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Louis Clarke

1901 - 1977

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Louis Alfred "Pinky" Clarke (November 23, 1901 – February 24, 1977) was an American chemist and former sprinter and track and field athlete, who won a gold medal in the world record time of 41.0 seconds in the 4 × 100 meter relay race at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. Clarke was Jewish. He was born in Statesville, North Carolina to Mr. and Mrs. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Clarke is the 558th most popular athlete (down from 444th in 2019), the 6,181st most popular biography from United States (down from 5,848th in 2019) and the 132nd most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Louis Clarke ranks 558 out of 6,025Before him are William Jones, Howard Valentine, Karl-Friedrich Haas, Eddie Owen, Marlies Göhr, and Ivo Van Damme. After him are Heike Drechsler, Émile Druart, John Mikaelsson, Luis Brunetto, Amos Biwott, and Louis Wilkins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Louis Clarke ranks 210Before him are Arleigh Burke, Haj Ali Razmara, Frank Zamboni, Hugo Haas, Alfred Müller-Armack, and Frederick Loewe. After him are Daniel-Rops, Luis Brunetto, Gustav Machatý, Lajos Dinnyés, Francisco Ascaso, and Juan García Oliver. Among people deceased in 1977, Louis Clarke ranks 169Before him are André Labatut, Gustave Gilbert, Philipp Etter, Edward Van Dijck, Richard Addinsell, and Antonino Rocca. After him are Casimiro Torres, Kōichi Kido, Brian McGuire, Vladimir Tributs, Paul Bernays, and Edgar Basel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Louis Clarke ranks 6,182 out of 20,380Before him are Cassandra Peterson (1951), Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (1886), Joe Exotic (1963), Jack Kramer (1921), Helen Jacobs (1908), and Robert G. Ingersoll (1833). After him are James Redfield (1950), Amina Wadud (1952), Robert Picardo (1953), JoBeth Williams (1948), Otto Warmbier (1994), and Samuel Alito (1950).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Louis Clarke ranks 132Before him are William Gilmore (1895), Steve Anderson (1906), Eddie Hart (1949), Fred Alderman (1905), Jay O'Brien (1883), and Howard Valentine (1881). After him are Louis Wilkins (1882), Herbert Jamison (1875), John Mulcahy (1876), Frank Wykoff (1909), Marc Wright (1890), and James Juvenal (1874).