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Arthur Wint

1920 - 1992

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Arthur Stanley Wint OD MBE (25 May 1920 – 19 October 1992) was a Jamaican Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot during the Second World War, sprinter, physician, and later High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Wint has received more than 119,831 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Wint is the 1,332nd most popular athlete (up from 1,433rd in 2019), the 55th most popular biography from Jamaica (up from 58th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Jamaican Athlete.

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  • 120k

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  • 44.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Arthur Wint ranks 1,332 out of 6,025. Before him are Marcel Lambert, Väinö Ikonen, Miklós Szilvási, Bernhard Germeshausen, Vilhelm Carlberg, and Randy Barnes. After him are Shuhei Nishida, Ferdinand Bie, Vincent Matthews, Barney Ewell, Sulo Nurmela, and Richard Lawrence.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Arthur Wint ranks 381. Before him are J. J. C. Smart, Bohumil Kudrna, Zully Moreno, Osvaldo Sáez, Alfonso Thiele, and Sverre Farstad. After him are Ingemar Hedberg, Keith Andes, Václav Havel, Doug Serrurier, Alberto Calderón, and Kelpo Gröndahl. Among people deceased in 1992, Arthur Wint ranks 233. Before him are Knut Fridell, August Hellemans, Sabiha Bengütaş, Josef Neckermann, László Szabados, and Sven Delblanc. After him are Roy Acuff, George Adams, Albert Agarunov, Sterling Holloway, László Rajcsányi, and Bertalan Papp.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Arthur Wint ranks 55 out of 189. Before him are George Kerr (1937), Linton Kwesi Johnson (1952), Lennox Miller (1946), Claude McKay (1889), Yohan Blake (1989), and Louise Bennett-Coverley (1919). After him are Damian Marley (1978), Augustus Pablo (1954), Shawn Rhoden (1975), Alton Ellis (1938), Kenneth O. Hall (1941), and Herb McKenley (1922).

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Among ATHLETES In Jamaica

Among athletes born in Jamaica, Arthur Wint ranks 11. Before him are Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (1986), George Rhoden (1926), Don Quarrie (1951), George Kerr (1937), Lennox Miller (1946), and Yohan Blake (1989). After him are Shawn Rhoden (1975), Herb McKenley (1922), Linford Christie (1960), Donovan Bailey (1967), Nesta Carter (1985), and Veronica Campbell-Brown (1982).

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