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Charles Blondin

1824 - 1897

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Charles Blondin (born Jean François Gravelet, 28 February 1824 – 22 February 1897) was a French tightrope walker and acrobat. He toured the United States and was known for crossing the 1,100 ft (340 m) Niagara Gorge on a tightrope. During an event in Dublin in 1860, the rope on which he was walking broke and two workers were killed, although Blondin was not injured. He married three times and had eight children. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Blondin is the 1,336th most popular athlete (down from 685th in 2019), the 4,766th most popular biography from France (down from 4,455th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular French Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Charles Blondin ranks 1,336 out of 6,025. Before him are Béla Szepes, Asbjørn Ruud, Gustav Goßler, Klaus Reichert, Daniel Bautista, and Edwin Graves. After him are Sonia Robertson, Pentti Linnosvuo, Albert Corey, Galina Gorokhova, Imre Rajczy, and Mutaz Essa Barshim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1824, Charles Blondin ranks 76. Before him are Joseph Hergenröther, Bertha Valerius, Francesco Brioschi, Aniceto Arce, Christen Dalsgaard, and Victoire Léodile Béra. After him are Franz Sigel, Edmund Kirby Smith, Calvert Vaux, Samuel Plimsoll, Eastman Johnson, and William Allingham. Among people deceased in 1897, Charles Blondin ranks 76. Before him are Oscar Dickson, Jan Heemskerk, Francesco Brioschi, Gardiner Greene Hubbard, Edward Newton, and Juan Idiarte Borda. After him are Isaac Pitman, Berthold Englisch, and Margaret Oliphant.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles Blondin ranks 4,766 out of 6,770. Before him are Yannick Dalmas (1961), Jeanne Dumée (1660), Michel Sapin (1952), Sidney Govou (1979), André Buffière (1922), and François Bracci (1951). After him are Albert Corey (1878), Gaston Mercier (1932), Bernard Collomb (1930), Marie-George Buffet (1949), Sarah Biasini (1977), and Jacques Dimont (1945).

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Among ATHLETES In France

Among athletes born in France, Charles Blondin ranks 83. Before him are Paul Winter (1906), Joseph Perotaux (1883), Robert Boutigny (1927), Martin Fourcade (1988), Adrien Rommel (1914), and André Jousseaume (1894). After him are Albert Corey (1878), Gaston Mercier (1932), Bernard Baudoux (1928), Pierre Trentin (1944), Henri Lepage (1908), and Maurice Vignerot (1879).

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