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Robert Farnan

1877 - 1939

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Robert E. Farnan (June 11, 1877 – January 10, 1939) was an American rower who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born and died in New York City. In 1904, he won the gold medal in the coxless pairs. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Farnan is the 996th most popular athlete (up from 1,500th in 2019), the 7,662nd most popular biography from United States (up from 9,497th in 2019) and the 210th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Robert Farnan ranks 996 out of 6,025Before him are Noemí Simonetto de Portela, Adolphe Grisel, Hiroshi Suzuki, Bruno Boni, Thomas Munkelt, and Raymond Salles. After him are Bohumil Kudrna, Albert Champoudry, Godfrey Rampling, Zvonimir Vujin, Gjermund Eggen, and Ingemar Johansson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Robert Farnan ranks 153Before him are Abelardo Olivier, Andrejs Upīts, Miltiadis Gouskos, Ernst Wetter, Otto Gebühr, and Sidney Johnson. After him are Maud Wagner, Semyon Frank, Katherine Sophie Dreier, Julius Curtius, Johannes Schmidt, and Consuelo Vanderbilt. Among people deceased in 1939, Robert Farnan ranks 133Before him are Boris Grigoriev, Sidney Howard, Kullervo Manner, Ford Sterling, Georges Pitoëff, and Charles P. Dixon. After him are Hugo Jahnke, Dmitry Grave, Lois Weber, Platon Oyunsky, Perikles Kakousis, and Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Farnan ranks 7,664 out of 20,380Before him are Peggy Wood (1892), Charlotte Moore Sitterly (1898), Julia Stiles (1981), Mitchell Leisen (1898), George Washington Williams (1849), and Joan Shawlee (1926). After him are Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858), George Kojac (1910), Rita Mae Brown (1944), Marion Jones Farquhar (1879), Julian Steward (1902), and David Johansen (1950).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Robert Farnan ranks 210Before him are Emmett Toppino (1909), Frank Foss (1895), Harriet Bland (1915), Henry Carr (1941), Harry Porter (1882), and Sidney Johnson (1877). After him are Honus Wagner (1874), Marvin Stalder (1905), Karl Warner (1908), Richard Murphy (1931), William Varley (1880), and Niger at the 2020 Summer Olympics#Judo (null).