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Jim Hines

1946 - 2023

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James Ray Hines (September 10, 1946 – June 3, 2023) was an American track and field athlete and National Football League (NFL) player, who held the 100-meter world record for 15 years. In 1968, he became the first man to officially break the 10-second barrier in the 100 meters, and won individual and relay gold at the Mexico City Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jim Hines is the 177th most popular athlete (down from 54th in 2019), the 3,961st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,332nd in 2019) and the 55th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jim Hines ranks 177 out of 6,025. Before him are William Petersson, Bobby Pearce, Alex Wilson, Dominik Hašek, Eugène Mougin, and Walter Tewksbury. After him are Volmari Iso-Hollo, Earle Meadows, Emmanuel Foulon, Adhemar da Silva, Dragutin Šurbek, and Miklós Németh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Jim Hines ranks 286. Before him are Johnson Toribiong, Pierino Prati, Aleksander Wolszczan, Suzanne Somers, Jan Akkerman, and Nataša Kandić. After him are Dragutin Šurbek, Miklós Németh, Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, Murray Head, Sue Lyon, and Ibn Warraq. Among people deceased in 2023, Jim Hines ranks 184. Before him are Hans Albert, Robert Hanssen, Marouf al-Bakhit, Yuri Temirkanov, Shane MacGowan, and Boniface Alexandre. After him are Bo Larsson, Juraj Jakubisko, Yaakov Ziv, Ita Ever, Abdul Ati al-Obeidi, and Ingrid Haebler.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jim Hines ranks 3,961 out of 20,380. Before him are Barry Bostwick (1945), Leslie Easterbrook (1949), Dean Jones (1931), Bert Patenaude (1909), Ciara (1985), and Frank Parker (1916). After him are Daniel Kirkwood (1814), Cathy O'Donnell (1923), Lassie Lou Ahern (1920), Robert James Waller (1939), James Gordon Bennett Jr. (1841), and Robert Gordon (1947).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Jim Hines ranks 55. Before him are Maxie Long (1878), John Anderson (1907), Barbara Jones (1937), Jim Bausch (1906), Irving Baxter (1876), and Walter Tewksbury (1876). After him are Earle Meadows (1913), John Powell (1947), Morgan Taylor (1903), Edwin Moses (1955), Samuel Jones (1880), and William Stevenson (1900).

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