Roger Bannister
/ˌrɒdʒə ˈbænɪstə(r)/
/ˌrɑːdʒər ˈbænɪstər/
- (1929-2018) the first person to run a mile in under four minutes. He achieved this in 1954 while he was a medical student at Oxford University. He later had an impressive medical career. He was made a knight in 1975. He became ill with Parkinson's disease in 2011.