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Lou Jones

1932 - 2006

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Louis Woodard Jones (January 15, 1932 – February 3, 2006) was an American athlete. He won a gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Born in New Rochelle, New York, Jones graduated from Manhattan College in 1954. He won the 400 m at the 1955 Pan-American Games, where he set a new world record of 45.4. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lou Jones is the 1,968th most popular athlete (down from 1,622nd in 2019), the 10,575th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,945th in 2019) and the 350th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Lou Jones ranks 1,968 out of 6,025Before him are Henry Jonsson, Lyudmila Andonova, Andreas Thorkildsen, Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen, Charles Thias, and Ivan Fuqua. After him are Jasna Kolar-Merdan, Wendy Smith-Sly, Tom Kiely, Gertrude Liebhart, Wolfgang Scheidel, and Lutz Dombrowski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Lou Jones ranks 501Before him are Judy Tyler, Inga Swenson, Abby Dalton, Sheree North, Roger Smith, and Prunella Scales. After him are Mike Hodges, Anatoli Isayev, Poul Pedersen, Djibril Tamsir Niane, Kiril Rakarov, and Kurt Schmid. Among people deceased in 2006, Lou Jones ranks 348Before him are Elton Dean, Gunnar Åkerlund, Darren McGavin, Moira Shearer, Asdrúbal Fontes Bayardo, and Ron Greenwood. After him are Proof, Martin David Kruskal, Jorge Mendonça, Claude Esteban, Kiril Rakarov, and Bertha Brouwer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lou Jones ranks 10,577 out of 20,380Before him are Dave DeBusschere (1940), Eddie Hazel (1950), Charles Thias (1879), Brian Littrell (1975), Allen Toussaint (1938), and Ivan Fuqua (1909). After him are Jim Inhofe (1934), Kevin Kelly (1952), Juli Ashton (1969), Ben Platt (1993), Edward F. Moore (1925), and Lorenzo di Bonaventura (1957).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Lou Jones ranks 350Before him are Marilee Stepan (1935), Willard Rice (1895), Steve Prefontaine (1951), August Rodenberg (1873), Charles Thias (1879), and Ivan Fuqua (1909). After him are Horatio Fitch (1900), Lillian Copeland (1904), Benjamin Bradshaw (1879), William Dickey (1874), Mac Wilkins (1950), and Conn Findlay (1930).