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Juan Antonio Samaranch

1920 - 2010

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Juan Antonio Samaranch y Torelló, 1st Marquess of Samaranch (Catalan: Joan Antoni Samaranch i Torelló, Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈan ənˈtɔni səməˈɾaŋ]; 17 July 1920 – 21 April 2010) was a Spanish sports administrator under the Franco regime (1973–1977) who served as the seventh president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 1980 to 2001. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Juan Antonio Samaranch is the 727th most popular politician (up from 1,750th in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from Spain (up from 144th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Spanish Politician.

Juan Antonio Samaranch is most famous for being the President of the International Olympic Committee.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Juan Antonio Samaranch ranks 727 out of 19,576. Before him are Grover Cleveland, Volusianus, Mustafa III, Juliana of the Netherlands, Philip I of France, and Valentinian III. After him are Abdullah II of Jordan, Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, Nicholas I of Montenegro, Christian II of Denmark, Philippikos Bardanes, and Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Juan Antonio Samaranch ranks 9. Before him are Isaac Asimov, Yul Brynner, Charles Bukowski, Rosalind Franklin, Toshiro Mifune, and Farouk of Egypt. After him are Ray Bradbury, George Shultz, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Pran, Paul Celan, and Mario Puzo. Among people deceased in 2010, Juan Antonio Samaranch ranks 4. Before him are José Saramago, John Fenn, and Leslie Nielsen. After him are J. D. Salinger, Lech Kaczyński, Tony Curtis, Ronnie James Dio, James Black, Gloria Stuart, Louise Bourgeois, and Eddie Fisher.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Juan Antonio Samaranch ranks 57 out of 3,355. Before him are Luis Buñuel (1900), José Carreras (1946), El Cid (1045), Tomás de Torquemada (1420), Juan Sebastián Elcano (1476), and John of the Cross (1542). After him are Ramon Llull (1232), Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600), Jusepe de Ribera (1591), Pep Guardiola (1971), Roland (736), and Abd al-Rahman III (889).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Juan Antonio Samaranch ranks 16. Before him are Philip IV of Spain (1605), Philip III of Spain (1578), Alfonso XIII of Spain (1886), Charles II of Spain (1661), Arcadius (377), and Charles III of Spain (1716). After him are Abd al-Rahman III (889), Margaret Theresa of Spain (1651), Isabella II of Spain (1830), Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain (1549), Maria Anna of Spain (1606), and Ferdinand VII of Spain (1784).

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