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Willie Davenport

1943 - 2002

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William "Willie" D. Davenport (June 8, 1943 – June 17, 2002) was an American sprint runner. He attended Howland High School and college at Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He competed in the 110 m hurdles at the 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal in 1968 and a bronze in 1976, and finishing fourth in 1972. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willie Davenport has received more than 66,782 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Willie Davenport is the 811th most popular athlete (up from 969th in 2019), the 7,976th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,070th in 2019) and the 159th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Willie Davenport ranks 811 out of 3,059Before him are Giancarlo Brusati, André Bonin, Harriet Bland, Jay Silvester, Aleksandr Aksinin, and Ibrahim Shams. After him are Conrad Magnusson, Maria Mutola, Thorvald Strömberg, Gerd Wessig, Josef Feistmantl, and Khadr El-Touni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Willie Davenport ranks 482Before him are Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin, Foppe de Haan, Kenny Barron, Walter Murch, Richard Eyre, and Sly Stone. After him are Wilfried Puis, Charles P. Thacker, Manfred Schnelldorfer, Joan Van Ark, Tony Christie, and Shinobu Sekine. Among people deceased in 2002, Willie Davenport ranks 254Before him are Johnny Unitas, Conny Vandenbos, Louis-Marie Billé, Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, Robert L. Forward, and John R. Pierce. After him are Mustafa Mansour, Anatoli Bashashkin, Ruth Svedberg, Signe Hasso, Jack Kruschen, and John Buscema.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Willie Davenport ranks 7,976 out of 18,182Before him are Harriet Bland (1915), Lil Nas X (1999), Marco Beltrami (1966), Carleton S. Coon (1904), Jenna Haze (1982), and Jay Silvester (1937). After him are Richard Wilbur (1921), Armin Shimerman (1949), Jaleel White (1976), Charles Sands (1865), Frederica von Stade (1945), and Chill Wills (1902).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Willie Davenport ranks 159Before him are Mike Larrabee (1933), Pat McCormick (1930), James Juvenal (1874), John McLean (1878), Harriet Bland (1915), and Jay Silvester (1937). After him are Herbert Jamison (1875), Wyomia Tyus (1945), John Exley (1867), Marc Wright (1890), Oscar Olson (1878), and Edward Lindberg (1886).