1992
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 88
1906 - 1992
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 89
Among people born in Luxembourg, Josy Barthel ranks 19 out of 79. Before him are Hugo Gernsback (1884), Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1894), Edward Steichen (1879), Joseph Bech (1887), Charly Gaul (1932), and Nicolas Frantz (1899). After him are Hermann von François (1856), Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Hohenberg (1922), Xavier Bettel (1973), Michel Théato (1878), Baldwin of Luxembourg (1285), and Louis Pilot (1940).
1884 - 1967
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 13
1894 - 1924
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 14
1879 - 1973
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 15
1887 - 1975
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 16
1932 - 2005
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 17
1899 - 1985
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 18
1927 - 1992
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 19
1856 - 1933
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 20
1922 - 2011
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 21
1973 - Present
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 22
1878 - 1919
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 23
1285 - 1354
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 24
1940 - 2016
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 25
Among athletes born in Luxembourg, Josy Barthel ranks 1.