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John Norton

1893 - 1979

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John Kelley Norton (April 16, 1893 – December 28, 1979) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles. He was born in Santa Clara, California and died in New York City. Norton competed for the United States at the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium in the 400 metre hurdles where he won the silver medal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Norton is the 1,652nd most popular athlete (down from 926th in 2019), the 9,508th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,771st in 2019) and the 305th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, John Norton ranks 1,652 out of 6,025. Before him are Margit Schumann, Forrest Towns, Christina Lathan, Giuseppina Leone, Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili, and Naohiro Ikeda. After him are Ursula Knab, René Lorain, Dániel Magay, Babben Enger-Damon, Natalya Goncharova, and Ferenc Németh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, John Norton ranks 249. Before him are Maja Berezowska, Walter Gordon, Norman Bel Geddes, Tashi Namgyal, Cornelius Lanczos, and Elizabeth Cotten. After him are Harlow Curtice, Nuriye Ulviye Mevlan Civelek, Betty Blythe, Katharine Cornell, Aksel Berg, and Victor Verschueren. Among people deceased in 1979, John Norton ranks 238. Before him are Blas de Otero, Van McCoy, Fred Akuffo, Hans Liesche, Heinz Pollay, and Beatrice Hicks. After him are Jan Pijnenburg, Hans Scherfig, Ben Lyon, Elizabeth Ryan, Wálter Guimarães, and Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Norton ranks 9,510 out of 20,380. Before him are Paula Prentiss (1938), Forrest Towns (1914), Molly Cheek (1950), Jaden Smith (1998), Elizabeth Gutiérrez (1979), and Dan Rather (1931). After him are Gregory Helms (1974), Jenna Haze (1982), Michael Aschbacher (1944), Irving Kristol (1920), Robert Bacher (1905), and Bebel Gilberto (1966).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, John Norton ranks 305. Before him are Fred Tootell (1902), Wilhelmina von Bremen (1909), Charles Jenkins Sr. (1934), Burton Downing (1885), Robert Stangland (1881), and Forrest Towns (1914). After him are Marjorie Gestring (1922), Francis Tyler (1904), Nathaniel Cartmell (1883), Max Emmerich (1879), Daniel Kelly (1883), and Alvah Meyer (1888).

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