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Jack LaLanne

1914 - 2011

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Francois Henri LaLanne (; September 26, 1914 – January 23, 2011), the "Godfather of Fitness", was an American fitness and nutrition guru and motivational speaker. He described himself as being a "sugarholic" and a "junk food junkie" until he was 15 years old. He also had behavioral problems but "turned his life around" after listening to a public lecture about the benefits of good nutrition by health food pioneer Paul Bragg. During his career, he came to believe that the country's overall health depended on the health of its population, and he referred to physical culture and nutrition as "the salvation of America". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jack LaLanne is the 4th most popular inspiration (up from 7th in 2019), the 588th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,004th in 2019) and the most popular American Inspiration.

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Among inspirations, Jack LaLanne ranks 4 out of 10. Before him are Vlad the Impaler, Mahsa Amini, and Eugène François Vidocq. After him are Johann Georg Faust, Alice Liddell, Joseph Bell, George Floyd, and Andrew Wakefield.

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Among people born in 1914, Jack LaLanne ranks 19. Before him are Octavio Paz, Richard Laurence Millington Synge, Alec Guinness, Jiang Qing, Richard Widmark, and Michael Wittmann. After him are Romain Gary, Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, William S. Burroughs, Karl Carstens, Willi Stoph, and Bohumil Hrabal. Among people deceased in 2011, Jack LaLanne ranks 22. Before him are Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, Simon van der Meer, Rudolf Mössbauer, Ágota Kristóf, Joe Frazier, and Herbert A. Hauptman. After him are William Lipscomb, Annie Girardot, Flórián Albert, John McCarthy, Ramiz Alia, and Ralph M. Steinman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack LaLanne ranks 588 out of 20,380. Before him are John Wayne Gacy (1942), Melvin Calvin (1911), Tim Walz (1964), Divine (1945), Chester A. Arthur (1829), and William P. Murphy (1892). After him are Mike Tyson (1966), Julianne Moore (1960), Yehudi Menuhin (1916), Liza Minnelli (1946), Lon Chaney (1883), and Hugh Hefner (1926).

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Among inspirations born in United States, Jack LaLanne ranks 1. After him are George Floyd (1973).

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