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Walter Tewksbury

1876 - 1968

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John Walter Beardsley Tewksbury (March 21, 1876 – April 24, 1968) was an American track and field athlete. At the 1900 Summer Olympics, he won five medals, including two golds. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Tewksbury is the 189th most popular athlete (up from 246th in 2019), the 3,950th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,402nd in 2019) and the 54th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Walter Tewksbury ranks 189 out of 6,025. Before him are Dorando Pietri, William Petersson, Bobby Pearce, Alex Wilson, Dominik Hašek, and Eugène Mougin. After him are Jim Hines, Volmari Iso-Hollo, Earle Meadows, Emmanuel Foulon, Adhemar da Silva, and Dragutin Šurbek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Walter Tewksbury ranks 99. Before him are Thomas Hicks, Francesc Cambó, Erhard Schmidt, Irving Baxter, Ioannis Georgiadis, and Mieczysław Karłowicz. After him are William Sealy Gosset, Alexandre Tuffère, Yusuf Akçura, Óscar R. Benavides, Mack Swain, and Aaron Aaronsohn. Among people deceased in 1968, Walter Tewksbury ranks 101. Before him are Chester Carlson, Duke Kahanamoku, Randolph Churchill, Rezső Seress, Toivo Mikael Kivimäki, and Hans Cramer. After him are Tallulah Bankhead, Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine, Gholamreza Takhti, Sigfried Giedion, Herbert Read, and Chana Orloff.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Tewksbury ranks 3,950 out of 20,380. Before him are Willy DeVille (1950), Ruth Teitelbaum (1924), Nolan North (1970), Timothy Hutton (1960), Mary Tyler Moore (1936), and Rosemary Clooney (1928). After him are Harry F. Byrd Jr. (1914), Benjamin West (1738), Shannon Lee (1969), Billy Porter (1969), Barry Bostwick (1945), and Leslie Easterbrook (1949).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Walter Tewksbury ranks 54. Before him are Hélène de Pourtalès (1868), Maxie Long (1878), John Anderson (1907), Barbara Jones (1937), Jim Bausch (1906), and Irving Baxter (1876). After him are Jim Hines (1946), Earle Meadows (1913), John Powell (1947), Morgan Taylor (1903), Edwin Moses (1955), and Samuel Jones (1880).

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