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Muhammad Ali, born on January 17, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, was a boxer, autobiographer and activist. Death is recorded on June 3, 2016, at the age of 74. Muhammad Ali was educated at Central High School and Santa Monica College. Listed accolades include Presidential Citizens Medal (2001), Presidential Medal of Freedom (2005), Philadelphia Liberty Medal and 5 more. The listed height was 191 cm.
My Take
Ali is the one athlete I would defend as genuinely larger than his sport. The boxing alone justifies the title, since a 191-centimeter heavyweight who moved like a lightweight rewired what the division could be. But my real admiration is for the cost he accepted outside the ring: refusing the Vietnam draft in 1967, he was convicted of draft evasion and stripped of his titles until the Supreme Court overturned the conviction in 1971, losing prime years to conviction of another kind, talked endlessly and somehow backed up every word, then spent his later decades showing a different kind of courage in public. The shelf of honors, from the Presidential Medal of Freedom on down, reads almost redundant. The Greatest usually sounds like marketing, but in his case I consider it a plain description.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Muhammad Ali
- Name (Japanese)
- モハメド・アリ
- Reading
- もはめど・あり
- Born
- January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016
- Origin
- Louisville, Kentucky, United States
- Height
- 191 cm
- Occupation
- boxer / autobiographer / activist / author / athlete
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Horse
2. Background
- High school
- Central High School
- University
- Santa Monica College
Awards & achievements
- 2001 Presidential Citizens Medal
- 2005 Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Philadelphia Liberty Medal
- Arthur Ashe Courage Award
- 2005 Otto Hahn Peace Medal
- Library of Congress Living Legend
- 1974 Associated Press Athlete of the Year
- 2002 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
3. Links
- Official sitehttp://ali.com
- Xhttps://x.com/MuhammadAli
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad%20Ali
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A2%E3%83%8F%E3%83%A1%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AA
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36107
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Muhammad Ali born?
Muhammad Ali was born on January 17, 1942.
When did Muhammad Ali die?
Muhammad Ali died on June 3, 2016, aged 74.
Where was Muhammad Ali from?
Muhammad Ali was from Louisville, Kentucky, United States.
What did Muhammad Ali do?
Muhammad Ali worked as boxer, autobiographer, activist, author, athlete.
How tall was Muhammad Ali?
Muhammad Ali was 191 cm tall.
Where did Muhammad Ali study?
Muhammad Ali attended Santa Monica College.
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