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Don Bradman

1908 - 2001

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Sir Donald George Bradman (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), nicknamed "The Don", was an Australian international cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. His cricketing successes have been claimed by Shane Warne, among others, as making Bradman the "greatest sportsperson" in history. Bradman's career Test batting average of 99.94 is considered by some to be the greatest achievement by any sportsman in any major sport. The story that the young Bradman practised alone with a cricket stump and a golf ball is part of Australian folklore. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Don Bradman is the most popular cricketer, the 4th most popular biography from Australia (up from 123rd in 2019) and the most popular Australian Cricketer.

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Among CRICKETERS

Among cricketers, Don Bradman ranks 1 out of 136. After him are Willie Watson, William Donne, MS Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, W. G. Grace, Sunil Gavaskar, Kumar Sangakkara, Andrew Flintoff, Alfred Bowerman, C. B. K. Beachcroft, and Kapil Dev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Don Bradman ranks 18. Before him are Amon Göth, Edward Teller, Willard Van Orman Quine, Olivier Messiaen, Hannes Alfvén, and Henri Cartier-Bresson. After him are Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Simon Wiesenthal, Bette Davis, Anna Magnani, John Bardeen, and Ian Fleming. Among people deceased in 2001, Don Bradman ranks 8. Before him are Anthony Quinn, Tove Jansson, George Harrison, Didi, Josef Bican, and Ahmad Shah Massoud. After him are Jack Lemmon, Léopold Sédar Senghor, Clifford Shull, Jorge Amado, G. E. M. Anscombe, and Christiaan Barnard.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Don Bradman ranks 4 out of 1,143. Before him are Lawrence Bragg (1890), Macfarlane Burnet (1899), and Gough Whitlam (1916). After him are Peter C. Doherty (1940), George Miller (1945), Geoffrey Rush (1951), Tamam Shud case (1903), Sia (1975), John Cornforth (1917), Elizabeth Blackburn (1948), and Cate Blanchett (1969).

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Among CRICKETERS In Australia

Among cricketers born in Australia, Don Bradman ranks 1. After him are Shane Warne (1969), Mitchell Johnson (1981), Bill Brown (1912), Steve Smith (1989), Ian Chappell (1943), Richie Benaud (1930), Allan Border (1955), Steve Waugh (1965), Adam Gilchrist (1971), Phillip Hughes (1988), and Ricky Ponting (1974).

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