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    Alan Webb

    Birthday: 01/13/83 Mile PR: 3:46.91 - 2007
    Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 3:30.54 - 2007

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    Bernard Lagat

    Birthday: 12/12/74 Mile PR: 3:47.28 - 2001
    Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 3:26.34 - 2001 (#2 all-time)

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    Dave Wottle

    Birthday: 08/07/50 Mile PR: 3:53.3 - 1973
    Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 3:36.2 - 1973

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    Diane Leather Charles

    Birthday: 01/07/33 Mile PR: 4:45.00 - 1955 (former world best)
    Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 4:22.2 – 1955

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    Don Bowden

    Birthday: 08/08/36 Mile PR: 3:58.70 - 1957
    Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 3:46.50 - 1957

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    Doris Brown Heritage

    Birthday: 09/17/42 Mile PR: 4:39.6 - 1971
    Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 4:14.6 - 1971

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    Dyrol Burleson

    Birthday: 04/27/40 Mile PR: 3:55.60 - 1963
    Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 3:38.80 - 1964

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    Francie Larrieu Smith

    Birthday: 11/23/52 Mile PR: 4:27.52 - 1979
    Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 4:05.09 - 1976

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    Gabriele Grunewald

    Birthday: 06/25/86 Mile PR: 4:21.3 (road) - 2013
    Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 4:01.48 - 2013

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    Glenn Cunningham

    Birthday: 08/04/09 Mile PR: 4:06.8 - 1934 (former world record)
    Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 3:48.0 - 1940

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    Heather Kampf

    Birthday: 01/19/87 Mile PR: 4:19.7 (road) - 2016
    Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 4:04.46 - 2016

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    Herb Elliott

    Birthday: 02/25/38 Mile PR: 3:54.5 - 1958 (former world record)
    Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 3:35.6 - 1960 (former world record)

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    Jan Merrill

    Birthday: 06/18/56 Mile PR: 4:28.3 - 1979
    Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 4:02.61 - 1976

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    Jim Beatty

    Birthday: 10/28/34 Mile PR: 3:55.5 - 1963
    Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 3:39.4 - 1962

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    Jim Grelle

    Birthday: 09/30/36 Mile PR: 3:55.4 - 1965
    Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 3:38.9 - 1964

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    Jim Ryun

    Birthday: 04/29/47 Mile PR: 3:51.1 - 1967 (former world record)
    Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 3:33.1 - 1967 (former WR)

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    Jim Spivey

    Birthday: 03/07/60 Mile PR: 3:49.80 - 1986
    Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 3:31.01 - 1988

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    John Paul Jones

    Birthday: 10/15/1890 Mile PR: 4:14.4 - 1913 (former world record)
    Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 3:57.2 - 1912

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    Leo Manzano

    Birthday: 09/12/84 Mile PR: 3:50.64 - 2010
    Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 3:30.98 - 2014

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    Louis Zamperini

    Birthday: 01/26/17 Mile PR: 4:07.9 (indoors) - 1940
    Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 3:52.6 - 1939

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    Marty Liquori

    Birthday: 09/11/49 Mile PR: 3:52.2 - 1975
    Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 3:36.0 - 1971

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    Mary Decker Slaney

    Birthday: 08/04/58 Mile PR: 4:16.71 - 1985 (former AR & WR)
    Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 3:57.12 - 1983 (former AR)

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    Peter Snell

    Birthday: 12/17/38 Mile PR: 3:54.1 - 1964 (former world record)
    Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 3:37.6 - 1964

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    Roger Bannister

    Birthday: 03/23/29 Mile PR: 3:58.8 - 1954
    Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 3:42.2 - 1954

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    Ruth Wysocki

    Birthday: 03/08/57 Mile PR: 4:21.78 - 1984
    Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 4:00.18 - 1984

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    Shannon Rowbury

    Birthday: 09/19/84 Mile PR: 4:19.2 (road) - 2008
    Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 3:56.29 - 2015 (former U.S. record)

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    Steve Prefontaine

    Birthday: 01/25/51 Mile PR: 3:54.6 - 1973
    Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 3:38.1 - 1973

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    Steve Scott

    Birthday: 05/05/56 Mile PR: 3:47.69 - 1982
    Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 3:31.76 - 1985

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    Suzy Favor Hamilton

    Birthday: 08/08/68 Mile PR: 4:22.93 - 1998
    Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 3:57.40 - 2000

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    Wes Santee

    Birthday: 03/25/32 Mile PR: 4:00.5 - 1955
    Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 3:42.8 - 1954 (former world record)

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