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Thomas Curtis

1873 - 1944

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Thomas Pelham Curtis (January 9, 1873 – May 23, 1944) was an American athlete and the winner of the 110 metres hurdles at the 1896 Summer Olympics. Curtis, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology student of electrical engineering, travelled to Athens as a member of the Boston Athletic Association. Curtis was also a student at Columbia University. At the first day of the first modern Olympic Games, Curtis advanced to the 100 metres final by winning his heat with a time of 12.2 seconds. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Curtis is the 21st most popular athlete (up from 121st in 2019), the 1,595th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,185th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Thomas Curtis ranks 21 out of 6,025. Before him are Ben Johnson, Carl Lewis, Iolanda Balaș, Usain Bolt, Robert Hichens, and Louis Zamperini. After him are Charley Paddock, Dick Fosbury, Hannes Kolehmainen, Frank Jarvis, Georgios Roubanis, and Mike Powell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Thomas Curtis ranks 37. Before him are William McMaster Murdoch, Félix d'Herelle, John Flanagan, Feodor Chaliapin, Alice Guy-Blaché, and Radoje Domanović. After him are Christian Rakovsky, Ivanoe Bonomi, Tullio Levi-Civita, Charles Péguy, Hayim Nahman Bialik, and Constantin Carathéodory. Among people deceased in 1944, Thomas Curtis ranks 69. Before him are Hans-Valentin Hube, Kasturba Gandhi, Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, Vera Menchik, Walter Nowotny, and George Stinney. After him are Friedrich Dollmann, Otto von Below, E. M. Antoniadi, Emilio De Bono, Artur Phleps, and Bronislav Kaminski.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thomas Curtis ranks 1,595 out of 20,380. Before him are Billy Bob Thornton (1955), Sissy Spacek (1949), John Cheever (1912), Alyson Hannigan (1974), Stephanie Kwolek (1923), and Dale T. Mortensen (1939). After him are Joseph Nye (1937), Robert Rauschenberg (1925), Charley Paddock (1900), Woody Harrelson (1961), Grace Zabriskie (1941), and Blake Edwards (1922).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Thomas Curtis ranks 7. Before him are Jesse Owens (1913), Florence Griffith Joyner (1959), Thomas Burke (1875), Bob Beamon (1946), Carl Lewis (1961), and Louis Zamperini (1917). After him are Charley Paddock (1900), Dick Fosbury (1947), Frank Jarvis (1878), Mike Powell (1963), Archie Hahn (1880), and Ronnie Coleman (1964).

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