Adolph Kiefer
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American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, businessman, chief executive officer (1918–2017)
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Vinony's link graph records 101 inbound references to Adolph Kiefer, and connects out to United States, Vienna and Chicago.
It is catalogued under topics including 1918 births, 2017 deaths and 20th-century American inventors.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1918 or 19
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Learning to swim in 12 easy steps
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Los Angeles
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Discography
- Kickinit Alone2017
- Miss U2018
- Happysad2018
- Bridges2019
- Superbloom2019
- Beginnings2019
- Vacuum Lessons2021
- Superhero2021
- Friends2021
- Everybody Loves the Sunshine2021
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Adolph
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- Lake County
- Occupation
- inventor
- Sport
- competitive swimming
- Country for sport
- United States
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- United States Navy
- Image
- Adolph Kiefer 1935.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1918-06-27
- nickname
- Sonny Boy
- birth name
- Adolph Gustav Kiefer
- date of death
- 2017-05-05
- name in native language
- Adolph Kiefer
- Commons category
- Adolph Kiefer
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Categories
1918 births2017 deaths20th-century American inventors20th-century American sportsmenAmerican male backstroke swimmersAmerican people of German descentColumbia College, Columbia University alumniHistory of science and technology in the United StatesMedalists at the 1936 Summer OlympicsMilitary personnel from IllinoisOlympic gold medalists for the United States in swimmingSwimmers at the 1936 Summer OlympicsSwimmers from ChicagoTexas Longhorns men's swimmersUnited States Navy officersUnited States Navy personnel of World War IIUnited States Navy sailorsUniversity of Texas at Austin alumniWorld record setters in swimming