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Rafer Johnson

1935 - 2020

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Rafer Lewis Johnson (August 18, 1934 – December 2, 2020) was an American decathlete and film and television actor. He was the 1960 Olympic gold medalist in the decathlon, having won silver in 1956. He had previously won a gold at the 1955 Pan American Games. Johnson was the U.S. team's flag bearer at the 1960 Olympics and lit the Olympic cauldron at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rafer Johnson is the 489th most popular athlete (down from 298th in 2019), the 5,891st most popular biography from United States (down from 4,838th in 2019) and the 122nd most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Rafer Johnson ranks 489 out of 6,025. Before him are Boris Melnikov, Gisela Birkemeyer, Veikko Karvonen, Betty Robinson, Veikko Kankkonen, and Jean Pickering. After him are Paavo Yrjölä, Milan Nenadić, Steinar Amundsen, Adolf Wiklund, Wally Kinnear, and Imre Nagy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Rafer Johnson ranks 269. Before him are Andréa Parisy, Belinda Lee, Doug McClure, Valentin Gaft, Alfrēds Rubiks, and Syd Field. After him are Bernard Pivot, Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., Hrvoje Šarinić, Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, Oscar Panno, and Giacomo Losi. Among people deceased in 2020, Rafer Johnson ranks 350. Before him are Ramadan Shalah, Tomás Balcázar, Kićo Slabinac, Julian Bream, Valentin Gaft, and Roger Vonlanthen. After him are Goran Paskaljević, Belaid Abdessalam, Irm Hermann, Oscar Cruz, Jasraj, and Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rafer Johnson ranks 5,891 out of 20,380. Before him are Rick Aviles (1952), Betty Robinson (1911), Ona Munson (1903), Maxwell Perkins (1884), George Nichols (1864), and Eric S. Raymond (1957). After him are Ken Davitian (1953), Ralph Ellison (1914), Lou Donaldson (1926), Charles F. Brush (1849), Diahnne Abbott (1945), and Al Taliaferro (1905).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Rafer Johnson ranks 122. Before him are Frank Irons (1886), Platt Adams (1885), Mike Conley Sr. (1962), Vince Gallagher (1899), Alice Brown (1960), and Betty Robinson (1911). After him are Donald Lippincott (1893), Mildred McDaniel (1933), Leo Sexton (1909), William Gilmore (1895), Steve Anderson (1906), and Eddie Hart (1949).

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