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Dean Smith

1932 - 2023

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Finis Dean Smith (January 15, 1932 – June 24, 2023) was an American track and field athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1952 Summer Olympics; he was also an actor and noted stuntman, appearing in many films and TV series. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dean Smith is the 270th most popular athlete (up from 1,712th in 2019), the 4,595th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,324th in 2019) and the 76th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Dean Smith ranks 270 out of 6,025. Before him are Douglas Bennett, Allen Woodring, Hermann Barrelet, Miruts Yifter, Ken Myers, and Angéla Németh. After him are Maurice Larrouy, Nils von Kantzow, Phil Edwards, Dimitrios Golemis, Alfred Tysoe, and Vsevolod Bobrov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Dean Smith ranks 225. Before him are Hubert Reeves, Michael H. Hart, King Hu, Mamo Wolde, Nikolay Rukavishnikov, and Anand Panyarachun. After him are Yakir Aharonov, Enzo Mari, Jean Stablinski, Tommy Taylor, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, and Oleg Protopopov. Among people deceased in 2023, Dean Smith ranks 216. Before him are Concha Velasco, Hubert Reeves, Paul de Senneville, Friedrich Cerha, Geraldo Majella Agnelo, and Sandra Day O'Connor. After him are Ama Ata Aidoo, Romualdo Arppi Filho, Alfredo M. Bonanno, Murat Karayılan, Yacouba Sawadogo, and Jim Brown.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dean Smith ranks 4,595 out of 20,380. Before him are Sandra Day O'Connor (1930), Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824), Roy Chapman Andrews (1884), Howard Da Silva (1909), Jeremiah P. Ostriker (1937), and Paul Volcker (1927). After him are Charles Evans Hughes (1862), Andre Norton (1912), Robert Penn Warren (1905), Minnie Riperton (1947), Joey Jordison (1975), and Milton L. Humason (1891).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Dean Smith ranks 76. Before him are James Quinn (1906), Francis Lane (1874), Oliver Macdonald (1904), Harry Hillman (1881), Allen Woodring (1898), and Ken Myers (1896). After him are Robert Taylor (1948), John Paine (1870), Bill Miller (1912), Larry Black (1951), Jim Thorpe (1887), and Eddie Tolan (1908).

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