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Charles Bennett

1870 - 1950

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Charles Bennett (9 December 1871 – 18 December 1948) was a British athlete, winner of the 1500 metres at the 1900 Summer Olympics and the first British track and field athlete to become Olympic champion. He was a member of Finchley Harriers (founded 1877) which was amalgamated into Hillingdon Athletic Club in 1966. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Bennett is the 61st most popular athlete (up from 839th in 2019), the 1,488th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,900th in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Charles Bennett ranks 61 out of 6,025. Before him are Lucas, John Woodruff, Richard Sheldon, Fanny Blankers-Koen, Reggie Walker, and Lasse Virén. After him are Ville Ritola, Wallace, Yuriy Sedykh, Patrick Ryan, Alajos Szokolyi, and Hubert Van Innis.

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Among people born in 1870, Charles Bennett ranks 51. Before him are Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria, Gustav Landauer, Marianne Weber, Lord Alfred Douglas, Jaime, Duke of Madrid, and Michael Rostovtzeff. After him are Princess Henriette of Belgium, Leopold Godowsky, Aleksandr Kuprin, Archduchess Louise of Austria, Vítězslav Novák, and Oscar Straus. Among people deceased in 1950, Charles Bennett ranks 53. Before him are Jan Smuts, Fevzi Çakmak, Francesco Cilea, Frederick Keeping, Hattie Wyatt Caraway, and Karl Guthe Jansky. After him are Melitta Bentz, Rafael Sabatini, Liane de Pougy, Henry L. Stimson, Grigory Kulik, and Abraham Wald.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Bennett ranks 1,488 out of 8,785. Before him are Charles Rolls (1877), Victor Turner (1920), Desmond Morris (1928), Edward Fox (1937), Marc Bolan (1947), and Emily Davison (1872). After him are Tom Scott (1984), Cicely Saunders (1918), Henry Pelham (1694), Gareth Bale (1989), Patrick Head (1946), and Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (1375).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Charles Bennett ranks 4. Before him are Robert Hichens (1882), Bruno (null), and Jonathan Edwards (1966). After him are Mark Phillips (1948), Zara Tindall (1981), Ken Matthews (1934), David Jacobs (1888), John Rimmer (1878), Don Thompson (1933), George S. Robertson (1872), and Thomas Hicks (1876).

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