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Perry McGillivray

1893 - 1944

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Perry McGillivray (August 5, 1893 – July 27, 1944) was an American competition swimmer and water polo player who represented the United States at the 1912 Summer Olympics and 1920 Summer Olympics. In the 1912 Olympics he competed in the 100-meter freestyle and reached the semifinal. He also was a member of the United States' 4×200-meter freestyle relay team, which won a silver medal. In the 1920 Olympics, he was fourth in the 100-metre backstroke and won a gold medal as a member of the United States' 4×200-meter freestyle relay team. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Perry McGillivray is the 116th most popular swimmer (up from 127th in 2019), the 8,585th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,145th in 2019) and the 51st most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Perry McGillivray ranks 116 out of 709. Before him are Yoshiyuki Tsuruta, Gunnar Larsson, Ada Kok, Gilbert Bozon, Ginny Duenkel, and Géza Kádas. After him are William Yorzyk, Natalie Coughlin, Claudia Kolb, Andrea Pollack, Frances Schroth, and Lance Larson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Perry McGillivray ranks 238. Before him are Willi Apel, Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, Nurul Amin, Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río, Luis Otero, and Toti Dal Monte. After him are Frances Schroth, Ichikawa Fusae, Ragnar Malm, Frans Blom, Maja Berezowska, and Walter Gordon. Among people deceased in 1944, Perry McGillivray ranks 278. Before him are Ștefania Mărăcineanu, Carl Eduard Hellmayr, Georg Dascher, Margaret Woodrow Wilson, Josef Lhévinne, and Rose O'Neill. After him are Kang Kyeong-ae, Hermann Hansen, Endre Steiner, Grigore Antipa, Frank Knox, and Stephen Leacock.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Perry McGillivray ranks 8,587 out of 20,380. Before him are Frankie Lymon (1942), Barbara Morgan (1951), Toni Frissell (1907), Edwin Graves (1897), Frederick Hovey (1868), and Sarah Palfrey Cooke (1912). After him are Walter J. Ong (1912), James P. Bagian (1952), David Todd Wilkinson (1935), D. B. Woodside (1969), Tom Arnold (1959), and Lucien Carr (1925).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Perry McGillivray ranks 51. Before him are Katie Ledecky (1997), Jan Henne (1947), Ethel Lackie (1907), Matt Biondi (1965), Lynn Burke (1943), and Ginny Duenkel (1947). After him are William Yorzyk (1933), Natalie Coughlin (1982), Claudia Kolb (1949), Frances Schroth (1893), Lance Larson (1940), and Adolph Kiefer (1918).

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