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Frank Loomis

1896 - 1971

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Frank Farmer Loomis Jr. (August 22, 1896 – April 4, 1971) was an American athlete, winner of 400 m hurdles at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. His brother, Jo Gilbert Loomis, was a substitute sprinter at the same Olympics. Loomis went to school in Evanston until 1914. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Loomis is the 312th most popular athlete (up from 512th in 2019), the 4,798th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,199th in 2019) and the 84th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Frank Loomis ranks 312 out of 6,025Before him are Eddie Tolan, Frank Waller, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Prosper Bruggeman, Karen Hoff, and Jürgen Schult. After him are Maurice Greene, Merlene Ottey, Faina Melnik, Galina Zybina, Carlo Agostoni, and Ron Clarke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Frank Loomis ranks 149Before him are Ken Myers, Lester Germer, Prince Wolfgang of Hesse, Edward Arthur Milne, Raymond Massey, and Franz Blücher. After him are Norman Thomas Gilroy, Prince Sigismund of Prussia, Tommy Johnson, Jaromír Weinberger, Fritz Julius Kuhn, and Friedrich Sämisch. Among people deceased in 1971, Frank Loomis ranks 114Before him are Lester Germer, Henri Tomasi, Edith Tolkien, William Tubman, Walter Byron, and Ignazio Giunti. After him are Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Bill W., Erik Almlöf, Viliam Široký, Naoya Shiga, and Gunnar Sköld.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Loomis ranks 4,798 out of 20,380Before him are Lesley Gore (1946), Dwight L. Moody (1837), Jane Badler (1953), Chuck Schuldiner (1967), R. Budd Dwyer (1939), and Holland Smith (1882). After him are Doug Savant (1964), Richard Linklater (1960), Dimebag Darrell (1966), Dutch Schultz (1902), Ed O'Ross (1949), and Greg LeMond (1961).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Frank Loomis ranks 84Before him are John Paine (1870), Bill Miller (1912), Larry Black (1951), Jim Thorpe (1887), Eddie Tolan (1908), and Frank Waller (1884). After him are Maurice Greene (1974), John Carlos (1945), Edward Marsh (1874), Al Oerter (1936), Ralph Rose (1885), and John Geiger (1873).