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Babe Didrikson Zaharias

1911 - 1956

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Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias (; née Didrikson; June 26, 1911 – September 27, 1956) was an American athlete who excelled in golf, basketball, baseball, and track and field. She won two gold medals and a silver in track and field at the 1932 Summer Olympics before turning to professional golf and winning 10 LPGA major championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Babe Didrikson Zaharias is the most popular golfer (up from 7th in 2019), the 523rd most popular biography from United States (up from 7,984th in 2019) and the most popular American Golfer.

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Among GOLFERS

Among golfers, Babe Didrikson Zaharias ranks 1 out of 71. After her are Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Tiger Woods, Seve Ballesteros, Gary Player, Ben Hogan, Bernhard Langer, Lee Trevino, Sam Snead, Walter Hagen, and Gene Sarazen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Babe Didrikson Zaharias ranks 21. Before her are Mikhail Botvinnik, Võ Nguyên Giáp, Louise Bourgeois, Milovan Đilas, William Howard Stein, and Robert Taylor. After her are William Stuart-Houston, Melvin Calvin, Maurice Allais, Jack Ruby, Polykarp Kusch, and Marshall McLuhan. Among people deceased in 1956, Babe Didrikson Zaharias ranks 11. Before her are William Boeing, Frederick Soddy, Konstantin von Neurath, Pietro Badoglio, Jules Rimet, and Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb. After her are Emil Nolde, Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Robert Walser, Bela Lugosi, Lucien Febvre, and Risto Ryti.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Babe Didrikson Zaharias ranks 523 out of 20,380. Before her are James Hong (1929), Robert Taylor (1911), Talcott Parsons (1902), Stanford Moore (1913), Romina Power (1951), and Joseph Stiglitz (1943). After her are Louis Gossett Jr. (1936), Irwin Rose (1926), Dean Martin (1917), Herman Hollerith (1860), Jim Mattis (1950), and David Morse (1953).

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Among GOLFERS In United States

Among golfers born in United States, Babe Didrikson Zaharias ranks 1. After her are Jack Nicklaus (1940), Arnold Palmer (1929), Tiger Woods (1975), Ben Hogan (1912), Lee Trevino (1939), Sam Snead (1912), Walter Hagen (1892), Gene Sarazen (1902), Byron Nelson (1912), Tom Watson (1949), and Michelle Wie (1989).

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