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Robert Hichens

1882 - 1940

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Robert Hichens (16 September 1882 – 23 September 1940) was a British sailor who was part of the deck crew on board the RMS Titanic when she sank on her maiden voyage on 15 April 1912. He was one of seven quartermasters on board the vessel and was at the ship's wheel when the Titanic struck the iceberg. He was in charge of Lifeboat No. 6, where he refused to return to rescue people from the water due to fear of the boat being sucked into the ocean with the huge suction created by the Titanic, or swamped by other floating passengers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Hichens is the 19th most popular athlete (up from 113th in 2019), the 1,005th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,795th in 2019) and the most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Robert Hichens ranks 19 out of 6,025. Before him are Douglas, John Flanagan, Ben Johnson, Carl Lewis, Iolanda Balaș, and Usain Bolt. After him are Louis Zamperini, Thomas Curtis, Charley Paddock, Dick Fosbury, Hannes Kolehmainen, and Frank Jarvis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Robert Hichens ranks 61. Before him are August Kopff, Princess Alexandra of Hanover, Yusef of Morocco, Éamon de Valera, Wacław Sierpiński, and Yakub Kolas. After him are Pavel Florensky, B. Traven, Petre Dumitrescu, Friedrich Dollmann, Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, and Fan Noli. Among people deceased in 1940, Robert Hichens ranks 36. Before him are Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Vito Volterra, Katharina Schratt, Édouard Vuillard, Vsevolod Meyerhold, and John A. Hobson. After him are Michael Hainisch, Frederick Cook, Nicolae Iorga, Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich, Gunnar Asplund, and Marcus Garvey.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Hichens ranks 1,005 out of 8,785. Before him are Julie Walters (1950), Edward B. Titchener (1867), Julia Gillard (1961), Jony Ive (1967), Richard Wilson (1936), and James Meade (1907). After him are James Thomson (1700), Alfred Radcliffe-Brown (1881), Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk (1517), Peter Shilton (1949), Tony Buzan (1942), and Reginald Lee (1870).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Robert Hichens ranks 1. After him are Bruno (null), Jonathan Edwards (1966), Charles Bennett (1870), Mark Phillips (1948), Zara Tindall (1981), Ken Matthews (1934), David Jacobs (1888), John Rimmer (1878), Don Thompson (1933), George S. Robertson (1872), and Thomas Hicks (1876).

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