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Arthur Blake

1872 - 1944

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Arthur Charles "Skipper" Blake (January 26, 1872 – October 23, 1944) was an American athlete who competed in the 1500 meters and the marathon at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Blake is the 45th most popular athlete (up from 314th in 2019), the 2,310th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,056th in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Arthur Blake ranks 45 out of 6,025. Before him are Javier Sotomayor, Marita Koch, Alvin Kraenzlein, Sohn Kee-chung, Aladár Gerevich, and Leonidas of Rhodes. After him are Irena Szewińska, John Woodruff, Richard Sheldon, Fanny Blankers-Koen, Reggie Walker, and Lasse Virén.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Arthur Blake ranks 55. Before him are Marcel Renault, Adolf Schmal, Ichiyō Higuchi, Henry Tingle Wilde, Princess Margaret of Prussia, and Vladimir Arsenyev. After him are Théophile de Donder, Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria, Emily Davison, Sidónio Pais, Anton Korošec, and Albert Sarraut. Among people deceased in 1944, Arthur Blake ranks 96. Before him are Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg, Bernardino Machado, Lepke Buchalter, Chaim Rumkowski, Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff, and Paul Masson. After him are Aliya Moldagulova, Ethel Smyth, Hannah Szenes, Tokutaro Ukon, Kurt Gerron, and Paul Poiret.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Arthur Blake ranks 2,310 out of 20,380. Before him are John Phillips (1935), Woody Strode (1914), Tobe Hooper (1943), Hank Williams Jr. (1949), Chris Mullin (1963), and Phil Jackson (1945). After him are Raoul Walsh (1887), Craig T. Nelson (1944), Helen Frankenthaler (1928), Richard Avedon (1923), Peter Cooper (1791), and Bridget Fonda (1964).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Arthur Blake ranks 20. Before him are Lee Evans (1947), Michael Johnson (1967), Ray Ewry (1873), Greg Bell (1930), Ellery Harding Clark (1874), and Alvin Kraenzlein (1876). After him are John Woodruff (1915), Richard Sheldon (1878), Jim Lightbody (1882), Frederick Schule (1879), Glenn Davis (1934), and Charles Moore (1929).

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