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Allen Johnson

1971 - Today

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Allen Kenneth Johnson (born March 1, 1971) is an American former hurdling athlete who won the gold medal in the 110 metre hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He is also a four-time world champion. Born in Washington, D.C., an all-round athlete, Johnson attended University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and excelled at high jump, long jump and decathlon as well as hurdles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Allen Johnson has received more than 130,558 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Allen Johnson is the 1,865th most popular athlete (down from 1,396th in 2019), the 10,699th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,156th in 2019) and the 315th most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Allen Johnson ranks 1,865 out of 6,025Before him are Friedrich Waller, Niels Fredborg, Günther Haase, Tommy Kono, Nikolai Puchkov, and Guillermo Douglas. After him are Shaun White, Yevgeny Maskinskov, Gordon George Avery, Johannes Terwogt, Georges Dransart, and Alberto Cova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Allen Johnson ranks 327Before him are Stanislas Merhar, Gillian Flynn, Xavier Naidoo, Giorgia, Eric Mabius, and Ned Zelic. After him are Thomas Helveg, Jalel Kadri, Joachim Björklund, Javier Gutiérrez Álvarez, Alexandra Lamy, and Kenneth Choi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Allen Johnson ranks 10,699 out of 20,380Before him are Kevin Systrom (1983), Robert Lowery (1913), Cheryl Hines (1965), Dorothy Abbott (1920), Shirley Walker (1945), and Norman Z. McLeod (1898). After him are Shaun White (1986), Jimmy Bryan (1926), John McNaughton (1950), Alain LeRoy Locke (1885), Fyvush Finkel (1922), and Richard Zare (1939).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Allen Johnson ranks 315Before him are Louis Kuehn (1901), Lesley Ashburner (1883), Edward Ferry (1941), Benjamin Bradshaw (1879), Tom Price (1933), and Tommy Kono (1930). After him are Shaun White (1986), Charles Dumas (1937), Merritt Giffin (1887), Mildrette Netter (1948), Francis Tyler (1904), and Virgil Jacomini (1899).