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Aries Merritt

1985 - Today

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Aries Merritt (born July 24, 1985) is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the 110 metre hurdles, and currently holds the world record in that event with a time of 12.80 s set on September 7, 2012. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aries Merritt has received more than 425,354 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Aries Merritt is the 2,567th most popular athlete (down from 2,002nd in 2019), the 13,250th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,371st in 2019) and the 441st most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Aries Merritt ranks 2,567 out of 6,025. Before him are Mary Decker, Hideaki Tomiyama, Tatyana Providokhina, Salah Hissou, Mohamed Kedir, and Fernanda Ribeiro. After him are Miguel White, Wang Yifu, David Hemery, Maria Fricioiu, Harry Edward, and Ivan Zaytsev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Aries Merritt ranks 279. Before him are Justin Hurwitz, William Chan, Diego Tardelli, Dame N'Doye, Candice Patton, and Annalisa. After him are Tadanari Lee, Darko Miličić, Kjetil Jansrud, Tomáš Hubočan, Aoi Miyazaki, and Ogyen Trinley Dorje.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Aries Merritt ranks 13,250 out of 20,380. Before him are Patrick McEnroe (1966), Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882), George Newbern (1964), Katharine Jefferts Schori (1954), Mary K. Gaillard (1939), and Mark Metcalf (1946). After him are Stephen Bowen (1964), Elizabeth Lail (1992), Joshua Malina (1966), Bokeem Woodbine (1973), Steve Young (1961), and Gifford Pinchot (1865).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Aries Merritt ranks 441. Before him are Jennison Heaton (1904), Tim Montgomery (1975), Gerry Ashworth (1942), Fred Newhouse (1948), Lawrence Shields (1895), and Mary Decker (1958). After him are Meredith Colket (1878), Dennis Mitchell (1966), Joe Rantz (1914), Vicki Draves (1924), Bob Seagren (1946), and Jeremy Wariner (1984).

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