BOXER

Oliver Kirk

1884 - 1960

Photo of Oliver Kirk

Icon of person Oliver Kirk

Oliver Leonard Kirk (April 20, 1884 – March 14, 1960) was an American bantamweight and featherweight professional boxer who won two gold medals in Boxing at the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born in Beatrice, Nebraska and died in St. Louis, Missouri. Kirk is the only boxer in Olympic history to ever win two gold medals in two separate weight divisions at the same Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oliver Kirk is the 57th most popular boxer (down from 54th in 2019), the 5,344th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,858th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular American Boxer.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Oliver Kirk by language

Loading...

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Oliver Kirk ranks 57 out of 496. Before him are Éder Jofre, Ezzard Charles, John L. Sullivan, Tommy Morrison, Rocky Graziano, and Piero Toscani. After him are Francisco Guilledo, Calistrat Cuțov, Félix Savón, Ernesto Hoost, Július Torma, and Pascual Pérez.

Most Popular Boxers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Oliver Kirk ranks 128. Before him are Bohumil Kubišta, Rickard Sandler, Blanche Stuart Scott, Bernhard Goetzke, Princess Caroline Reuss of Greiz, and Ralph Benatzky. After him are Sophie Liebknecht, Willem Marinus Dudok, Juhan Aavik, Joseph Rock, Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria, and Forrest Smithson. Among people deceased in 1960, Oliver Kirk ranks 132. Before him are Nevil Shute, Móric Esterházy, Semyon Lavochkin, Catherine Desnitski, Harry Schell, and Marcello Piacentini. After him are André Patry, Ward Bond, Mitrofan Nedelin, Lottie Dod, Wander Johannes de Haas, and Hisamuddin of Selangor.

Others Born in 1884

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1960

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Oliver Kirk ranks 5,344 out of 20,380. Before him are Roseanne Barr (1952), Albert Ayler (1936), Jim Courier (1970), Jimmy Douglas (1898), Hot Rod Hundley (1934), and John Tukey (1915). After him are Jon Krakauer (1954), Kaʻahumanu (1768), Ward Bond (1903), Norman Vincent Peale (1898), Freddie Hubbard (1938), and Francis Scott Key (1779).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Oliver Kirk ranks 33. Before him are Leon Spinks (1953), Earnie Shavers (1944), Ezzard Charles (1921), John L. Sullivan (1858), Tommy Morrison (1969), and Rocky Graziano (1919). After him are Jersey Joe Walcott (1914), James J. Corbett (1866), Buster Douglas (1960), Carmen Barth (1912), Gene Tunney (1897), and Oscar De La Hoya (1973).

American born Boxers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous