Joie Ray

American middle and long distance runner (1894–1978)
Person human Q942285
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Summary

Joie Ray was born on April 13, 1894[1], in Kankakee[2]. He died on May 15, 1978[3], in Benton Harbor[4]. He worked as an athletics competitor[5] and marathon runner[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (37 views/month, #7,293 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: United States[8]
  • Sex or gender: male[9]
  • Commons category: Joie Ray[10]
  • Sport: athletics[11]
  • Family name: Ray[12]
  • Given name: Joie[13]
  • Participant in: 1928 Summer Olympics[14], 1924 Summer Olympics[15], 1920 Summer Olympics[16]
  • Country for sport: United States[17]
  • Sports discipline competed in: middle-distance running[18]

Why It Matters

Joie Ray is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

FAQs

Where was Joie Ray born?

Joie Ray's place of birth was Kankakee[2].

Where did Joie Ray die?

Joie Ray died in Benton Harbor[4].

What did Joie Ray do for work?

Joie Ray worked as an athletics competitor[5] and marathon runner[6].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  8. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. wikidata.org.
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  16. [17] ↑ . World Athletics database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Kevin Scannell · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'fa', 'fr']
    Intersportstats athlete id → 3000013531
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 6w ago · WikiTrackBot · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Participant in → 1928 Summer Olympics, 1924 Summer Olympics, 1920 Summer Olympics
    Occupation → athletics competitor, marathon runner
    Athletics podium person id → 74720
    Instance of → —
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Athletics podium person id: 74720, add P13725 (74720) via [[toolforge:trackbot|athpod]]"
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