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Joe Rantz

1914 - 2007

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Joseph Harry Rantz (March 31, 1914 – September 10, 2007) was an American rower who won Olympic gold in the men's eight at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joe Rantz is the 113th most popular athlete (up from 2,589th in 2019), the 3,224th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,333rd in 2019) and the 35th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Joe Rantz ranks 113 out of 6,025. Before him are Irina Press, Eric Liddell, Tommie Smith, Ken Carpenter, Pyotr Bolotnikov, and Elvīra Ozoliņa. After him are Frank Zane, Rudolf Bauer, Fred Newhouse, John Rimmer, Robert Shavlakadze, and Larry Scott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Joe Rantz ranks 124. Before him are Erich Topp, Lyman Spitzer, J. Lee Thompson, George Tabori, Marcel Bich, and Juan Carlos Onganía. After him are Poul Hartling, Alberto Lattuada, Ilmari Juutilainen, Saul Steinberg, Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, and Sisowath Sirik Matak. Among people deceased in 2007, Joe Rantz ranks 128. Before him are Tikhon Khrennikov, Ivica Račan, Henri Debehogne, Andranik Margaryan, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, and George Tabori. After him are Marais Viljoen, Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, Dashrath Manjhi, Sa'dun Hammadi, Delbert Mann, and José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joe Rantz ranks 3,224 out of 20,380. Before him are Winsor McCay (1867), Russ Meyer (1922), Joan Bennett (1910), Billy Preston (1946), Harlan Ellison (1934), and Karen Black (1939). After him are Sally Ride (1951), Keith Carradine (1949), Horace Parnell Tuttle (1837), Suzanne Collins (1962), Ronny Cox (1938), and Saul Perlmutter (1959).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Joe Rantz ranks 35. Before him are Charles Greene (1945), Eddie Eagan (1897), Harry Babcock (1890), John Taylor (1883), Tommie Smith (1944), and Ken Carpenter (1913). After him are Frank Zane (1942), Fred Newhouse (1948), Larry Scott (1938), Ed Ablowich (1913), William Porter (1926), and Ed Gordon (1908).

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