ATHLETE

Horatio Fitch

1900 - 1985

Photo of Horatio Fitch

Icon of person Horatio Fitch

Horatio May Fitch (December 16, 1900 Chicago, Illinois – May 4, 1985 Estes Park, Colorado) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. Fitch was an All-American runner for the Illinois Fighting Illini track and field team, placing 4th in the 400 m at the 1923 NCAA Track and Field Championships. He competed for the United States in the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris in the 400 metres where he won the silver medal, an event memorialized by the 1982 hit movie Chariots of Fire. The race winner was Eric Liddell, who had passed up the 100-metre dash, his specialty, because it was being held on Sunday. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Horatio Fitch is the 1,975th most popular athlete (down from 1,297th in 2019), the 10,600th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,948th in 2019) and the 351st most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Horatio Fitch by language

Loading...

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Horatio Fitch ranks 1,975 out of 6,025. Before him are Jasna Kolar-Merdan, Wendy Smith-Sly, Tom Kiely, Gertrude Liebhart, Wolfgang Scheidel, and Lutz Dombrowski. After him are Lillian Copeland, Hennadiy Avdyeyenko, Pyrros Dimas, Karl Neumer, Mariya Pinigina, and Valery Muratov.

Most Popular Athletes in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Horatio Fitch ranks 309. Before him are Leon Kruczkowski, Bernabé Rivera, Samuel King Allison, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Martita Hunt, and André Dhôtel. After him are Nikolay Okhlopkov, John T. Scopes, Ricardo Cortez, Roberto Grau, Alice Terry, and Helen Gahagan Douglas. Among people deceased in 1985, Horatio Fitch ranks 257. Before him are Qaysin Quli, Helmut Niedermayr, Fernando Pereira, Romolo Catasta, Jetta Goudal, and Fredy Perlman. After him are Leatrice Joy, Mikhail Gromov, Nelson Riddle, Pál Teleki, Dinara Asanova, and Carlos P. Romulo.

Others Born in 1900

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1985

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Horatio Fitch ranks 10,602 out of 20,380. Before him are Marie Doro (1882), Steve Cherundolo (1979), Michael O'Hare (1952), George Ariyoshi (1926), Clarence White (1944), and Howard Baker (1925). After him are Jesse Jackson Jr. (1965), Ernest Lehman (1915), Lillian Copeland (1904), Randy Spears (1961), Mark Lenard (1924), and Trip Hawkins (1953).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Horatio Fitch ranks 351. Before him are Willard Rice (1895), Steve Prefontaine (1951), August Rodenberg (1873), Charles Thias (1879), Ivan Fuqua (1909), and Lou Jones (1932). After him are Lillian Copeland (1904), Benjamin Bradshaw (1879), William Dickey (1874), Mac Wilkins (1950), Conn Findlay (1930), and Marion Roper (1910).

American born Athletes

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous