Pugile

Joe Louis

1914 - 1981

Joe Louis

Joe Louis, pseudonimo di Joseph Louis Barrow (La Fayette, 13 maggio 1914 – Paradise, 12 aprile 1981), è stato un pugile e golfista statunitense, fra i più popolari e prestigiosi campioni della storia del pugilato mondiale. Peso massimo, soprannominato Brown Bomber oppure The People's Champ ("Il campione del popolo"), contribuì a rendere il pugilato uno sport popolare nel periodo conseguente al ritiro di Jack Dempsey, costruendosi una grande reputazione come atleta onesto e laborioso all'interno di una disciplina allora dominata dal gioco d'azzardo. Fu detentore del titolo di campione del mondo per quasi 12 anni: dal 22 giugno 1937 al 1º marzo 1949, durante i quali vinse 27 match validi per il titolo mondiale, record rimasti ad oggi imbattuti nella categoria dei massimi. Fu insignito anche del premio di "pugile dell'anno", assegnato da Ring Magazine, in quattro occasioni (1936, 1938, 1939 e 1941). Leggi di più su Wikipedia

His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia. Joe Louis is the 6th most popular pugile (up from 7th in 2024), the 893rd most popular biography from United States (down from 657th in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Pugile.

Joe Louis was a heavyweight boxing champion from 1937 to 1949. He was the first African American to win the heavyweight championship of the world.

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Among Pugiles

Among pugiles, Joe Louis ranks 6 out of 496. Before him are Muhammad Ali, Rocky Marciano, Joe Frazier, Mike Tyson, and George Foreman. After him are Sugar Ray Robinson, Max Schmeling, Ján Zachara, Vitali Klitschko, Floyd Mayweather Jr., and Sonny Liston.

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Muhammad Ali
1942 - 2016
HPI: 90.72
Rank: 1
Rocky Marciano
1923 - 1969
HPI: 74.92
Rank: 2
Joe Frazier
1944 - 2011
HPI: 73.53
Rank: 3
Mike Tyson
1966 - Present
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 4
George Foreman
1949 - 2025
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 5
Joe Louis
1914 - 1981
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 6
Sugar Ray Robinson
1921 - 1989
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 7
Max Schmeling
1905 - 2005
HPI: 69.19
Rank: 8
Ján Zachara
1928 - 2025
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 9
Vitali Klitschko
1971 - Present
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 10
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
1977 - Present
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 11
Sonny Liston
1932 - 1970
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 12

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Joe Louis ranks 29. Before him are Karl Carstens, Willi Stoph, Bohumil Hrabal, Lída Baarová, Abd al-Karim Qasim, and Joe DiMaggio. After him are Max Perutz, Aribert Heim, Demetrios I of Constantinople, William Vickrey, Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover, and Arthur Kennedy. Among people deceased in 1981, Joe Louis ranks 26. Before him are Karl Böhm, Natalie Wood, A. J. Cronin, Eugenio Montale, René Clair, and Joseph Murphy. After him are Omar Bradley, Samuel Barber, Georges Brassens, William Saroyan, Miroslav Krleža, and Duško Popov.

Others Born in 1914

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Karl Carstens
POLITICIAN
1914 - 1992
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 23
Willi Stoph
POLITICIAN
1914 - 1999
HPI: 71.80
Rank: 24
Bohumil Hrabal
WRITER
1914 - 1997
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 25
Lída Baarová
ACTOR
1914 - 2000
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 26
Abd al-Karim Qasim
POLITICIAN
1914 - 1963
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 27
Joe DiMaggio
BASEBALL PLAYER
1914 - 1999
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 28
Joe Louis
BOXER
1914 - 1981
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 29
Max Perutz
CHEMIST
1914 - 2002
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 30
Aribert Heim
PHYSICIAN
1914 - 1992
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 31
Demetrios I of Constantinople
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1914 - 1991
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 32
William Vickrey
ECONOMIST
1914 - 1996
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 33
Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover
POLITICIAN
1914 - 1987
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 34
Arthur Kennedy
ACTOR
1914 - 1990
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 35