SWIMMER

Norman Ross

1895 - 1953

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Norman DeMille Ross (May 2, 1895 – June 19, 1953) was an American competition swimmer who won five events at the Inter-Allied Games in June 1919, held at Joinville-Le-Pont near Paris, and three gold medals at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. He set thirteen world records and won eighteen U.S. national championships during his career. In later years he was a popular Chicago radio personality known to listeners as "Uncle Normie." His son, Norman A Ross Jr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Norman Ross has received more than 35,310 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Norman Ross is the 71st most popular swimmer (up from 76th in 2019), the 7,953rd most popular biography from United States (up from 9,849th in 2019) and the 27th most popular American Swimmer.

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  • 20

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  • 6.95

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  • 2.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Norman Ross ranks 71 out of 709. Before him are Lynn Burke, Cathy Ferguson, Ragnhild Hveger, Bill Smith, Pontus Hanson, and Chris von Saltza. After him are Helene Madison, Tini Wagner, Imre Zachár, Margaret Woodbridge, Maria Vierdag, and Tetsuo Okamoto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Norman Ross ranks 247. Before him are Karel Pešek, Károly Fogl, Leo Ornstein, Choudhry Rahmat Ali, Robert A. Lovett, and Busby Berkeley. After him are William Petersson, Karel Koželuh, Adrienne Bolland, Cliff Edwards, Blossom Rock, and Zoltan Korda. Among people deceased in 1953, Norman Ross ranks 162. Before him are Reginald Wingate, Kaarlo Koskelo, Manoelzinho, Antonio Conte, Vladas Mironas, and Chet Miller. After him are Dimitri Arakishvili, Oliver Campbell, André Auffray, Ludomir Różycki, Charles R. Knight, and Millard Mitchell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Norman Ross ranks 7,953 out of 20,380. Before him are Lee Arenberg (1962), Busby Berkeley (1895), Elaine Stritch (1925), Troy Kotsur (1968), Jerry Weintraub (1937), and Adam Silver (1962). After him are Sydney Lassick (1922), Phil Mahre (1957), Lisa Blount (1957), Stephen Dorff (1973), Dion DiMucci (1939), and Marcus Loew (1870).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Norman Ross ranks 27. Before him are Katie Ledecky (1997), Ford Konno (1933), Lynn Burke (1943), Cathy Ferguson (1948), Bill Smith (1924), and Chris von Saltza (1944). After him are Helene Madison (1913), Margaret Woodbridge (1902), Matt Biondi (1965), Melissa Belote (1956), Don McKenzie (1947), and David Hammond (1881).

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