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Ron Clarke

1937 - 2015

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Ronald William Clarke, AO, MBE (21 February 1937 – 17 June 2015) was an Australian athlete, writer, and the Mayor of the Gold Coast from 2004 to 2012. He was one of the best-known middle- and long-distance runners in the 1960s, notable for setting seventeen world records. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ron Clarke is the 305th most popular athlete (down from 121st in 2019), the 123rd most popular biography from Australia (down from 79th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Australian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ron Clarke ranks 305 out of 6,025. Before him are Frank Loomis, Maurice Greene, Merlene Ottey, Faina Melnik, Galina Zybina, and Carlo Agostoni. After him are Eero Lehtonen, Georgios Orphanidis, Erik Almlöf, Carlo Pavesi, Edwin Flack, and Ivanka Khristova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Ron Clarke ranks 246. Before him are Marcian Hoff, Geki, Otto Pfister, Toribio Ticona Porco, Cheng Yen, and Wanda Jackson. After him are Ingrid Pitt, Aslan Usoyan, Vlatko Marković, Boris Yegorov, Klim Churyumov, and Márta Rudas. Among people deceased in 2015, Ron Clarke ranks 187. Before him are Movita Castaneda, Douglas Tompkins, László Paskai, Ahmed Chalabi, Lesley Gore, and Rico Rodriguez. After him are Gunnar Hansen, Richard Johnson, Wan Li, Betsy Palmer, James Aldridge, and John Henry Holland.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Ron Clarke ranks 123 out of 1,143. Before him are Kevin Rudd (1957), Terence Tao (1975), Mark Evans (1956), Roger Donaldson (1945), Norman Thomas Gilroy (1896), and Baz Luhrmann (1962). After him are John Farrow (1904), Jacki Weaver (1947), Mervyn Rose (1930), Samuel Alexander (1859), James Aldridge (1918), and Al Lawrence (1930).

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Among ATHLETES In Australia

Among athletes born in Australia, Ron Clarke ranks 2. Before him are Bobby Pearce (1905). After him are Al Lawrence (1930), Betty Cuthbert (1938), Peter Norman (1942), George Parker (1896), Gordon George Avery (1925), John Winter (1924), William Jones (null), Norma Croker (1934), Shirley Strickland (1925), and Stan Rowley (1876).

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