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Myrtle Cook

1902 - 1985

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Myrtle Alice Cook (also competed as Myrtle McGowan) (January 5, 1902 – March 18, 1985) was a Canadian athlete who won the gold medal in the women's 4 × 100 metres at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Myrtle Cook is the 14,807th most popular politician (up from 15,739th in 2019), the 406th most popular biography from Canada (up from 475th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Canadian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Myrtle Cook ranks 14,807 out of 19,576. Before her are Piyusti, Mikhail Tugan-Baranovsky, Rafi ud-Darajat, Margaret Beckett, Ila-kabkabu, and José María Moncada. After her are Hannibal Sehested, Julio Acosta García, Alicia Moreau de Justo, Kiran Bedi, Alfonso Portillo, and Pedro María de Anaya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Myrtle Cook ranks 243. Before her are Ethelda Bleibtrey, Jesús Bermúdez, Edward Condon, Nils Rosén, Princess Sophie of Luxembourg, and Johan Borgen. After her are Josef von Báky, Alexander Abusch, Otto Winzer, Giuseppe Lepori, Ernő Goldfinger, and Leopold Lindtberg. Among people deceased in 1985, Myrtle Cook ranks 190. Before her are Victor Carlund, Rudolf Gnägi, Arkady Fiedler, Božo Broketa, Taylor Caldwell, and George London. After her are Harald Cramér, Hua Luogeng, Ruth Orkin, George Raynor, Ilka Gedő, and Georges Verriest.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Myrtle Cook ranks 406 out of 1,622. Before her are R. B. Bennett (1870), Stu Hart (1915), Edge (1973), Harry Saltzman (1915), Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923), and Philip Guston (1913). After her are Steven Erikson (1959), Barbara Ann Scott (1928), Marc-André Hamelin (1961), Mary Harron (1953), Teresa Stratas (1938), and Bob Ezrin (1949).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, Myrtle Cook ranks 42. Before her are Julie Payette (1963), Michael Ignatieff (1947), Arthur Meighen (1874), Ted Cruz (1970), Brock Chisholm (1896), and R. B. Bennett (1870). After her are Jacques Parizeau (1930), Hilda Cameron (1912), Jagmeet Singh (1979), William Cockburn (1902), Pauline Marois (1949), and Georges Vanier (1888).

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