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Paul Anderson

1932 - 1994

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Paul Edward Anderson (October 17, 1932 – August 15, 1994) was an American weightlifter, powerlifter and strongman. He was an Olympic gold medalist, a world champion, and a two-time national champion in Olympic weightlifting. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Anderson is the 1,076th most popular athlete (down from 563rd in 2019), the 7,908th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,352nd in 2019) and the 222nd most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Paul Anderson ranks 1,076 out of 6,025. Before him are Irina Privalova, Marcus Hurley, Erkki Kataja, Ingrid Lotz, Pauli Nevala, and Johannes Thingnes Bø. After him are Josef Doležal, Michel Scheuer, Wiesław Maniak, Bohuslav Karlík, Georgios Papasideris, and Enriqueta Basilio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Paul Anderson ranks 374. Before him are Aleksandr Belyavsky, Billie Whitelaw, Ben Bova, Brian Murphy, Vasili Kuznetsov, and Cesare Perdisa. After him are Bronius Kutavičius, Casey Kasem, John Lyons, Alain Besançon, John Flynn, and Lewis Binford. Among people deceased in 1994, Paul Anderson ranks 266. Before him are Lilly Scholz, Norberto Menéndez, Augusts Voss, Hermann Josef Abs, Jan Dobraczyński, and Willi Eichhorn. After him are Ion Lăpușneanu, József Háda, Fernando de Santiago, Reinaldo Gorno, Medea Japaridze, and Anita Lizana.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Anderson ranks 7,910 out of 20,380. Before him are Logic (1990), Dylan Baker (1959), Alice Faye (1915), Bill Sharman (1926), Stephen Hunter (1946), and Silas Weir Mitchell (1969). After him are Randy Jones (1952), Ted Raimi (1965), Eriq La Salle (1962), Carmen Basilio (1927), Charles Dana Gibson (1867), and Lawrence Summers (1954).

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