Philip Roth was an American novelist and short-story writer known for his intense autobiographical style and explorations of American identity. His works include the award-winning 'Goodbye, Columbus' and 'Portnoy's Complaint.'
This is based on winning 3 head-to-head matchups with other famous people, but also losing 18 head-to-head matchups.
Most recently Philip Roth lost a matchup to Usain Bolt (#129) voted by someone from Canada.