1926 - 2000
William "Bill" Franklin Porter III (March 24, 1926 – March 10, 2000) was an American track and field athlete, gold medal winner of the 110-meter hurdles at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Born in Jackson, Michigan, Porter attended the Jackson High School, but did not compete in any sport there. He took up hurdle running while attending The Hill School in Pennsylvania. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Porter has received more than 23,678 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). William Porter is the 191st most popular athlete (up from 331st in 2019), the 4,471st most popular biography from United States (up from 5,661st in 2019) and the 45th most popular American Athlete.
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Among athletes, William Porter ranks 191 out of 3,059. Before him are August Nilsson, Natalya Lisovskaya, Nadezhda Chizhova, Evangelos Damaskos, Egil Danielsen, and Reggie Walker. After him are Lauri Virtanen, Elias Katz, Kipchoge Keino, Birgit Fischer, Nina Ponomaryova, and Harry Hillman.
1872 - 1921
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 185
1962 - Present
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 186
1945 - Present
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 187
1801 - Present
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 188
1933 - 2019
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 189
1889 - 1951
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 190
1926 - 2000
HPI: 50.41
Rank: 191
1904 - 1982
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 192
1901 - 1947
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 193
1940 - Present
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 194
1962 - Present
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 195
1929 - 2016
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 196
1881 - 1945
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 197
Among people born in 1926, William Porter ranks 221. Before him are Julie Adams, Bal Thackeray, Julio Pérez, Richard Yates, Bhupen Hazarika, and Carl Adam Petri. After him are Christine Jorgensen, Ibrahim Nasir, Allan Sandage, Otto Graf Lambsdorff, Janet Asimov, and Ricardo María Carles Gordó. Among people deceased in 2000, William Porter ranks 143. Before him are Franco Rossi, David Tomlinson, Teruki Miyamoto, Franco Donatoni, Adamantios Androutsopoulos, and Penelope Fitzgerald. After him are W. D. Hamilton, Walter Berry, Ernst Jandl, Jerzy Giedroyc, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Ansumane Mané.
1926 - 2019
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 215
1926 - 2012
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 216
1926 - 2002
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 217
1926 - 1992
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 218
1926 - 2011
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 219
1926 - 2010
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 220
1926 - 2000
HPI: 50.41
Rank: 221
1926 - 1989
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 222
1926 - 2008
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 223
1926 - 2010
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 224
1926 - 2009
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 225
1926 - 2019
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 226
1926 - 2013
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 227
1919 - 2000
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 137
1917 - 2000
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 138
1940 - 2000
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 139
1927 - 2000
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 140
1919 - 2000
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 141
1916 - 2000
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 142
1926 - 2000
HPI: 50.41
Rank: 143
1936 - 2000
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 144
1929 - 2000
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 145
1925 - 2000
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 146
1906 - 2000
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 147
1909 - 2000
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 148
1940 - 2000
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 149
Among people born in United States, William Porter ranks 4,471 out of 18,182. Before him are John Trumbull (1756), James Kottak (1962), Oscar Hammerstein II (1895), E. G. Marshall (1914), Ed Heinemann (1908), and Ambrose Burnside (1824). After him are Thom Barry (1950), Holt McCallany (1963), Ira Sprague Bowen (1898), Pat Benatar (1953), Neal McDonough (1966), and Randall Collins (1941).
1756 - 1843
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 4,465
1962 - 2024
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 4,466
1895 - 1960
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 4,467
1914 - 1998
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 4,468
1908 - 1991
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 4,469
1824 - 1881
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 4,470
1926 - 2000
HPI: 50.41
Rank: 4,471
1950 - Present
HPI: 50.41
Rank: 4,472
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.41
Rank: 4,473
1898 - 1973
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 4,474
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 4,475
1966 - Present
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 4,476
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 4,477
Among athletes born in United States, William Porter ranks 45. Before him are William Hoyt (1875), Charles Dvorak (1878), Chris Dickerson (1939), Helen Stephens (1918), Harry Porter (1882), and Ralph Rose (1885). After him are Harry Hillman (1881), Johnny Hayes (1886), Charley Paddock (1900), Platt Adams (1885), Parry O'Brien (1932), and Samuel Jones (1880).
1875 - 1954
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 39
1878 - 1969
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 40
1939 - 2021
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 41
1918 - 1994
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 42
1882 - 1965
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 43
1885 - 1913
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 44
1926 - 2000
HPI: 50.41
Rank: 45
1881 - 1945
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 46
1886 - 1965
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 47
1900 - 1943
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 48
1885 - 1961
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 49
1932 - 2007
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 50
1880 - 1954
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 51