Running (track, road)
32 famous people found
-
Carl LEWIS
American former track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals, one Olympic silver medal, and 10 World Championships medals, including eight gold
1961
-
Cathy FREEMAN
Australian former sprinter
1973
-
Jesse OWENS
American track and field athlete and four-time gold medalist in the 1936 Olympic Games
1913 - 1980
-
Ville RITOLA
Finnish long-distance runner
1896 - 1982
-
Guy DRUT
French Olympic champion and politician, Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
1950
-
Julot LADOUMÈGUE
French middle-distance runner
1906 - 1973
-
Michel JAZY
French former middle-distance runner and long-distance runner
1936
-
Colette BESSON
French athlete, the surprise winner of the 400 m at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City
1946 - 2005
-
Jean BOUIN
French athlete
1888 - 1914
-
Sébastien BARC
French paralympian athlete
1971
-
Joseph GUILLEMOT
French middle- and long-distance runner
1899 - 1975
-
Michel THEATO
Luxembourgish long-distance runner, winner of the marathon at the 1900 Olympics in Paris for France
1878 - 1923
-
Jacques LUNIS
French athlete
1923 - 2008
-
Bryan CANTERO
French athlete
1991
-
Jean-Claude NALLET
French sprinter
1947
-
Guy TEXEREAU
French long-distance runner
1935 - 2001
-
Lucien DUQUESNE
French athlete
1900 - 1991
-
Louis Zamperini
American World War II veteran, an Olympic distance runner and a Christian evangelist
1917 - 2014
-
Fanny Blankers-Koen
Dutch track and field athlete
1918 - 2004
-
Ivo Van Damme
Belgian middle-distance runner
1954 - 1976