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Norman Ross

1895 - 1953

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Norman DeMille Ross (May 2, 1895 – June 19, 1953) was an American competition swimmer who won five events at the Inter-Allied Games in June 1919, held at Joinville-Le-Pont near Paris, and three gold medals at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. He set thirteen world records and won eighteen U.S. national championships during his career. In later years he was a popular Chicago radio personality known to listeners as "Uncle Normie." His son, Norman A Ross Jr. (1922–2008), was a well-known radio and television host, corporate executive and civic leader in Chicago. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Norman Ross is the 86th most popular swimmer (down from 71st in 2019), the 7,358th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,952nd in 2019) and the 38th most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Norman Ross ranks 86 out of 709. Before him are John Devitt, Ethelda Bleibtrey, Murray Rose, Tetsuo Okamoto, Irene Guest, and Chris von Saltza. After him are Ian Thorpe, Greta Johansson, Lillian Watson, Katherine Rawls, Gary Hall Jr., and John Derbyshire.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Norman Ross ranks 233. Before him are Béla Illés, André Gaboriaud, Jack Northrop, Ali Mansur, Olga Spessivtseva, and Ernie Collett. After him are Andreas Alföldi, Greta Johansson, Frank Foss, Eduard Bagritsky, Edmund Wilson, and Melville J. Herskovits. Among people deceased in 1953, Norman Ross ranks 142. Before him are Trần Trọng Kim, Georg Zacharias, Graciliano Ramos, Ludomir Różycki, Vladas Mironas, and Bogdan Kobulov. After him are Kaarlo Koskelo, Karel Domin, Edmund Dulac, Walter Wild, Sven Gustaf Wingqvist, and Dimitri Arakishvili.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Norman Ross ranks 7,360 out of 20,380. Before him are Connie Stevens (1938), May McAvoy (1899), Michael B. Jordan (1987), Yvonne Elliman (1951), Joe Sutter (1921), and Joey Bishop (1918). After him are Taylor Sheridan (1970), Norbert Schemansky (1924), Paul Theroux (1941), Robert Curry (1882), Rick Hoffman (1970), and Leslie West (1945).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Norman Ross ranks 38. Before him are Helen Johns (1914), Sandy Neilson (1956), Edgar Adams (1868), Ethelda Bleibtrey (1902), Irene Guest (1900), and Chris von Saltza (1944). After him are Lillian Watson (1950), Katherine Rawls (1917), Gary Hall Jr. (1974), George Kojac (1910), Don McKenzie (1947), and Jack Medica (1914).

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