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Carl Osburn

1884 - 1966

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Carl Townsend Osburn (May 5, 1884 – December 28, 1966) was a United States Navy officer and sport shooter from Jacksontown, Ohio. After graduating from the United States Naval Academy in 1906, Osburn went on to reach the rank of commander. He competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics, 1920 Summer Olympics, and 1924 Summer Olympics, winning a total of eleven Olympic medals: five gold (including two individual golds), four silver, and two bronze. He is the most successful shooter at the Olympic Games when individual and team medals are both taken into the account. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Osburn is the 1,239th most popular athlete (up from 1,723rd in 2019), the 8,351st most popular biography from United States (up from 10,254th in 2019) and the 244th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Carl Osburn ranks 1,239 out of 6,025. Before him are Zdeněk Škrland, Saida Gunba, Per Ivar Moe, Chi Cheng, Volker Beck, and Aleksandr Timoshinin. After him are Fred Hansen, Patrik Sjöberg, Perikles Kakousis, Bud Houser, Clyde King, and Tommy Green.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Carl Osburn ranks 210. Before him are Lyda Borelli, Davidson Black, Rodney Heath, George Underwood, Samuel Berger, and Kurt Behrens. After him are Sergey Gorodetsky, Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, James Rector, Hugh Walpole, Georg Selenius, and Alice Roosevelt Longworth. Among people deceased in 1966, Carl Osburn ranks 184. Before him are Cordwainer Smith, Steingrímur Steinþórsson, Gösta Åsbrink, René Schick, Hans Christian Branner, and Bernhard Zondek. After him are Frank O'Hara, Giorgi Leonidze, Juan Natalicio González, Bill Carr, Tom Florie, and Dimitar Dimov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carl Osburn ranks 8,353 out of 20,380. Before him are James M. Cox (1870), Greta Gerwig (1983), Kathryn Grayson (1922), Samuel J. Tilden (1814), James Wilkinson (1757), and Dave Weckl (1960). After him are Robert Harron (1893), Nick Offerman (1970), Bruce M. Metzger (1914), Fred Hansen (1940), John Van Ryn (1905), and Mary Ellen Mark (1940).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Carl Osburn ranks 244. Before him are Mildred Wiley (1901), George Underwood (1884), Francis Frederick (1907), Lee Calhoun (1933), Donald Johnston (1899), and Catherine Hardy Lavender (1930). After him are Fred Hansen (1940), Bud Houser (1901), Clyde King (1898), Duvall Hecht (1930), Commodore Cochran (1902), and Edward Moore (1897).

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