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Cy Young

1928 - 2017

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Cy C. Young Jr. (July 23, 1928 – December 6, 2017) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the javelin throw. He is the only American male to earn Olympic gold in the event. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cy Young is the 140th most popular athlete (up from 1,771st in 2019), the 3,511th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,397th in 2019) and the 44th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Cy Young ranks 140 out of 6,025. Before him are Ferenc Mohácsi, Ralph Craig, Theagenes of Thasos, John Ljunggren, Anatoliy Bondarchuk, and Viggo Jensen. After him are Karl Hein, Jan Železný, Fred Kelly, Hans Woellke, William Hoyt, and Albin Stenroos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Cy Young ranks 192. Before him are Vincent Gigante, Leyla Gencer, Howard S. Becker, Henry Silva, Branko Mikulić, and Shulamit Aloni. After him are Ethel Kennedy, Pavel Kohout, Laurence Harvey, Fred Rogers, Ulric Neisser, and Peter Hans Kolvenbach. Among people deceased in 2017, Cy Young ranks 159. Before him are Heinz Kessler, Frank Vincent, Pierre Henry, Étienne Tshisekedi, Linda Nochlin, and Veljo Tormis. After him are John Wetton, Stephen Paddock, Michael Parks, Predrag Matvejević, Maryam Mirzakhani, and Henning Jensen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cy Young ranks 3,511 out of 20,380. Before him are William Wakefield Baum (1926), Theodore Sturgeon (1918), Jared Kushner (1981), Fritz Leiber (1910), Douglas Hofstadter (1945), and Johnny Carson (1925). After him are Billie Burke (1884), Frank Oppenheimer (1912), Cheech Marin (1946), Charles Lane (1905), Tom McCarthy (1966), and Fanny Bullock Workman (1859).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Cy Young ranks 44. Before him are Larry Scott (1938), Ed Ablowich (1913), William Porter (1926), Ed Gordon (1908), Robert Garrett (1875), and Ralph Craig (1889). After him are Fred Kelly (1891), William Hoyt (1875), Harrison Dillard (1923), Hélène de Pourtalès (1868), Maxie Long (1878), and John Anderson (1907).

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