1986 - Today
Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius ( pist-OR-ee-əs, Afrikaans: [pəˈstuəriœs]; born 22 November 1986) is a South African former professional sprinter and convicted murderer. Both of his feet were amputated when he was 11 months old as a result of a congenital defect; he was born missing the outside of both feet and both fibulae. Pistorius ran in both nondisabled sprint events and in sprint events for below-knee amputees. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oscar Pistorius has received more than 13,077,159 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia. Oscar Pistorius is the 146th most popular athlete (up from 400th in 2019), the 51st most popular biography from South Africa (up from 97th in 2019) and the most popular South African Athlete.
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Among athletes, Oscar Pistorius ranks 146 out of 3,059. Before him are Heike Drechsler, Vsevolod Bobrov, Charilaos Vasilakos, Gaston Roelants, John Carlos, and Waldemar Cierpinski. After him are Yevgeny Grishin, John Ljunggren, Nils von Kantzow, Francisco Lázaro, Tilly Fleischer, and Harrison Dillard.
1964 - Present
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 140
1922 - 1979
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 141
1877 - 1964
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 142
1937 - Present
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 143
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 144
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 145
1986 - Present
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 146
1931 - 2005
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 147
1919 - 2000
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 148
1885 - 1967
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 149
1891 - 1912
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 150
1911 - 2005
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 151
1923 - 2019
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 152
Among people born in 1986, Oscar Pistorius ranks 32. Before him are Kit Harington, Alexandra Daddario, Hugo Lloris, Keisuke Honda, Fernando Muslera, and Richard Madden. After him are Inna, Peng Shuai, Alba Flores, Fahriye Evcen, Romain Grosjean, and Park Min-young.
1986 - Present
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 26
1986 - Present
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 27
1986 - Present
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 28
1986 - Present
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 29
1986 - Present
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 30
1986 - Present
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 31
1986 - Present
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 32
1986 - Present
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 33
1986 - Present
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 34
1986 - Present
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 35
1986 - Present
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 36
1986 - Present
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 37
1986 - Present
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 38
Among people born in South Africa, Oscar Pistorius ranks 51 out of 374. Before him are Manfred Mann (1940), Rory Byrne (1944), Jamie Uys (1921), Dave Matthews (1967), Christiaan de Wet (1854), and Glynis Johns (1923). After him are Marlene Dumas (1953), Alice Krige (1954), C. R. Swart (1894), Esther Brand (1922), Cyril Cusack (1910), and Trevor Jones (1949).
1940 - Present
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 45
1944 - Present
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 46
1921 - 1996
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 47
1967 - Present
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 48
1854 - 1922
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 49
1923 - 2024
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 50
1986 - Present
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 51
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 52
1954 - Present
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 53
1894 - 1982
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 54
1922 - 2015
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 55
1910 - 1993
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 56
1949 - Present
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 57
Among athletes born in South Africa, Oscar Pistorius ranks 1. After him are Esther Brand (1922), Reggie Walker (1889), Sid Atkinson (1901), Bevil Rudd (1894), Marjorie Clark (1909), Caster Semenya (1991), Christian Gitsham (1888), Lawrence Stevens (1913), Clarence Walker (1898), Lillian Board (1948), and Zola Budd (1966).
1986 - Present
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 1
1922 - 2015
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 2
1889 - 1951
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 3
1901 - 1977
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 4
1894 - 1948
HPI: 46.34
Rank: 5
1909 - 1993
HPI: 41.67
Rank: 6
1991 - Present
HPI: 40.94
Rank: 7
1888 - 1956
HPI: 40.92
Rank: 8
1913 - 1989
HPI: 39.62
Rank: 9
1898 - 1957
HPI: 39.52
Rank: 10
1948 - 1970
HPI: 39.16
Rank: 11
1966 - Present
HPI: 36.26
Rank: 12