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Alexander Hurd

1910 - 1982

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Alexander Brengle Hurd (July 21, 1910 – May 28, 1982) was a Canadian speed skater and Olympic medalist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Hurd has received more than 9,151 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Hurd is the 135th most popular skater (up from 231st in 2019), the 608th most popular biography from Canada (up from 802nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Canadian Skater.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.2k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Alexander Hurd ranks 135 out of 483. Before him are Ans Schut, Roar Grønvold, Claudia Pechstein, Dorothy Hamill, Lisbeth Korsmo, and Jan Hoffmann. After him are Tatiana Navka, Stéphane Lambiel, Suzanne Morrow Francis, Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, Karin Enke, and Lassi Parkkinen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Alexander Hurd ranks 370. Before him are Raya Dunayevskaya, Bill Pickering, Carlos Cillóniz, John Hunt, Baron Hunt, Charles Olson, and Margaret Lindsay. After him are Chidambaram Subramaniam, Jack Lovelock, Rosa Kellner, Gavino Matta, Shunkichi Hamada, and Robert B. Anderson. Among people deceased in 1982, Alexander Hurd ranks 284. Before him are Bernard Malivoire, Otto von Porat, Henri Dulieux, Wiesław Maniak, Alfons Dorfner, and Humphrey Searle. After him are Lester Bangs, Rab Butler, Eric Brandon, Claudio Barrientos, Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, and William Cameron Townsend.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Alexander Hurd ranks 608 out of 1,622. Before him are Alberta Watson (1955), Ernie Collett (1895), Tony Esposito (1943), Cathleen Synge Morawetz (1923), Reginald Aldworth Daly (1871), and Mark Messier (1961). After him are Suzanne Clément (1969), Bernie Geoffrion (1931), Haji (1946), Guy Lombardo (1902), George Woodcock (1912), and Eva Dawes (1912).

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Among SKATERS In Canada

Among skaters born in Canada, Alexander Hurd ranks 5. Before him are Debbi Wilkes (1946), Brian Orser (1961), Barbara Ann Scott (1928), and Barbara Wagner (1938). After him are Suzanne Morrow Francis (1930), Toller Cranston (1949), Robert Paul (1937), Montgomery Wilson (1909), Cindy Klassen (1979), Karen Magnussen (1952), and Jeremy Wotherspoon (1976).

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