1870 - 1955
Major Josiah George Ritchie (18 October 1870 – 28 February 1955) was a tennis player from Great Britain. Major was his first name, not a military title. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Major Ritchie has received more than 44,847 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Major Ritchie is the 174th most popular tennis player (up from 178th in 2019), the 3,645th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,562nd in 2019) and the 18th most popular British Tennis Player.
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Among tennis players, Major Ritchie ranks 174 out of 1,148. Before him are David Nalbandian, Kei Nishikori, Victoria Azarenka, Barbara Schett, Henri Leconte, and Pancho Segura. After him are Nikolay Davydenko, Otto Froitzheim, Marcelo Ríos, Molla Mallory, Lena Rice, and Ethel Thomson Larcombe.
1982 - Present
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 168
1989 - Present
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 169
1989 - Present
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 170
1976 - Present
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 171
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 172
1921 - 2017
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 173
1870 - 1955
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 174
1981 - Present
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 175
1884 - 1962
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 176
1975 - Present
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 177
1884 - 1959
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 178
1866 - 1907
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 179
1879 - 1965
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 180
Among people born in 1870, Major Ritchie ranks 125. Before him are Jüri Jaakson, Frank Norris, Johan Ludwig Mowinckel, Charles Bennett, Edwin Foster Coddington, and Marcus Loew. After him are Hermann Harms, Herbert Ponting, George Eyser, Lilian Gibbs, John Marin, and Maxfield Parrish. Among people deceased in 1955, Major Ritchie ranks 122. Before him are Constantin Argetoianu, Josephine Diebitsch Peary, Arturo Coddou, Tommy Burns, Charley Toorop, and Constance Collier. After him are Johan Jarlén, Alexei Ivanovich Abrikosov, Georges Johin, Clemente Biondetti, Margaret Abbott, and Edwin Barclay.
1870 - 1942
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 119
1870 - 1902
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 120
1870 - 1943
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 121
1870 - 1950
HPI: 46.25
Rank: 122
1870 - 1950
HPI: 46.12
Rank: 123
1870 - 1927
HPI: 45.93
Rank: 124
1870 - 1955
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 125
1870 - 1942
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 126
1870 - 1935
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 127
1870 - 1919
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 128
1870 - 1925
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 129
1870 - 1953
HPI: 45.07
Rank: 130
1870 - 1966
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 131
1871 - 1955
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 116
1863 - 1955
HPI: 46.52
Rank: 117
1905 - 1955
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 118
1881 - 1955
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 119
1891 - 1955
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 120
1878 - 1955
HPI: 46.21
Rank: 121
1870 - 1955
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 122
1880 - 1955
HPI: 45.51
Rank: 123
1875 - 1955
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 124
1877 - 1955
HPI: 45.12
Rank: 125
1898 - 1955
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 126
1878 - 1955
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 127
1882 - 1955
HPI: 44.80
Rank: 128
Among people born in United Kingdom, Major Ritchie ranks 3,645 out of 7,765. Before him are Joe Fagan (1921), Eric Thompson (1919), Nathaniel Parker (1962), John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (1680), Clive Bell (1881), and Edward Carpenter (1844). After him are Tobias Furneaux (1735), Craig Armstrong (1959), John Miles (1943), Duncan Jones (1971), Ralph Copeland (1837), and Innes Ireland (1930).
1921 - 2001
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 3,639
1919 - 2015
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 3,640
1962 - Present
HPI: 45.93
Rank: 3,641
1680 - 1743
HPI: 45.93
Rank: 3,642
1881 - 1964
HPI: 45.93
Rank: 3,643
1844 - 1929
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 3,644
1870 - 1955
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 3,645
1735 - 1781
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 3,646
1959 - Present
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 3,647
1943 - 2018
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 3,648
1971 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 3,649
1837 - 1905
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 3,650
1930 - 1993
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 3,651
Among tennis players born in United Kingdom, Major Ritchie ranks 18. Before him are John Hartley (1849), Maud Watson (1864), Dora Boothby (1881), Frank Hadow (1855), Blanche Bingley (1863), and Wilfred Baddeley (1872). After him are Ethel Thomson Larcombe (1879), Harold Mahony (1867), Virginia Wade (1945), Charles Winslow (1888), Edith Hannam (1878), and May Sutton (1886).
1849 - 1935
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 12
1864 - 1946
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 13
1881 - 1970
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 14
1855 - 1946
HPI: 46.61
Rank: 15
1863 - 1946
HPI: 46.59
Rank: 16
1872 - 1929
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 17
1870 - 1955
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 18
1879 - 1965
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 19
1867 - 1905
HPI: 45.31
Rank: 20
1945 - Present
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 21
1888 - 1963
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 22
1878 - 1951
HPI: 44.48
Rank: 23
1886 - 1975
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 24