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Terry Fox

1958 - 1981

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Terrance Stanley Fox (July 28, 1958 – June 28, 1981) was a Canadian athlete, humanitarian, and cancer research activist. In 1980, having had one leg amputated due to cancer, he embarked on a cross-Canada run to raise money and awareness for cancer research. The annual Terry Fox Run, first held in 1981, has grown to involve millions of participants in over 60 countries and is the world's largest one-day fundraiser for cancer research; over C$900 million has been raised in his name through the Terry Fox Research Institute as of September 2024. Fox was a distance runner and basketball player for Port Coquitlam Senior Secondary School, later named after him, and Simon Fraser University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Terry Fox is the 398th most popular athlete (down from 252nd in 2019), the 273rd most popular biography from Canada (down from 217th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Canadian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Terry Fox ranks 398 out of 6,025. Before him are Peter Norman, Gerhard Stöck, Émile Fisseux, Jimmy Ball, Bobbie Rosenfeld, and Nasser Al-Attiyah. After him are John Ainsworth-Davis, Constance Titus, Rosa Mota, Daniel Kinsey, Carl Diem, and László Berti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Terry Fox ranks 168. Before him are David O. Russell, Michael Wincott, Yan Lianke, Viacheslav Fetisov, Giovanni Galli, and Vlado Goreski. After him are Tita, Rosa Mota, Limahl, David C. Jewitt, Francisco Buyo, and Abdul Kabir. Among people deceased in 1981, Terry Fox ranks 141. Before him are Constantin Rădulescu, Julio Libonatti, Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling, Philippe Étancelin, Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza, and Robert Montgomery. After him are Gerhard Marcks, Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, Allan Dwan, Arthur O'Connell, Ivan Galamian, and Evsei Liberman.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Terry Fox ranks 273 out of 1,622. Before him are Gerald Bull (1928), John Murray (1841), John Kricfalusi (1955), Michael Bublé (1975), Ray Bourque (1960), and Michael Wincott (1958). After him are Agnes Martin (1912), Henri Richard (1936), Lawrence Stroll (1959), Colleen Dewhurst (1924), Ernest Burgess (1886), and John Abbott (1821).

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Among ATHLETES In Canada

Among athletes born in Canada, Terry Fox ranks 10. Before him are Ethel Smith (1907), Alex Wilson (1905), David Hall (1875), Douglas Bennett (1918), Walter Byron (1894), and Earl Thomson (1895). After him are Betty Taylor (1916), Duncan McNaughton (1910), Doug Rogers (1941), Peter Kirby (1931), Harry Watson (1898), and Étienne Desmarteau (1873).

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