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Avery Brundage

1887 - 1975

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Avery Brundage (; September 28, 1887 – May 8, 1975) was the fifth president of the International Olympic Committee, serving from 1952 to 1972, the only American and first non-European to attain that position. Brundage is remembered as a zealous advocate of amateurism and for his involvement with the 1936 and 1972 Summer Olympics, both held in Germany. Brundage was born in Detroit in 1887 to a working-class family. When he was five years old, his father moved his family to Chicago and subsequently abandoned his wife and children. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Avery Brundage is the 7,649th most popular politician (down from 6,085th in 2019), the 2,804th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,940th in 2019) and the 241st most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Avery Brundage ranks 7,649 out of 19,576. Before him are Tardu, Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin, Eurydice I of Macedon, García Fernández of Castile, Kaykaus I, and Şehzade Ahmet. After him are Kaliman Asen II of Bulgaria, Kim Seong-su, Agostino Depretis, Francis I Rákóczi, Namhae of Silla, and Macky Sall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Avery Brundage ranks 89. Before him are Hitoshi Ashida, Friedrich Zander, François Faber, George, Crown Prince of Serbia, Korechika Anami, and Josef Lada. After him are Roscoe Arbuckle, Wilhelm Kube, René Spitz, Rudolph Lewis, Octave Lapize, and Louis Jouvet. Among people deceased in 1975, Avery Brundage ranks 72. Before him are Michel Simon, Lyubov Orlova, Luigi Carlo Borromeo, Hiroshi Ōshima, Leroy Anderson, and Madeleine Vionnet. After him are Hans Swarowsky, Hans Bellmer, Mina Witkojc, Kang Sheng, Henry Calvin, and Peregrino Anselmo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Avery Brundage ranks 2,804 out of 20,380. Before him are Elmer Drew Merrill (1876), David Letterman (1947), Cy Young (1867), Johnny Winter (1944), David Soul (1943), and Lauren Hutton (1943). After him are Teri Garr (1944), Lisa Lopes (1971), Carly Simon (1945), Kurtwood Smith (1943), Mark Eaton (1957), and Charles Durning (1923).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Avery Brundage ranks 241. Before him are Cochise (1805), Loretta Lynch (1959), Caroline Kennedy (1957), Ella Grasso (1919), Jeb Bush (1953), and Richard Bassett (1745). After him are Dwight F. Davis (1879), Ron Johnson (1955), Ron DeSantis (1978), Julia Grant (1826), Tom Price (1954), and Bob Bennett (1933).

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