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Rudolph Lewis

1887 - 1933

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Rudolph Ludewyk "Okey" Lewis (12 July 1887 – 29 October 1933) was a South African road racing cyclist who won the gold medal in the road race at the 1912 Summer Olympics. Lewis was born on a farm near Pretoria and grew up in Germiston. He worked full-time underground at a gold mine, and in spare time trained in cycling, boxing and skating. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudolph Lewis has received more than 12,874 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolph Lewis is the 148th most popular cyclist (down from 77th in 2019), the 99th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 61st in 2019) and the most popular South African Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Rudolph Lewis ranks 148 out of 1,214. Before him are Germain Derycke, Gerben Karstens, Claude Criquielion, Roger Lapébie, Claudio Chiappucci, and Vicente Trueba. After him are Gaetano Belloni, Erik Pettersson, Andrei Tchmil, Bernardo Ruiz, Primož Roglič, and José Beyaert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Rudolph Lewis ranks 194. Before him are Adriaan Fokker, Jamini Roy, Alfonso Calzolari, René Maran, Amadeo García, and Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow. After him are Edith Sitwell, Walter Johnson, Carl Blegen, Rudolph Schindler, Teodor Koskenniemi, and Felix Andries Vening Meinesz. Among people deceased in 1933, Rudolph Lewis ranks 106. Before him are Sophia Parnok, Oskari Friman, George Moore, Kote Marjanishvili, Ernst Hartert, and Otto Stapf. After him are F. Holland Day, Elizabeth Thompson, Baltasar Brum, Sakai Toshihiko, Johannes Schmidt, and Anna Brigadere.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Rudolph Lewis ranks 99 out of 374. Before him are Trevor Rabin (1954), Sharlto Copley (1973), Helen Suzman (1917), Sid Atkinson (1901), John McDowell (1942), and Goodwill Zwelithini (1948). After him are Louis Raymond (1895), Jim Fouché (1898), Mark Shuttleworth (1973), Phil Ramone (1934), Bevil Rudd (1894), and Hugh Masekela (1939).

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Among CYCLISTS In South Africa

Among cyclists born in South Africa, Rudolph Lewis ranks 1. After him are Thomas Shardelow (1931), Robbie Hunter (1977), Greg Minnaar (1981), Daryl Impey (1984), Ryan Cox (1979), Louis Meintjes (1992), Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (1989), Ryan Gibbons (1994), Burry Stander (1987), and Nicholas Dlamini (1995).

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