1950 - Today
Mark Andrew Spitz (born February 10, 1950) is an American former competitive swimmer and nine-time Olympic champion. He was the most successful athlete at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, winning seven gold medals, each in world-record time. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mark Spitz has received more than 2,983,960 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Mark Spitz is the 3rd most popular swimmer (down from 2nd in 2019), the 2,318th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,286th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Swimmer.
Mark Spitz is most famous for winning 7 gold medals in the 1972 Munich Olympics.
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Among swimmers, Mark Spitz ranks 3 out of 392. Before him are Johnny Weissmuller and Michael Phelps. After him are Alfréd Hajós, Gertrude Ederle, Duke Kahanamoku, Rie Mastenbroek, Roland Matthes, Don Schollander, Arne Borg, Kornelia Ender, and Greta Andersen.
1904 - 1984
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 1
1985 - Present
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 2
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 3
1878 - 1955
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 4
1905 - 2003
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 5
1890 - 1968
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 6
1919 - 2003
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 7
1950 - 2019
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 8
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.25
Rank: 9
1901 - 1987
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 10
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 11
1927 - 2023
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1950, Mark Spitz ranks 89. Before him are Chantal Akerman, Bernie Taupin, Hiroshi Kanazawa, Alberto Juantorena, Anghel Iordănescu, and William Sadler. After him are Jean-Marc Ayrault, Robert B. Laughlin, Karen Carpenter, Mithun Chakraborty, Joe Perry, and Ernesto Samper.
1950 - 2015
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 83
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 84
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 85
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 86
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 87
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 88
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 89
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 90
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 91
1950 - 1983
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 92
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 93
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 94
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 95
Among people born in United States, Mark Spitz ranks 2,318 out of 18,182. Before him are Mickey Cohen (1913), Billy Drago (1945), Robert Silverberg (1935), Paul Bremer (1941), Sarah Wayne Callies (1977), and Warren Christopher (1925). After him are James L. Brooks (1940), Richard S. Hamilton (1943), Dean Acheson (1893), David Lane (1938), Edward Weston (1886), and Maurice White (1941).
1913 - 1976
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 2,312
1945 - 2019
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 2,313
1935 - Present
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 2,314
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 2,315
1977 - Present
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 2,316
1925 - 2011
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 2,317
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 2,318
1940 - Present
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 2,319
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 2,320
1893 - 1971
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 2,321
1938 - 2007
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 2,322
1886 - 1958
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 2,323
1941 - 2016
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 2,324
Among swimmers born in United States, Mark Spitz ranks 2. Before him are Michael Phelps (1985). After him are Gertrude Ederle (1905), Duke Kahanamoku (1890), Don Schollander (1946), Ann Curtis (1926), Ethelda Bleibtrey (1902), Charles Daniels (1885), Helene Madison (1913), Clarke Scholes (1930), Albina Osipowich (1911), and Helen Johns (1914).
1985 - Present
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 1
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 2
1905 - 2003
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 3
1890 - 1968
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 4
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.25
Rank: 5
1926 - 2012
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 6
1902 - 1978
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 7
1885 - 1973
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 8
1913 - 1970
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 9
1930 - 2010
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 10
1911 - 1964
HPI: 45.28
Rank: 11
1914 - 2014
HPI: 44.79
Rank: 12