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John Taylor

1883 - 1908

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John Baxter Taylor Jr. (November 3, 1882, Washington, D.C. – December 2, 1908, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American track and field athlete, notable as the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Taylor is the 106th most popular athlete (up from 2,228th in 2019), the 3,153rd most popular biography from United States (up from 11,913th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, John Taylor ranks 106 out of 6,025. Before him are Friedrich Traun, Inese Jaunzeme, David Jacobs, Roman Steinberg, Myer Prinstein, and Harry Babcock. After him are Irina Press, Eric Liddell, Tommie Smith, Ken Carpenter, Pyotr Bolotnikov, and Elvīra Ozoliņa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, John Taylor ranks 97. Before him are Katia Mann, Nora Stanton Barney, Sergey Belyavsky, Eugen Leviné, Joseph Stilwell, and Dmitry Manuilsky. After him are Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko, Louis Massignon, Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Nikolaos Plastiras, Bertram Ramsay, and Fritz Gerlich. Among people deceased in 1908, John Taylor ranks 39. Before him are Herman Snellen, Henry Bird, Dersu Uzala, Andrew Graham, Eduard Zeller, and Friedrich Traun. After him are Antoine Béchamp, Ludovic Halévy, Ouida, Qasim Amin, Sidney Paget, and Richard Gerstl.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Taylor ranks 3,153 out of 20,380. Before him are Chris Sarandon (1942), Harold Prince (1928), Harry Reems (1947), Harry Babcock (1890), Katy Perry (1984), and George B. McClellan (1826). After him are John Leslie (1945), Walter Lantz (1899), Tom Sizemore (1961), Johnny Rebel (1938), Annie Sprinkle (1954), and Robert W. Wood (1868).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, John Taylor ranks 32. Before him are Charles Moore (1929), Wilma Rudolph (1940), Jack Shea (1910), Charles Greene (1945), Eddie Eagan (1897), and Harry Babcock (1890). After him are Tommie Smith (1944), Ken Carpenter (1913), Joe Rantz (1914), Frank Zane (1942), Fred Newhouse (1948), and Larry Scott (1938).

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