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Alfréd Hajós

1878 - 1955

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Alfréd Hajós (1 February 1878 – 12 November 1955) was a Hungarian swimmer, football (soccer) player, referee, manager, and career architect. He was the first modern Olympic swimming champion and the first Olympic champion of Hungary. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfréd Hajós has received more than 114,374 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Alfréd Hajós is the 4th most popular swimmer, the 202nd most popular biography from Hungary (up from 214th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Hungarian Swimmer.

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  • 110k

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  • 57.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Alfréd Hajós ranks 4 out of 709. Before him are Johnny Weissmuller, Mark Spitz, and Michael Phelps. After him are Gertrude Ederle, Amedee Reyburn, Duke Kahanamoku, Charles Devendeville, Rie Mastenbroek, Jimmy McLane, Fernand Feyaerts, and Roland Matthes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Alfréd Hajós ranks 59. Before him are Paul Pelliot, Princess Isabelle of Orléans, Upton Sinclair, Hans Ledwinka, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Anton Hansen Tammsaare. After him are Jack Johnson, Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Hartley, C. Rajagopalachari, Paul Troost, and Stephen Timoshenko. Among people deceased in 1955, Alfréd Hajós ranks 53. Before him are Archie Hahn, Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein, Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria, Manuel Ávila Camacho, Pierre Levegh, and Max Pechstein. After him are Ivan Šubašić, Adolfo de la Huerta, Erich Brandenberger, Tin Ujević, Konstantin Hierl, and Kim Seong-su.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Alfréd Hajós ranks 202 out of 1,077. Before him are Charles Simonyi (1948), Franz Xaver von Zach (1754), Fritz Reiner (1888), Michu Meszaros (1939), Ingenuus (200), and Teddy Kollek (1911). After him are Zoltán of Hungary (896), Dora Pejačević (1885), Fajsz (900), William Fox (1879), Mihály Munkácsy (1844), and Mihály Zichy (1827).

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Among SWIMMERS In Hungary

Among swimmers born in Hungary, Alfréd Hajós ranks 2. Before him are Johnny Weissmuller (1904). After him are Katalin Szőke (1935), Ilona Novák (1925), István Bárány (1907), Ferenc Csik (1913), Éva Novák-Gerard (1930), Judit Temes (1930), Imre Zachár (1890), Géza Kádas (1926), Valéria Gyenge (1933), and Elemér Szathmáry (1926).

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