Louis Zamperini
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 10 years ago |
Date of birth | January 26,1917 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Olean |
New York | |
United States | |
Date of died | July 2,2014 |
Died | Los Angeles |
California | |
United States | |
Spouse | Cynthia Applewhite |
Children | Luke Zamperini |
Cissy Zamperini | |
Height | 175 (cm) |
Job | Veteran |
Army officer | |
Motivational speaker | |
Runner | |
Education | Torrance High School |
University of Southern California | |
Books | Don't Give Up, Don't Give in: Lessons from an Extraordinary Life |
Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II | |
Movies/Shows | Zamperini: Still Carrying the Torch |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame | |
Glickman | |
Unbroken | |
Awards | Distinguished Flying Cross |
Prisoner of War Medal | |
Purple Heart | |
Air Medal | |
Siblings | Pete Zamperini |
Sylvia Zamperini | |
Virginia Zamperini | |
Played by | Jack O'Connell |
C.J. Valleroy | |
Parents | Anthony Zamperini |
Louise Dossi | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 606989 |
Louis Zamperini Life story
Louis Silvie Zamperini was an American World War II veteran, an Olympic distance runner and a Christian Evangelist. He took up running in high school and qualified for the United States in the 5,000 m race for the 1936 Berlin Olympics, finishing 8th while setting a new lap record in the process.