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Terry Fox

1958 - 1981

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Terrance Stanley Fox, dit Terry Fox, est un athlète, humanitaire et militant canadien pour la recherche dédiée au traitement du cancer, né le 28 juillet 1958 à Winnipeg (Manitoba) et mort le 28 juin 1981 à New Westminster (Colombie-Britannique). Il devient célèbre pour son « Marathon de l'espoir », un périple trans-canadien qu'il entreprit afin de prélever des fonds pour la recherche contre le cancer ; il courut ce marathon malgré une jambe artificielle. Il est considéré comme un des plus grands héros canadiens du XXe siècle. Compagnon de l’Ordre du Canada, sa mémoire est honorée chaque année, au mois de septembre, lorsque la population participe à la Course Terry Fox. En savoir plus sur Wikipédia

His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2024). Terry Fox is the 383rd most popular athlète (down from 238th in 2024), the 272nd most popular biography from Canada (down from 216th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Canadian Athlète.

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Among Athlètes

Among athlètes, Terry Fox ranks 383 out of 6,025. Before him are Peter Norman, Gerhard Stöck, Émile Fisseux, Jimmy Ball, Bobbie Rosenfeld, and Nasser Al-Attiyah. After him are John Ainsworth-Davis, Constance Titus, Rosa Mota, Daniel Kinsey, Carl Diem, and László Berti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Terry Fox ranks 168. Before him are David O. Russell, Michael Wincott, Yan Lianke, Viacheslav Fetisov, Giovanni Galli, and Vlado Goreski. After him are Tita, Rosa Mota, Limahl, David C. Jewitt, Francisco Buyo, and Abdul Kabir. Among people deceased in 1981, Terry Fox ranks 141. Before him are Constantin Rădulescu, Julio Libonatti, Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling, Philippe Étancelin, Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza, and Robert Montgomery. After him are Gerhard Marcks, Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, Allan Dwan, Arthur O'Connell, Ivan Galamian, and Evsei Liberman.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Terry Fox ranks 272 out of 1,622. Before him are Gerald Bull (1928), John Murray (1841), John Kricfalusi (1955), Michael Bublé (1975), Ray Bourque (1960), and Michael Wincott (1958). After him are Agnes Martin (1912), Henri Richard (1936), Lawrence Stroll (1959), Colleen Dewhurst (1924), Ernest Burgess (1886), and John Abbott (1821).

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Among Athlètes In Canada

Among athlètes born in Canada, Terry Fox ranks 9. Before him are Ethel Smith (1907), Alex Wilson (1905), David Hall (1875), Douglas Bennett (1918), Walter Byron (1894), and Earl Thomson (1895). After him are Betty Taylor (1916), Duncan McNaughton (1910), Doug Rogers (1941), Peter Kirby (1931), Harry Watson (1898), and Étienne Desmarteau (1873).

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