SWIMMER

Annie Speirs

1889 - 1926

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Annie Coupe Speirs (14 July 1889 – 26 October 1926), also known by her married name Annie Coombe, was a British competition swimmer who won a gold medal in the women's 4×100-metre freestyle relay at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Annie Speirs has received more than 20,932 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Annie Speirs is the 171st most popular swimmer, the 5,570th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 11th most popular British Swimmer.

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  • 41.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Annie Speirs ranks 171 out of 709Before her are Anthony Nesty, Sarah Sjöström, Caren Metschuck, Kaye Hall, Novella Calligaris, and Katsuo Takaishi. After her are Steve Clark, Mina Wylie, Bruce Furniss, Felipe Muñoz, Brenda Helser, and Kiki Caron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Annie Speirs ranks 297Before her are Marjorie Rambeau, Hugo Wieslander, George Hutson, Robert Benchley, Moroni Olsen, and George S. Kaufman. After her are James Stephenson, George Walsh, Dorothy Phillips, James Wordie, Vera C. Bushfield, and Franklin Pangborn. Among people deceased in 1926, Annie Speirs ranks 120Before her are Albert Corey, René Boylesve, Bernard Pyne Grenfell, Wesley Coe, Charles Avery, and Ronald Firbank. After her are Charles Marion Russell, Sidney Lee, Tom Forman, Alton B. Parker, and John W. Weeks.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Annie Speirs ranks 5,570 out of 8,785Before her are Pat Fry (1964), Peter Giles (1944), William Allen (1532), Ron Springett (1935), Michael Park (1966), and Alex Miller (1949). After her are Marian McPartland (1918), George Peele (1556), John Glascock (1951), Lady Ottoline Morrell (1873), Barry Unsworth (1930), and Peter Noone (1947).

Among SWIMMERS In United Kingdom

Among swimmers born in United Kingdom, Annie Speirs ranks 11Before her are Frederick Holman (1885), Murray Rose (1939), Belle Moore (1894), Jennie Fletcher (1890), Valerie Davies (1912), and Lucy Morton (1898). After her are Judy Grinham (1939), Hilda James (1904), Anita Lonsbrough (1941), Adam Peaty (1994), Tom Dean (2000), and Spyridon Gianniotis (1980).