1873 - 1940
Spyridon Louis (Greek: Σπυρίδων Λούης [spiˈriðon ˈluis], sometimes transliterated Spiridon Loues; 12 January 1873 – 26 March 1940), commonly known as Spyros Louis (Σπύρος Λούης), was a Greek water carrier who won the first modern-day Olympic marathon at the 1896 Summer Olympics. Following his victory, he was celebrated as a national hero. A former soldier, Louis was encouraged to try out for the Olympics by his former commanding officer. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Spyridon Louis has received more than 343,172 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia. Spyridon Louis is the 7th most popular athlete (down from 6th in 2019), the 165th most popular biography from Greece (down from 138th in 2019) and the most popular Greek Athlete.
Spyridon Louis is most famous for being the first person to swim across the English Channel.
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Among athletes, Spyridon Louis ranks 7 out of 3,059. Before him are Jesse Owens, Abebe Bikila, Paavo Nurmi, Emil Zátopek, Louis Zamperini, and Bob Beamon. After him are Carl Lewis, Viktor Saneyev, Usain Bolt, Luz Long, Sigfrid Edström, and Ronnie Coleman.
1913 - 1980
HPI: 71.38
Rank: 1
1932 - 1973
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 2
1897 - 1973
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 3
1922 - 2000
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 4
1917 - 2014
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 5
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 6
1873 - 1940
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 7
1961 - Present
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 8
1945 - 2022
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 9
1986 - Present
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 10
1913 - 1943
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 11
1870 - 1964
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 12
1964 - Present
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 13
Among people born in 1873, Spyridon Louis ranks 16. Before him are Luigi Lucheni, Henri Barbusse, Alfred Jarry, Karl Schwarzschild, Alberto Santos-Dumont, and G. E. Moore. After him are William McMaster Murdoch, Otto Loewi, Julius Martov, Sándor Ferenczi, Max Reger, and Francisco I. Madero. Among people deceased in 1940, Spyridon Louis ranks 20. Before him are Manuel Azaña, Gerda Wegener, Wladimir Köppen, Isaac Babel, Julius Wagner-Jauregg, and Paul Gottlieb Nipkow. After him are Italo Balbo, Verner von Heidenstam, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, John Buchan, Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, and Vsevolod Meyerhold.
1873 - 1910
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 10
1873 - 1935
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 11
1873 - 1907
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 12
1873 - 1916
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 13
1873 - 1932
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 14
1873 - 1958
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 15
1873 - 1940
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 16
1873 - 1912
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 17
1873 - 1961
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 18
1873 - 1923
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 19
1873 - 1933
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 20
1873 - 1916
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 21
1873 - 1913
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 22
1880 - 1940
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 14
1886 - 1940
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 15
1846 - 1940
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 16
1894 - 1940
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 17
1857 - 1940
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 18
1860 - 1940
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 19
1873 - 1940
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 20
1896 - 1940
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 21
1859 - 1940
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 22
1880 - 1940
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 23
1875 - 1940
HPI: 62.99
Rank: 24
1868 - 1940
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 25
1874 - 1940
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 26
Among people born in Greece, Spyridon Louis ranks 165 out of 936. Before him are Demetrius Vikelas (1835), Pherecydes of Syros (-580), Cleomenes I (-600), Pittacus of Mytilene (-650), Hippocrates of Chios (-470), and Callisthenes (-360). After him are Athenagoras I of Constantinople (1886), Panaetius (-185), Aeschines (-389), Nicias (-500), Helen of Greece and Denmark (1896), and Hipparchia of Maroneia (-350).
1835 - 1908
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 159
580 BC - 520 BC
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 160
600 BC - 489 BC
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 161
650 BC - 570 BC
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 162
470 BC - 410 BC
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 163
360 BC - 327 BC
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 164
1873 - 1940
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 165
1886 - 1972
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 166
185 BC - 110 BC
HPI: 64.49
Rank: 167
389 BC - 314 BC
HPI: 64.41
Rank: 168
500 BC - 413 BC
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 169
1896 - 1982
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 170
350 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 64.15
Rank: 171
Among athletes born in Greece, Spyridon Louis ranks 1. After him are Leonidas of Rhodes (-200), Coroebus of Elis (-800), Theagenes of Thasos (-500), Stamata Revithi (1866), Charilaos Vasilakos (1877), Konstantinos Tsiklitiras (1888), Evangelos Damaskos (1801), Dimitrios Golemis (1874), Yiannis Kouros (1956), Georgios Papasideris (1875), and Ioannis Theodoropoulos (1900).
1873 - 1940
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 1
200 BC - 200 BC
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 2
800 BC - 800 BC
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 3
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 4
1866 - Present
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 5
1877 - 1964
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 6
1888 - 1913
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 7
1801 - Present
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 8
1874 - 1941
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 9
1956 - Present
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 10
1875 - 1920
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 11
1900 - Present
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 12