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Alex Wilson

1905 - 1994

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Alexander S. Wilson (December 1, 1907 – December 9, 1994) was a Canadian sprinter who competed in both the 1928 Summer Olympics and the 1932 Summer Olympics. He was born in Montreal and died in Mission, Texas, United States. In 1928 he won a bronze medal with the Canadian team in the 4 × 400 metres relay event. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alex Wilson has received more than 9,570 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Alex Wilson is the 573rd most popular athlete (down from 485th in 2019), the 379th most popular biography from Canada (down from 349th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Canadian Athlete.

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  • 45.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Alex Wilson ranks 573 out of 3,059. Before him are Ragnar Malm, Ilmar Kullam, Betty Cuthbert, Aimé Haegeman, Charles Reidpath, and Delfo Cabrera. After him are Carl Silfverstrand, Alfred Swahn, Gioacchino Guaragna, Rafael Chimishkyan, Fred Alderman, and Morgan Taylor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Alex Wilson ranks 266. Before him are Aurélio de Lira Tavares, Ricardo Pérez Godoy, Pedro Solé, Franco Riccardi, Raghunath Murmu, and Josef Smistik. After him are Fred Alderman, Eivar Widlund, Osvald Käpp, Inger Hagerup, Wolfgang Liebeneiner, and József Turay. Among people deceased in 1994, Alex Wilson ranks 241. Before him are Bruno Pezzey, Rudolf Raftl, Zoltán Beke, Julio Ramón Ribeyro, Delio Rodríguez, and Devika Rani. After him are Alain de Changy, Alan Helffrich, Paul Anderson, Christopher Lasch, Grisha Filipov, and Anthony Peter Khoraish.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Alex Wilson ranks 379 out of 1,350. Before him are David Hall (1875), Frances Bay (1919), Duncan Regehr (1952), Daniel Powter (1971), William Kahan (1933), and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (1680). After him are Louise Penny (1958), Megan Follows (1968), Todd McFarlane (1961), Anke Engelke (1965), Grimes (1988), and George Hodgson (1893).

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Among ATHLETES In Canada

Among athletes born in Canada, Alex Wilson ranks 7. Before him are Ethel Smith (1907), Terry Fox (1958), Percy Williams (1908), Duncan McNaughton (1910), Étienne Desmarteau (1873), and David Hall (1875). After him are Earl Thomson (1895), Walter Byron (1894), Jane Bell (1910), Donald Arnold (1935), Edward Archibald (1884), and Harry Watson (1898).

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