1913 - 1943
Carl Ludwig "Luz" Long (27 April 1913 – 14 July 1943) was a German Olympic long jumper, notable for achieving the silver medal in the event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin and for his association with Jesse Owens, who went on to win the gold medal for the long jump. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luz Long has received more than 2,152,289 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Luz Long is the 11th most popular athlete (down from 7th in 2019), the 820th most popular biography from Germany (down from 517th in 2019) and the most popular German Athlete.
Luz Long was a German Olympic athlete who helped Jesse Owens win a gold medal in the 1936 Olympics.
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Among athletes, Luz Long ranks 11 out of 3,059. Before him are Louis Zamperini, Bob Beamon, Spyridon Louis, Carl Lewis, Viktor Saneyev, and Usain Bolt. After him are Sigfrid Edström, Ronnie Coleman, Hannes Kolehmainen, Felix Baumgartner, Dick Fosbury, and Florence Griffith Joyner.
1917 - 2014
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 5
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 6
1873 - 1940
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 7
1961 - Present
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 8
1945 - 2022
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 9
1986 - Present
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 10
1913 - 1943
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 11
1870 - 1964
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 12
1964 - Present
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 13
1889 - 1966
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 14
1969 - Present
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 15
1947 - 2023
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 16
1959 - 1998
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 17
Among people born in 1913, Luz Long ranks 43. Before him are Artur Axmann, Wolfgang Paul, Roger Wolcott Sperry, René Clément, Willis Lamb, and Gert Fröbe. After him are Mehmet Shehu, Jacobo Árbenz, Masanobu Fukuoka, Charles Trenet, Mark Felt, and Muddy Waters. Among people deceased in 1943, Luz Long ranks 25. Before him are Władysław Sikorski, Chaim Soutine, Alexandre Yersin, Jean Moulin, Julius Fučík, and Leslie Howard. After him are Lydia Litvyak, Maurice Denis, Viktor Lutze, Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal, Otto Jespersen, and Max Reinhardt.
1913 - 1996
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 37
1913 - 1993
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 38
1913 - 1994
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 39
1913 - 1996
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 40
1913 - 2008
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 41
1913 - 1988
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 42
1913 - 1943
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 43
1913 - 1981
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 44
1913 - 1971
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 45
1913 - 2008
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 46
1913 - 2001
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 47
1913 - 2008
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 48
1913 - 1983
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 49
1881 - 1943
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 19
1893 - 1943
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 20
1863 - 1943
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 21
1899 - 1943
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 22
1903 - 1943
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 23
1893 - 1943
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 24
1913 - 1943
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 25
1921 - 1943
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 26
1870 - 1943
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 27
1890 - 1943
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 28
1857 - 1943
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 29
1860 - 1943
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 30
1873 - 1943
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 31
Among people born in Germany, Luz Long ranks 820 out of 6,142. Before him are Paul Reuter (1816), Prince Augustus William of Prussia (1722), August Landmesser (1910), Johann Martin Schleyer (1831), Frederica of Baden (1781), and Christina of Holstein-Gottorp (1573). After him are Wilhelm Windelband (1848), Ernst Kretschmer (1888), Gottfried Feder (1883), Johannes Peter Müller (1801), Felix Wankel (1902), and Joseph Wirth (1879).
1816 - 1899
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 814
1722 - 1758
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 815
1910 - 1944
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 816
1831 - 1912
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 817
1781 - 1826
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 818
1573 - 1625
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 819
1913 - 1943
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 820
1848 - 1915
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 821
1888 - 1964
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 822
1883 - 1941
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 823
1801 - 1858
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 824
1902 - 1988
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 825
1879 - 1956
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 826
Among athletes born in Germany, Luz Long ranks 1. After him are Marita Koch (1957), Dora Ratjen (1918), Fritz Hofmann (1871), Rosemarie Ackermann (1952), Armin Hary (1937), Lina Radke (1903), Jürgen Schult (1960), Heike Drechsler (1964), Waldemar Cierpinski (1950), Tilly Fleischer (1911), and Margitta Gummel (1941).
1913 - 1943
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 1
1957 - Present
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 2
1918 - 2008
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 3
1871 - 1927
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 4
1952 - Present
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 5
1937 - Present
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 6
1903 - 1983
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 7
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 8
1964 - Present
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 9
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 10
1911 - 2005
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 11
1941 - 2021
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 12