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Herbert Jamison

1875 - 1938

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Herbert Brotherson Jamison (September 17, 1875 – June 22, 1938) was an American sprinter who won a silver medal in the 400 m at the 1896 Summer Olympics. His favorite event, 200 m, was not yet part of the Olympics. In 1897 Jamison graduated from Princeton University and joined the family business in agriculture. Seven years later he founded an insurance agency in his native Peoria, Illinois, which he ran until his death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Herbert Jamison is the 551st most popular athlete (up from 1,094th in 2019), the 6,195th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,390th in 2019) and the 133rd most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Herbert Jamison ranks 551 out of 6,025. Before him are John Mikaelsson, Luis Brunetto, Amos Biwott, Louis Wilkins, Juan Pacheco, and Gerhard Auer. After him are František Douda, John Mulcahy, Hartmut Briesenick, Ellen Braumüller, Nelson Prudêncio, and Jaan Kikkas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Herbert Jamison ranks 134. Before him are Herman Georges Berger, Charles D. B. King, Ramiro de Maeztu, Leopold Andrian, Vladimir Filatov, and Federico Laredo Brú. After him are Oleksandr Murashko, George Larner, Mary McLeod Bethune, Émile Delchambre, Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, and Jean Cau. Among people deceased in 1938, Herbert Jamison ranks 162. Before him are Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis, Georg Schrimpf, Helena Westermarck, Christian Rohlfs, Ayna Sultanova, and Alexander Svechin. After him are Pearl White, Lajos Tihanyi, Anatoly Pepelyayev, José Luis Tejada Sorzano, Al Ernest Garcia, and Gustav Heinrich Johann Apollon Tammann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Herbert Jamison ranks 6,196 out of 20,380. Before him are Frances Lee McCain (1943), Jerry Van Dyke (1931), Dave Farrell (1977), Louis Wilkins (1882), Al Corley (1956), and Michael Eisner (1942). After him are Antoine Fuqua (1966), Matisyahu (1979), Anna Louise Strong (1885), Penny Pax (1989), John Wells (1956), and Steven Williams (1949).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Herbert Jamison ranks 133. Before him are Eddie Hart (1949), Fred Alderman (1905), Jay O'Brien (1883), Howard Valentine (1881), Louis Clarke (1901), and Louis Wilkins (1882). After him are John Mulcahy (1876), Frank Wykoff (1909), Marc Wright (1890), James Juvenal (1874), Frederick Lorz (1884), and Don Bragg (1935).

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