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. After progressing through qualifying, he went on to win the inaugural Olympic marathon after placing first from seventeen competitors. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Spyridon Louis has received more than 214,507 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Spyridon Louis is the 6th most popular athlete (down from 5th in 2019), the 139th most popular biography from Greece (down from 126th 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 6 out of 3,055. Before him are Jesse Owens, Abebe Bikila, Paavo Nurmi, Emil Zátopek, and Louis Zamperini. After him are Luz Long, Jānis Lūsis, Bob Beamon, Carl Lewis, Dana Zátopková, and Dick Fosbury.
1913 - 1980
HPI: 81.42
Rank: 1
1932 - 1973
HPI: 77.69
Rank: 2
1897 - 1973
HPI: 77.16
Rank: 3
1922 - 2000
HPI: 76.81
Rank: 4
1917 - 2014
HPI: 74.88
Rank: 5
1873 - 1940
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 6
1913 - 1943
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 7
1939 - 2020
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 8
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 9
1961 - Present
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 10
1922 - 2020
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 11
1947 - Present
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1873, Spyridon Louis ranks 14. Before him are Thomas Andrews, Johannes V. Jensen, Henri Barbusse, Karl Schwarzschild, Alfred Jarry, and Luigi Lucheni. After him are William McMaster Murdoch, G. E. Moore, Julius Martov, Alberto Santos-Dumont, Max Reger, and Sándor Ferenczi. Among people deceased in 1940, Spyridon Louis ranks 17. Before him are Emma Goldman, Peter Behrens, Carl Bosch, Gerda Wegener, Manuel Azaña, and Arthur Harden. After him are Isaac Babel, Wladimir Köppen, Verner von Heidenstam, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Italo Balbo, and Julius Wagner-Jauregg.
1873 - 1912
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 8
1873 - 1950
HPI: 74.87
Rank: 9
1873 - 1935
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 10
1873 - 1916
HPI: 74.35
Rank: 11
1873 - 1907
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 12
1873 - 1910
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 13
1873 - 1940
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 14
1873 - 1912
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 15
1873 - 1958
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 16
1873 - 1923
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 17
1873 - 1932
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 18
1873 - 1916
HPI: 72.51
Rank: 19
1873 - 1933
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 20
1869 - 1940
HPI: 76.22
Rank: 11
1868 - 1940
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 12
1874 - 1940
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 13
1886 - 1940
HPI: 74.43
Rank: 14
1880 - 1940
HPI: 74.36
Rank: 15
1865 - 1940
HPI: 74.25
Rank: 16
1873 - 1940
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 17
1894 - 1940
HPI: 73.83
Rank: 18
1846 - 1940
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 19
1859 - 1940
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 20
1880 - 1940
HPI: 72.91
Rank: 21
1896 - 1940
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 22
1857 - 1940
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 23
Among people born in Greece, Spyridon Louis ranks 139 out of 855. Before him are Saint Titus (13), Agesilaus II (-444), Demetrius of Phalerum (-350), Pleistarchus (-500), Tyrtaeus (-700), and Apollodorus of Athens (-180). After him are Parmenion (-400), Lysander (-401), Saint Giles (640), Longus (110), Oruç Reis (1473), and Hippias (-600).
13 - 107
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 133
444 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 134
350 BC - 282 BC
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 135
500 BC - 458 BC
HPI: 73.90
Rank: 136
700 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 137
180 BC - 110 BC
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 138
1873 - 1940
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 139
400 BC - 329 BC
HPI: 73.81
Rank: 140
401 BC - 395 BC
HPI: 73.81
Rank: 141
640 - 710
HPI: 73.74
Rank: 142
110 - 200
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 143
1473 - 1518
HPI: 73.65
Rank: 144
600 BC - 490 BC
HPI: 73.62
Rank: 145
Among athletes born in Greece, Spyridon Louis ranks 1. After him are Stamata Revithi (1866), Charilaos Vasilakos (1877), Sotirios Versis (1876), Evangelos Damaskos (1801), Dimitrios Golemis (1874), Konstantinos Tsiklitiras (1888), Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos (1875), Georgios Papasideris (1875), Spyridon Belokas (1878), Alexandre Tuffère (1876), and Perikles Kakousis (1879).
1873 - 1940
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 1
1866 - Present
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 2
1877 - 1964
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 3
1876 - 1919
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 4
1801 - Present
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 5
1874 - 1941
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 6
1888 - 1913
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 7
1875 - 1956
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 8
1875 - 1920
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 9
1878 - 2000
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 10
1876 - 1958
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 11
1879 - Present
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 12