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Ralph Metcalfe

1910 - 1978

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Ralph Harold Metcalfe Sr. (May 29, 1910 – October 10, 1978) was an American track and field sprinter and politician. He jointly held the world record in the 100-meter dash and placed second in that event in two Olympics, first to Eddie Tolan in 1932 at Los Angeles and then to Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ralph Metcalfe has received more than 326,728 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Ralph Metcalfe is the 14,428th most popular politician (down from 12,276th in 2019), the 7,823rd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,109th in 2019) and the 472nd most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ralph Metcalfe ranks 14,428 out of 15,577Before him are Hannibal Sehested, Ali Bozer, Frank Knox, Malu Dreyer, Sirajuddin Haqqani, and Scotty Bowman. After him are Ian Millar, Ali Laarayedh, Juan José de Amézaga, Juan Manuel Gálvez, August Palm, and Rita Barberá.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Ralph Metcalfe ranks 293Before him are Óscar Osorio, Sulo Bärlund, Algisto Lorenzato, Nathan Jacobson, Christopher Cockerell, and Ester Boserup. After him are Max Miedinger, Ramón Zabalo, Robert Buron, Giancarlo Brusati, John R. Pierce, and Robert Earl Jones. Among people deceased in 1978, Ralph Metcalfe ranks 193Before him are Birger Sörvik, Dragoslav Mihajlović, Peggy Wood, Blossom Rock, Jan Parandowski, and Kamil Tolon. After him are Chill Wills, Vera Maretskaya, Tibor Serly, Oliver Leese, Cyrille Adoula, and Isidro Ayora.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ralph Metcalfe ranks 7,823 out of 18,182Before him are Judith Jarvis Thomson (1929), Frank Knox (1874), Roy Cochran (1919), Norman Foster (1903), Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840), and Rob Bourdon (1979). After him are Sean Lennon (1975), Mary Carlisle (1914), Wendell Corey (1914), David A. Johnston (1949), Shane McMahon (1970), and Michael Cohen (1966).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Ralph Metcalfe ranks 472Before him are DeWitt Clinton (1769), William Colby (1920), Mirabeau B. Lamar (1798), Bob Menendez (1954), Mike Lee (1971), and Frank Knox (1874). After him are Rose Cleveland (1846), Henry Jarvis Raymond (1820), Daniel Morgan (1736), Elizabeth Dole (1936), David Ige (1957), and Mike Honda (1941).