1873 - 1944
Thomas Pelham Curtis (January 9, 1873 – May 23, 1944) was an American athlete and the winner of the 110 metres hurdles at the 1896 Summer Olympics.Curtis, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology student of electrical engineering, travelled to Athens as a member of the Boston Athletic Association. At the first day of the first modern Olympic Games, Curtis advanced to the 100 metres final by winning his heat with a time of 12.2 seconds. He later withdrew from that race to prepare for the 110 metres hurdles final, which was his main event at the Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Curtis has received more than 26,266 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Thomas Curtis is the 70th most popular athlete (down from 65th in 2019), the 2,858th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,465th in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Athlete.
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Among athletes, Thomas Curtis ranks 70 out of 3,055. Before him are Gustav Flatow, Mohammed Gammoudi, Irina Press, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Inese Jaunzeme, and Aladár Gerevich. After him are Alberto Juantorena, Matti Järvinen, Robert Hichens, Valeriy Brumel, Naoto Tajima, and Frederick Lorz.
1875 - 1945
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 64
1938 - Present
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 65
1939 - 2004
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 66
1974 - Present
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 67
1932 - 2011
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 68
1910 - 1991
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 69
1873 - 1944
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 70
1950 - Present
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 71
1909 - 1985
HPI: 64.64
Rank: 72
1882 - 1940
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 73
1942 - 2003
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 74
1912 - 1990
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 75
1884 - 1914
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 76
Among people born in 1873, Thomas Curtis ranks 73. Before him are Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg, Alexey Shchusev, Leo Fall, Leon Czolgosz, E. D. Morel, and Hans Berger. After him are Iuliu Maniu, Félix d'Herelle, Józef Haller, Dámaso Berenguer, Rudolf Rocker, and Kyōka Izumi. Among people deceased in 1944, Thomas Curtis ranks 125. Before him are Musa Cälil, Abdurreshid Ibrahim, André Abegglen, Ida Tarbell, Paul Hazard, and Walter Heitz. After him are Noor Inayat Khan, Manuel L. Quezon, Lupe Vélez, Prince Gustav of Denmark, Mineichi Koga, and Félix Fénéon.
1873 - 1969
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 67
1873 - 1949
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 68
1873 - 1925
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 69
1873 - 1901
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 70
1873 - 1924
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 71
1873 - 1941
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 72
1873 - 1944
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 73
1873 - 1953
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 74
1873 - 1949
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 75
1873 - 1960
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 76
1873 - 1953
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 77
1873 - 1958
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 78
1873 - 1939
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 79
1906 - 1944
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 119
1857 - 1944
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 120
1909 - 1944
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 121
1857 - 1944
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 122
1878 - 1944
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 123
1878 - 1944
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 124
1873 - 1944
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 125
1914 - 1944
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 126
1878 - 1944
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 127
1908 - 1944
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 128
1887 - 1944
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 129
1885 - 1944
HPI: 64.44
Rank: 130
1861 - 1944
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 131
Among people born in United States, Thomas Curtis ranks 2,858 out of 15,968. Before him are Allen Newell (1927), Bea Arthur (1922), Chuck Lorre (1952), Ralph Waite (1928), Miley Cyrus (1992), and Barbara O'Neil (1910). After him are Sue Lyon (1946), Denise Richards (1971), Billie Eilish (2001), Robert Davi (1953), John Waters (1946), and Edgar Lee Masters (1868).
1927 - 1992
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 2,852
1922 - 2009
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 2,853
1952 - Present
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 2,854
1928 - 2014
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 2,855
1992 - Present
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 2,856
1910 - 1980
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 2,857
1873 - 1944
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 2,858
1946 - 2019
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 2,859
1971 - Present
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 2,860
2001 - Present
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 2,861
1953 - Present
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 2,862
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 2,863
1868 - 1950
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 2,864
Among athletes born in United States, Thomas Curtis ranks 25. Before him are Larry Scott (1938), Florence Griffith Joyner (1959), Parry O'Brien (1932), Archie Hahn (1880), Robert Garrett (1875), and Jim Thorpe (1887). After him are Frederick Lorz (1884), Jim Hines (1946), Betty Robinson (1911), Ralph Craig (1889), Harrison Dillard (1923), and Donald Lippincott (1893).
1938 - 2014
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 19
1959 - 1998
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 20
1932 - 2007
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 21
1880 - 1955
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 22
1875 - 1961
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 23
1887 - 1953
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 24
1873 - 1944
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 25
1884 - 1914
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 26
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 27
1911 - 1999
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 28
1889 - 1972
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 29
1923 - 2019
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 30
1893 - 1962
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 31