SWIMMER

Adolph Kiefer

1918 - 2017

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Adolph Gustav Kiefer (June 27, 1918 – May 5, 2017) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic competitor, the last surviving gold medalist of the 1936 Summer Olympics and former world record-holder. He was the first man in the world to swim the 100-yard backstroke in under one minute. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adolph Kiefer has received more than 90,729 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Adolph Kiefer is the 135th most popular swimmer (down from 92nd in 2019), the 10,434th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,874th in 2019) and the 48th most popular American Swimmer.

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  • 43.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Adolph Kiefer ranks 135 out of 709. Before him are Julius Frey, Clare Dennis, György Mitró, Jan Henne, Claudia Kolb, and Jennie Fletcher. After him are Warren Kealoha, Shirley Stobs, Bob Skelton, Kathy Ellis, Inge de Bruijn, and Wilhelm Lützow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Adolph Kiefer ranks 296. Before him are Jeanne Bates, Said Mohamed Jaffar, Elaine de Kooning, Eddy Arnold, Alberto Héber Usher, and Norman Granz. After him are Kenneth Connor, Jafar Salmasi, Edith Massey, Virginia Davis, Guillermo Lovell, and Albertina Sisulu. Among people deceased in 2017, Adolph Kiefer ranks 527. Before him are Seija Simola, Jean E. Sammet, Lars-Erik Skiöld, Cipriano Chemello, Cy Young, and Giorgio Capitani. After him are Spartaco Landini, Jerry Pournelle, Cathleen Synge Morawetz, Larissa Volpert, Frank Schepke, and Josip Weber.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Adolph Kiefer ranks 10,434 out of 20,380. Before him are Debbi Peterson (1961), Bill Plympton (1946), Peyton Reed (1964), Barry Diller (1942), Birt Acres (1854), and Walker Percy (1916). After him are Robert Gordon (1947), George Luks (1867), Kirk Cameron (1970), Warren Kealoha (1903), Iain Armitage (2008), and Vickie Guerrero (1968).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Adolph Kiefer ranks 48. Before him are Jim Montgomery (1955), Sharon Stouder (1948), Thelma Kalama (1931), Perry McGillivray (1893), Jan Henne (1947), and Claudia Kolb (1949). After him are Warren Kealoha (1903), Shirley Stobs (1942), Bob Skelton (1903), Kathy Ellis (1946), Pua Kealoha (1902), and Jack Medica (1914).

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