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Ramón Fonst

1883 - 1959

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Ramón Fonst Segundo (July 31, 1883 – September 9, 1959) was a Cuban fencer who competed in the early 20th century. He was one of the greatest world fencers, individual and by team; he was born and died in Havana. He became the first non-European and the only Latin American to win a title. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ramón Fonst is the 15th most popular fencer (down from 7th in 2019), the 73rd most popular biography from Cuba (down from 54th in 2019) and the most popular Cuban Fencer.

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Among FENCERS

Among fencers, Ramón Fonst ranks 15 out of 349. Before him are Lucien Gaudin, Émile Coste, Gianluigi Saccaro, Lajos Werkner, Pál Kovács, and Győző Kulcsár. After him are Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici, Rudolf Kárpáti, Péter Tóth, Aldo Nadi, Henri Anspach, and Oszkár Gerde.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Ramón Fonst ranks 146. Before him are Lajos Werkner, August Zaleski, Otto Erich Deutsch, Mihály Babits, Thubten Choekyi Nyima, 9th Panchen Lama, and Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp. After him are Eleazar López Contreras, Naoya Shiga, Ota Benga, D. S. Senanayake, Vladimir Kappel, and Yevgeny Vakhtangov. Among people deceased in 1959, Ramón Fonst ranks 104. Before him are Ingrid Vang Nyman, Galaktion Tabidze, The Big Bopper, Bernard Berenson, Henri Vidal, and Franz Blücher. After him are Georges Lefebvre, Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife, Kafū Nagai, Irving Cummings, Eero Lehtonen, and Ki Hajar Dewantara.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Ramón Fonst ranks 73 out of 300. Before him are José Lezama Lima (1910), Ramón Castro Ruz (1924), Leonardo Padura Fuentes (1955), Mario García Menocal (1866), Pío Leyva (1917), and Dámaso Berenguer (1873). After him are Rico Rodriguez (1934), Frank País (1934), Jorge Bolet (1914), Eliades Ochoa (1946), Félix Rodríguez (1941), and Laurel Aitken (1927).

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Among FENCERS In Cuba

Among fencers born in Cuba, Ramón Fonst ranks 1. After him are Manuel Díaz (1874), and Iván Trevejo (1971).

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