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Joe Verdeur

1926 - 1991

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Joseph Thomas Verdeur (March 7, 1926 – August 6, 1991) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joe Verdeur is the 162nd most popular swimmer (up from 253rd in 2019), the 10,337th most popular biography from United States (up from 15,061st in 2019) and the 69th most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Joe Verdeur ranks 162 out of 709Before him are Faith Leech, Felipe Muñoz, Elemér Szathmáry, Pieter van den Hoogenband, Leslie Boardman, and Arati Saha. After him are Joyce Cooper, Ines Diers, Lucy Morton, Thelma Kalama, Fanny Durack, and Katsuo Takaishi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Joe Verdeur ranks 466Before him are Jimmy Heath, Rashidi Kawawa, Elemér Szathmáry, Tom Tryon, Ernst Larsen, and José Manuel Caballero. After him are Ernest Mühlen, Göta Pettersson, Moira Shearer, Noor Jehan, Rawya Ateya, and Larissa Volpert. Among people deceased in 1991, Joe Verdeur ranks 242Before him are Eleanor Boardman, Antoine Blondin, József Pálinkás, Carl Shy, Howard Ashman, and Tom Tryon. After him are Ambrus Nagy, André Dhôtel, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Tom Bridger, Marion Roper, and Vera Stroyeva.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joe Verdeur ranks 10,339 out of 20,380Before him are Steve Wynn (1942), Ella Raines (1920), Jurnee Smollett-Bell (1986), John Prine (1946), Molly Quinn (1993), and Samuel King Allison (1900). After him are C. R. Hagen (1937), Cornel West (1953), Thomas Bopp (1949), Esther Phillips (1935), Charles F. Hockett (1916), and John Heysham Gibbon (1903).

Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Joe Verdeur ranks 69Before him are Carl Robie (1945), Sharon Stouder (1948), Jim Montgomery (1955), Eleanor Garatti (1909), Josephine McKim (1910), and Bob Skelton (1903). After him are Thelma Kalama (1931), Debbie Meyer (1952), Eleanor Holm (1913), Caeleb Dressel (1996), Shirley Stobs (1942), and Raymond Thorne (1887).