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Mel Sheppard

1883 - 1942

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Melvin Whinfield "Peerless Mel" Sheppard (September 5, 1883 – January 4, 1942) was an American athlete, member of the Irish American Athletic Club, and winner of four gold medals and one silver medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics and 1912 Summer Olympics. Along with Henry Taylor of the United Kingdom, he was the most successful athlete at the 1908 Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mel Sheppard is the 896th most popular athlete (down from 465th in 2019), the 7,385th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,983rd in 2019) and the 198th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Mel Sheppard ranks 896 out of 6,025. Before him are Lennox Miller, Abelardo Olivier, Edward Cook, Olha Bryzhina, Jan Jindra, and Manlio Di Rosa. After him are Helena Fibingerová, Frantz Reichel, Gábor Delneky, Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, and Ileana Silai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Mel Sheppard ranks 211. Before him are Rube Goldberg, Pietro Bianchi, Pentti Eskola, Dorothy Holman, Marion Lorne, and Olav Aukrust. After him are Edith Clarke, Ford Sterling, František Drtikol, Feodor Gladkov, Pencho Zlatev, and Gaston Amson. Among people deceased in 1942, Mel Sheppard ranks 201. Before him are Alfred Asikainen, Joaquín Sánchez de Toca, Pranas Dovydaitis, Jüri Jaakson, Gertrud Adelborg, and Clinton Hart Merriam. After him are Ruth Maier, Sakutarō Hagiwara, Hermann Harms, May Robson, Adolphe Grisel, and Hernando Siles Reyes.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mel Sheppard ranks 7,387 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Giacchino (1967), Edward Cook (1888), Jon Stewart (1962), John Kassir (1957), Cameron Crowe (1957), and Richard Fortus (1966). After him are Joseph Engelberger (1925), Marty Balin (1942), Sean Patrick Flanery (1965), Sophia Bush (1982), Mary Oliver (1935), and Robert Taylor (1932).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Mel Sheppard ranks 198. Before him are James Workman (1908), George Saling (1909), Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston (1903), Edwin Hedley (1864), Norbert Schemansky (1924), and Edward Cook (1888). After him are Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1962), Dan Ayrault (1935), Paul Costello (1894), Arthur Harnden (1924), Willie Steele (1923), and Emmett Toppino (1909).

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