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Charles Moore

1929 - 2020

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Charles Hewes Moore Jr. (August 12, 1929 – October 8, 2020) was an American track and field athlete, as well as a philanthropist, businessman, and champion of societal reform. Moore won a gold medal in the 400 metre hurdles in the 1952 Summer Olympics with a time of 50.8 seconds, narrowly missing the world record of 50.6 seconds. He had set the American record (50.7 seconds) during Olympic qualifying. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Moore is the 79th most popular athlete (up from 988th in 2019), the 2,709th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,999th in 2019) and the 26th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Charles Moore ranks 79 out of 6,025. Before him are Vasily Alekseyev, John Walker, Fritz Hofmann, Glenn Davis, Gustav Flatow, and Godfrey Brown. After him are Mark Phillips, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Coroebus of Elis, Marta, Matti Järvinen, and Wilma Rudolph.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Charles Moore ranks 139. Before him are Fazlur Rahman Khan, Menahem Golan, Dina bint Abdul-Hamid, Betty Boothroyd, Jaakko Hintikka, and Darío Castrillón Hoyos. After him are Vladimír Menšík, Robert Faurisson, Walter Brandmüller, Luis García Meza, Alexis Weissenberg, and Poul Schlüter. Among people deceased in 2020, Charles Moore ranks 142. Before him are Genesis P-Orridge, Ilija Petković, Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, Mesut Yılmaz, Miloš Jakeš, and Alejandro Sabella. After him are Princess María Teresa of Bourbon-Parma, Mory Kanté, Adolfo Nicolás, Ben Cross, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, and Rocky Johnson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Moore ranks 2,709 out of 20,380. Before him are Kamehameha II (1797), Red Buttons (1919), Judd Hirsch (1935), Buddy Rich (1917), George Lakoff (1941), and Robert Culp (1930). After him are Sam Waterston (1940), Erle Stanley Gardner (1889), Chris Sanders (1962), Marion Ramsey (1947), Sarah Moore Grimké (1792), and Ron Brown (1941).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Charles Moore ranks 26. Before him are Arthur Blake (1872), John Woodruff (1915), Richard Sheldon (1878), Jim Lightbody (1882), Frederick Schule (1879), and Glenn Davis (1934). After him are Wilma Rudolph (1940), Jack Shea (1910), Charles Greene (1945), Eddie Eagan (1897), Harry Babcock (1890), and John Taylor (1883).

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