1943 - 2013
Kenneth Howard Norton Sr. (August 9, 1943 – September 18, 2013) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1967 to 1981, and held the WBC heavyweight title in 1978. He is best known for his fight trilogy with Muhammad Ali, in which Norton won the first by split decision, lost the second by split decision, and lost the final by a controversial unanimous decision. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ken Norton has received more than 2,018,223 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Ken Norton is the 23rd most popular boxer (up from 29th in 2019), the 1,915th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,770th in 2019) and the 16th most popular American Boxer.
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Among boxers, Ken Norton ranks 23 out of 324. Before him are Floyd Patterson, Roberto Durán, Carlos Monzón, László Papp, Teófilo Stevenson, and Ingemar Johansson. After him are Larry Holmes, Nino Benvenuti, Jack Johnson, Max Baer, Lennox Lewis, and Sugar Ray Leonard.
1935 - 2006
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 17
1951 - Present
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 18
1942 - 1995
HPI: 68.46
Rank: 19
1926 - 2003
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 20
1952 - 2012
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 21
1932 - 2009
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 22
1943 - 2013
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 23
1949 - Present
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 24
1938 - Present
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 25
1878 - 1946
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 26
1909 - 1959
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 27
1965 - Present
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 28
1956 - Present
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 29
Among people born in 1943, Ken Norton ranks 109. Before him are Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Richard Sennett, Bob Woodward, Fouad Siniora, René Préval, and Lyudmila Ulitskaya. After him are Johann Deisenhofer, Jack Bruce, Chris Amon, John Nettles, J. Michael Kosterlitz, and Edie Sedgwick. Among people deceased in 2013, Ken Norton ranks 88. Before him are Antoni Ramallets, Pierre Mauroy, Sławomir Mrożek, Seamus Heaney, Dominique Venner, and Arthur Danto. After him are Eleanor Parker, Pedro Rocha, Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, Tuncel Kurtiz, Bigas Luna, and Wojciech Kilar.
1943 - 2006
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 103
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 104
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 105
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 106
1943 - 2017
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 107
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 108
1943 - 2013
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 109
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 110
1943 - 2014
HPI: 67.21
Rank: 111
1943 - 2016
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 112
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 113
1943 - Present
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 114
1943 - 1971
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 115
1924 - 2013
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 82
1928 - 2013
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 83
1930 - 2013
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 84
1939 - 2013
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 85
1935 - 2013
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 86
1924 - 2013
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 87
1943 - 2013
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 88
1922 - 2013
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 89
1942 - 2013
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 90
1945 - 2013
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 91
1936 - 2013
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 92
1946 - 2013
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 93
1932 - 2013
HPI: 66.76
Rank: 94
Among people born in United States, Ken Norton ranks 1,915 out of 15,968. Before him are Frank Stella (1936), Jeffrey Dean Morgan (1966), Linda Lee Cadwell (1945), Roger Ailes (1940), Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930), and Andrew Garfield (1983). After him are Sheldon Adelson (1933), Jack Daniel (1850), Dorothy Vaughan (1910), Kelly Bishop (1944), Alex Jones (1974), and David Letterman (1947).
1936 - Present
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 1,909
1966 - Present
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 1,910
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 1,911
1940 - 2017
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 1,912
1930 - 1999
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 1,913
1983 - Present
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 1,914
1943 - 2013
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 1,915
1933 - 2021
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 1,916
1850 - 1911
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 1,917
1910 - 2008
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 1,918
1944 - Present
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 1,919
1974 - Present
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 1,920
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 1,921
Among boxers born in United States, Ken Norton ranks 16. Before him are Sonny Liston (1932), Rubin Carter (1937), Evander Holyfield (1962), Jack Dempsey (1895), James J. Braddock (1905), and Floyd Patterson (1935). After him are Larry Holmes (1949), Jack Johnson (1878), Max Baer (1909), Sugar Ray Leonard (1956), John L. Sullivan (1858), and Archie Moore (1916).
1932 - 1970
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 10
1937 - 2014
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 11
1962 - Present
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 12
1895 - 1983
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 13
1905 - 1974
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 14
1935 - 2006
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 15
1943 - 2013
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 16
1949 - Present
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 17
1878 - 1946
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 18
1909 - 1959
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 19
1956 - Present
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 20
1858 - 1918
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 21
1916 - 1998
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 22