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Jānis Lūsis

1939 - 2020

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Jānis Lūsis (19 May 1939 – 29 April 2020) was a Latvian track and field athlete who competed in javelin throw. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jānis Lūsis is the 93rd most popular athlete (down from 36th in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Latvia (down from 21st in 2019) and the most popular Latvian Athlete.

Jānis lūsis is most famous for its discovery in the late 1800s by a scientist named Ignaz Semmelweis. The discovery was made when Semmelweis observed that the death rate of mothers giving birth in the hospital dropped significantly when doctors washed their hands before delivering babies.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jānis Lūsis ranks 93 out of 6,025. Before him are Dora Ratjen, Alberto Juantorena, Jack Shea, Efren Reyes, Sid Atkinson, and Volodymyr Holubnychy. After him are Jüri Lossmann, Charles Greene, Fernando, Eddie Eagan, Ken Matthews, and Valeriy Brumel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Jānis Lūsis ranks 144. Before him are Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria, Salomé, Marisa Mell, Leo Brouwer, George Hamilton, and Judy Chicago. After him are John Tong Hon, Norman Davies, Ali Farka Touré, Maria Bueno, Germaine Greer, and Abdelmajid Lakhal. Among people deceased in 2020, Jānis Lūsis ranks 150. Before him are Mory Kanté, Adolfo Nicolás, Ben Cross, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Rocky Johnson, and Bill Withers. After him are Kang Kek Iew, Vera Lynn, Mario Bunge, James E. Gunn, Sergei Khrushchev, and Jaswant Singh.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Jānis Lūsis ranks 41 out of 323. Before him are Wolfgang Lüth (1913), Oswald Külpe (1862), Frederick Casimir Kettler (1650), Wilhelm Kettler (1574), Raimonds Pauls (1936), and Annie Londonderry (1870). After him are Johann Anton Güldenstädt (1745), Solomon Mikhoels (1890), Paul Walden (1863), Jukums Vācietis (1873), Daina Taimiņa (1954), and Barbara von Krüdener (1764).

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Among ATHLETES In Latvia

Among athletes born in Latvia, Jānis Lūsis ranks 1. After him are Inese Jaunzeme (1932), Paulinho (null), Alfred Neuland (1895), Jānis Daliņš (1904), Afanasijs Kuzmins (1947), Ursula Donath (1931), Dainis Kūla (1959), Juris Silovs (1950), George Gulack (1905), Aigars Fadejevs (1975), and Vera Zozulya (1956).

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