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Ann Curtis

1926 - 2012

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Ann Cuneo (March 6, 1926 – June 26, 2012) was an American competition swimmer and two-time Olympic champion. Ann Elisabeth Curtis was born in San Francisco, California, and began swimming at the age of 9 under the teaching of nuns while she and her sister spent two years at the Ursuline Convent boarding school in Santa Rosa. Eventually, she began training under Charlie Sava as a member of the San Francisco Crystal Plunge swimming club. In 1944, at age 18, she became the first woman, as well as the first swimmer, to receive the coveted James E. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ann Curtis has received more than 63,006 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Ann Curtis is the 31st most popular swimmer (down from 13th in 2019), the 6,203rd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,685th in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Swimmer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 63k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ann Curtis by language

Over the past year Ann Curtis has had the most page views in the with 5,224 views, followed by Russian (980), and Chinese (946). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ukrainian (76.09%), Catalan (44.38%), and Korean (27.78%)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Ann Curtis ranks 31 out of 709. Before her are Helen Johns, István Bárány, Kornelia Ender, Đurđica Bjedov, Ethelda Bleibtrey, and Ferenc Csik. After her are Yasuji Miyazaki, Gérard Blitz, Ian Thorpe, Éva Novák-Gerard, Judit Temes, and Frederick Lane.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Ann Curtis ranks 314. Before her are Rodrigo Carazo Odio, Raaj Kumar, William Wakefield Baum, Heino Kruus, Veikko Karvonen, and Edmund Purdom. After her are Anahit Tsitsikian, Ibrahim Nasir, George Rhoden, John Ericson, Ursula Happe, and Joseíto. Among people deceased in 2012, Ann Curtis ranks 272. Before her are Ignatius IV of Antioch, Roland Moreno, Félicien Marceau, Verghese Kurien, Ladislav Kuna, and Jacques Dupin. After her are Barney McKenna, Fyodor Khitruk, Victor Mees, Eric Sykes, Piermario Morosini, and Kurt Maetzig.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ann Curtis ranks 6,203 out of 20,380. Before her are Michael Hardt (1960), Damien Chazelle (1985), Gray Davis (1942), Frank Loomis (1896), Val Avery (1924), and Eric Winter (1976). After her are Julia Stiles (1981), Ken Davitian (1953), Bebe Daniels (1901), Camille Paglia (1947), Playboi Carti (1996), and Alf Landon (1887).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Ann Curtis ranks 14. Before her are George Kojac (1910), Ken Walsh (1945), Charles Daniels (1885), Don Schollander (1946), Helen Johns (1914), and Ethelda Bleibtrey (1902). After her are Clarke Scholes (1930), Irene Guest (1900), Albina Osipowich (1911), Ethel Lackie (1907), Edgar Adams (1868), and Carolyn Schuler (1943).

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