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Frank Havens

1924 - 2018

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Frank Benjamin Havens (August 1, 1924 – July 22, 2018) was an American sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. He was born in Arlington, Virginia. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won two medals: in the C-1 10000 m event with a silver in 1948, and a gold in 1952. In Havens' first shot in the 1948 Olympic games, he finished second to Capek by 35.4 seconds in a canoe he borrowed from the Czechs. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Havens is the 701st most popular athlete (up from 2,219th in 2024), the 6,815th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,014th in 2019) and the 163rd most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Frank Havens ranks 701 out of 6,025. Before him are Henri Tauzin, Noboru Terada, Pino Dordoni, Doug Rogers, Géo André, and Guy Butler. After him are Ivan Brown, Franco Faggi, Henri Hérouin, Verner Järvinen, Bob Kiesel, and Benjamin Kogo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Frank Havens ranks 325. Before him are Lloyd Alexander, Valerio Bacigalupo, Eugene Dynkin, Boris Markov, Pablo Birger, and David Cox. After him are Roger Marche, Sonny Stitt, Paruyr Sevak, Karel Kachyňa, Robert Bolt, and Bobo Brazil. Among people deceased in 2018, Frank Havens ranks 307. Before him are Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, Oliver Ivanović, Hans Günter Winkler, Chuck McCann, Sven-Olov Sjödelius, and Domenico Losurdo. After him are Ehsan Yarshater, Reinhard Hardegen, Unshō Ishizuka, Davide Astori, Beatriz Segall, and Mohammed Hazzaz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Havens ranks 6,817 out of 20,380. Before him are Patti Scialfa (1953), Gordon Willis (1931), Butler Lampson (1943), Barbara La Marr (1896), Anita Loos (1889), and Edward Livingston (1764). After him are Sue Grafton (1940), Bisher Al-Khasawneh (1969), Eugene Garfield (1925), Ivan Brown (1908), Benjamin Briggs (1835), and Ken Jeong (1969).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Frank Havens ranks 163. Before him are Jay Cutler (1973), Ethel Catherwood (1908), Dorothy Poynton-Hill (1915), Rex Cawley (1940), Jean Shiley (1911), and Evelyn Ashford (1957). After him are Ivan Brown (1908), Bob Kiesel (1911), Emerson Spencer (1906), George Dole (1885), Janet Moreau (1927), and George Woods (1943).

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