1943 - 2013
Kenneth Howard Norton Sr. (August 9, 1943 – September 18, 2013) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1967 to 1981. He is considered by some to be one of the twenty greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ken Norton has received more than 3,325,703 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Ken Norton is the 24th most popular boxer (down from 23rd in 2019), the 1,963rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,914th in 2019) and the 16th most popular American Boxer.
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Among boxers, Ken Norton ranks 24 out of 326. Before him are Vitali Klitschko, Teófilo Stevenson, Ingemar Johansson, Roberto Durán, Primo Carnera, and Larry Holmes. After him are Rubin Carter, Trevor Berbick, Nino Benvenuti, Sugar Ray Leonard, Lennox Lewis, and Jack Johnson.
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 18
1952 - 2012
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 19
1932 - 2009
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 20
1951 - Present
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 21
1906 - 1967
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 22
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 23
1943 - 2013
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 24
1937 - 2014
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 25
1954 - 2006
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 26
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 27
1956 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 28
1965 - Present
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 29
1878 - 1946
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 30
Among people born in 1943, Ken Norton ranks 125. Before him are René Préval, Jack Bruce, Mohammed Badie, Griselda Blanco, Oskar Lafontaine, and Robert Lefkowitz. After him are Richard J. Roberts, Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh, John Nettles, Lorenzo Sanz, Blythe Danner, and Masafumi Hara. Among people deceased in 2013, Ken Norton ranks 86. Before him are László Csatáry, Ed Lauter, Antoni Ramallets, Otfried Preußler, Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, and Chris Kyle. After him are Pedro Rocha, Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti, Sergiu Nicolaescu, José Froilán González, Colin Wilson, and Ladislao Mazurkiewicz.
1943 - 2017
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 119
1943 - 2014
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 120
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 121
1943 - 2012
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 122
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 123
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 124
1943 - 2013
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 125
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 126
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 127
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 128
1943 - 2020
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 129
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 130
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 131
1915 - 2013
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 80
1938 - 2013
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 81
1924 - 2013
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 82
1923 - 2013
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 83
1926 - 2013
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 84
1974 - 2013
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 85
1943 - 2013
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 86
1942 - 2013
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 87
1929 - 2013
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 88
1930 - 2013
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 89
1922 - 2013
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 90
1931 - 2013
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 91
1945 - 2013
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 92
Among people born in United States, Ken Norton ranks 1,963 out of 18,182. Before him are Carol Gilligan (1936), Alfred Vail (1807), Matthew Ridgway (1895), Chris Kyle (1974), Robert Lefkowitz (1943), and Bill Paxton (1955). After him are Mark W. Clark (1896), Mandy Patinkin (1952), Christopher A. Sims (1942), Bo Diddley (1928), Liberace (1919), and Linda Evans (1942).
1936 - Present
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 1,957
1807 - 1859
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 1,958
1895 - 1993
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 1,959
1974 - 2013
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 1,960
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 1,961
1955 - 2017
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 1,962
1943 - 2013
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 1,963
1896 - 1984
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 1,964
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 1,965
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 1,966
1928 - 2008
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 1,967
1919 - 1987
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 1,968
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 1,969
Among boxers born in United States, Ken Norton ranks 16. Before him are Jake LaMotta (1922), Jack Dempsey (1895), Evander Holyfield (1962), James J. Braddock (1905), Floyd Patterson (1935), and Larry Holmes (1949). After him are Rubin Carter (1937), Sugar Ray Leonard (1956), Jack Johnson (1878), John L. Sullivan (1858), Archie Moore (1916), and Max Baer (1909).
1922 - 2017
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 10
1895 - 1983
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 11
1962 - Present
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 12
1905 - 1974
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 13
1935 - 2006
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 14
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 15
1943 - 2013
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 16
1937 - 2014
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 17
1956 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 18
1878 - 1946
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 19
1858 - 1918
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 20
1916 - 1998
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 21
1909 - 1959
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 22