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Bill Holland

1874 - 1930

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Willard Saulsbury Holland (December 18, 1907 – May 20, 1984) was an American racing driver from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He won the Indianapolis 500 in 1949 and finished second in 1947, 1948, and 1950. He was runner-up in the 1947 American Automobile Association (AAA) National Championship. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Bill Holland is the 221st most popular athlete (up from 531st in 2024), the 4,231st most popular biography from United States (up from 6,316th in 2019) and the 64th most popular American Athlete.

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Among Athletes

Among athletes, Bill Holland ranks 221 out of 6,025. Before him are William Stevenson, Parry O'Brien, Rosemarie Ackermann, Armin Hary, Nadezhda Chizhova, and Bob King. After him are Aleksander Klumberg, Ralph Boston, Lina Radke, Herma Bauma, Haile Gebrselassie, and David Hall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Bill Holland ranks 106. Before him are Charles Despiau, Photius II of Constantinople, Wincenty Witos, Ricardo Flores Magón, Gustave Whitehead, and Constantin Ion Parhon. After him are Ephraim Moses Lilien, Dmitry Ilyich Ulyanov, Pierre Souvestre, Rudolf Maister, Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, and Jirō Minami. Among people deceased in 1930, Bill Holland ranks 66. Before him are Pierina Legnani, Joseph Achille Le Bel, Mabel Normand, Adolf Wölfli, Maximilian Njegovan, and Benedykt Dybowski. After him are Infante Antonio, Duke of Galliera, Eugen Goldstein, Giuseppe Morello, Emmy Destinn, Oku Yasukata, and Olena Pchilka.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Holland ranks 4,231 out of 20,380. Before him are Bob King (1906), Don Wilson (1954), Frankie Valli (1934), Chad Coleman (1974), Walter Donaldson (1893), and Paula Hawkins (1927). After him are John W. McCormack (1891), Damien Chazelle (1985), Ralph Boston (1939), Ross Perot (1930), Joe Walsh (1947), and Scott Walker (1943).

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Among Athletes In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Bill Holland ranks 64. Before him are Morgan Taylor (1903), Edwin Moses (1955), Samuel Jones (1880), William Stevenson (1900), Parry O'Brien (1932), and Bob King (1906). After him are Ralph Boston (1939), Dallas Long (1940), Bobby Morrow (1935), Carlos Lopes (1947), Charley Borah (1906), and James Quinn (1906).

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