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Tom Simpson

1937 - 1967

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Thomas Simpson (30 November 1937 – 13 July 1967) was one of Britain's most successful professional cyclists. He was born in Haswell, County Durham, and later moved to Harworth, Nottinghamshire. Simpson began road cycling as a teenager before taking up track cycling, specialising in pursuit races. He won a bronze medal for track cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics and a silver at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tom Simpson is the 11th most popular cyclist (up from 23rd in 2019), the 1,214th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,323rd in 2019) and the most popular British Cyclist.

Tom Simpson is most famous for being the first British cyclist to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Tom Simpson ranks 11 out of 1,613. Before him are Maurice Garin, Gino Bartali, Raymond Poulidor, Bernard Hinault, Roger De Vlaeminck, and Miguel Induráin. After him are Lucien Petit-Breton, Joop Zoetemelk, Felice Gimondi, Federico Bahamontes, Lance Armstrong, and Alfredo Binda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Tom Simpson ranks 84. Before him are Kōichirō Matsuura, Ratan Tata, Michael Jeffery, Manuel Pinto da Costa, Karel Schwarzenberg, and Yılmaz Güney. After him are Thomas Nagel, Valentin Pavlov, Yoshirō Mori, Tamara Bunke, Tamara Press, and Song Hye-rim. Among people deceased in 1967, Tom Simpson ranks 64. Before him are Hugo Gernsback, Abdel Hakim Amer, Lorenzo Bandini, Carson McCullers, Julien Duvivier, and Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach. After him are Zinaida Serebriakova, Léon M'ba, Gus Grissom, Tamara Bunke, Julius Schaub, and Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tom Simpson ranks 1,214 out of 8,785. Before him are Mary Kingsley (1862), William Hague (1961), Reginald Johnston (1874), Johannes de Sacrobosco (1195), Roger Daltrey (1944), and William Bligh (1754). After him are A. J. Ayer (1910), Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (1915), Jill Ireland (1936), Pete Postlethwaite (1946), Ken Robinson (1950), and Eric Idle (1943).

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Among CYCLISTS In United Kingdom

Among cyclists born in United Kingdom, Tom Simpson ranks 1. After him are Frederick Keeping (1867), Benjamin Jones (1882), Leonard Meredith (1882), Georges Passerieu (1885), Phil Anderson (1958), Lloyd Hildebrand (1870), Charles Henry Bartlett (1885), Philippa York (1958), Harry Ryan (1893), Alan Newton (1931), and Gordon Thomas (1921).

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