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Billy Casper

1931 - 2015

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William Earl Casper Jr. (June 24, 1931 – February 7, 2015) was an American professional golfer. He was one of the most prolific tournament winners on the PGA Tour from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s. In his youth, Casper started as a caddie and emerged from the junior golf hotbed of San Diego, where golf could be played year-round, to rank seventh all-time in career Tour wins with 51, across 20 years between 1956 and 1975. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Billy Casper is the 519th most popular architect (down from 512th in 2024), the 16,159th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,919th in 2019) and the 38th most popular American Architect.

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Among architects, Billy Casper ranks 519 out of 518. Before him are Max Abramovitz, Sou Fujimoto, Elizabeth Diller, Anders Adlercreutz, Khouloud Daibes, and Lesley Lokko. After him are Sunay Erdem, Russell Coutts, Logi Már Einarsson, David Adjaye, Jeanne Gang, and Alexander Zelenko.

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Among people born in 1931, Billy Casper ranks 615. Before him are Bina Rai, Jimmy McIlroy, Charles Nelson Reilly, Hal Linden, Pete Stark, and Douglas Wilder. After him are Zia Mohyeddin, Richard Bakalyan, and José Victor Toledo. Among people deceased in 2015, Billy Casper ranks 569. Before him are Tahir Elçi, Anthony Mason, Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov, and Nasir al-Wuhayshi. After him are Claudia Alexander, Darryl Dawkins, Annarita Sidoti, Richard Bakalyan, Sergey Sharikov, Flip Saunders, Alexis Vastine, and Ronnie Carroll.

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Among ARCHITECTS In United States

Among architects born in United States, Billy Casper ranks 38. Before him are John Russell Pope (1874), Maya Lin (1959), Andrew Jackson Downing (1815), Charles Bulfinch (1763), Marion Mahony Griffin (1871), and Max Abramovitz (1908). After him are Jeanne Gang (1964), and Alexis Sablone (1986).

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