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Greg Bell

1930 - 2025

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Gregory Curtis Bell (November 7, 1930 – January 25, 2025) was an American track and field athlete who won the gold medal in the long jump at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Greg Bell is the 44th most popular athlete (up from 2,104th in 2019), the 2,123rd most popular biography from United States (up from 11,486th in 2019) and the 17th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Greg Bell ranks 44 out of 6,025. Before him are Tamara Press, Ray Ewry, Amanda, Dana Zátopková, Julia, and Jonathan Edwards. After him are Ellery Harding Clark, Javier Sotomayor, Marita Koch, Alvin Kraenzlein, Sohn Kee-chung, and Aladár Gerevich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Greg Bell ranks 117. Before him are Toru Takemitsu, Friedrich Gulda, Jo Bonnier, James Irwin, Ruth Rendell, and J. G. Ballard. After him are Dündar Ali Osman, Robert Atkins, Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, Rahmon Nabiyev, John Frankenheimer, and Harvey Milk. Among people deceased in 2025, Greg Bell ranks 70. Before him are Hossein Salami, Zurab Tsereteli, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Nino Benvenuti, Souleymane Cissé, and Vlastimil Hort. After him are Eugen Doga, Lea Massari, Kit Bond, Mauricio Funes, James Harrison, and Pierre Nora.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Greg Bell ranks 2,123 out of 20,380. Before him are Diane Lane (1965), Jack Jones (1938), Roger B. Chaffee (1935), Sheldon Adelson (1933), Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954), and George Floyd (1973). After him are Walter Chrysler (1875), Martin Kove (1946), Christine Baranski (1952), Madeleine Stowe (1958), J. Michael Straczynski (1954), and Hal Finney (1956).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Greg Bell ranks 17. Before him are Mike Powell (1963), Archie Hahn (1880), Ronnie Coleman (1964), Lee Evans (1947), Michael Johnson (1967), and Ray Ewry (1873). After him are Ellery Harding Clark (1874), Alvin Kraenzlein (1876), Arthur Blake (1872), John Woodruff (1915), Richard Sheldon (1878), and Jim Lightbody (1882).

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