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Richmond Landon

1898 - 1971

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Richmond Wilcox "Dick" Landon (November 20, 1898 – June 13, 1971) was an American high jumper who won a gold medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics. Landon attended the Hotchkiss School in Connecticut and Yale University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richmond Landon has received more than 19,807 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Richmond Landon is the 589th most popular athlete (down from 563rd in 2019), the 6,581st most popular biography from United States (up from 6,955th in 2019) and the 132nd most popular American Athlete.

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  • 1.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Richmond Landon ranks 589 out of 6,025. Before him are Don Thompson, Émile Grumiaux, Ray Barbuti, Andreas Krieger, Karel Mejta Sr, and Isao Okano. After him are Yordanka Blagoeva, Alexandre Tuffère, Georgios Roubanis, Lindy Remigino, Naftali Temu, and Leo Sexton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Richmond Landon ranks 205. Before him are Philippe Hériat, Shirley Booth, Princess Nadejda Petrovna of Russia, Jim Fouché, Preston Sturges, and Roald Larsen. After him are Edward Lawry Norton, Zhu Ziqing, Hugh O'Flaherty, Stefanos Stefanopoulos, Marilyn Miller, and Antonio Urdinarán. Among people deceased in 1971, Richmond Landon ranks 167. Before him are Bebe Daniels, Bert Roach, Emerich Vogl, Étienne Gailly, Gunnar Sköld, and Nora Stanton Barney. After him are Jean Vilar, Emmett Toppino, Victor Leemans, W. D. Ross, Ramón Villeda Morales, and Leo Burnett.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richmond Landon ranks 6,581 out of 20,380. Before him are Florence R. Sabin (1871), Gene Haas (1952), Arthur Samuel (1901), Richard Bong (1920), William Higinbotham (1910), and John Myung (1967). After him are Landon Donovan (1982), Henry Slocum (1862), Kathleen Battle (1948), Mario Segale (1934), Michael Chapman (1935), and George Jones (1931).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Richmond Landon ranks 132. Before him are Cornelius Warmerdam (1915), Paul Anderson (1932), Henry Carr (1941), Roscoe Lockwood (1875), Norbert Schemansky (1924), and Ray Barbuti (1905). After him are Lindy Remigino (1931), Leo Sexton (1909), George Baird (1907), Alan Helffrich (1900), Arthur Barnard (1929), and Edward Lindberg (1886).

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