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August Nilsson

1872 - 1921

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August Nilsson (October 15, 1872 in Trollenäs – May 23, 1921 in Stockholm) was a Swedish track and field athlete and tug of war competitor who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of August Nilsson has received more than 11,109 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). August Nilsson is the 185th most popular athlete (up from 244th in 2019), the 456th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 516th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Swedish Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, August Nilsson ranks 185 out of 3,059. Before him are Harry Porter, Inessa Kravets, Ralph Rose, Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Janusz Kusociński, and Friedrich Traun. After him are Natalya Lisovskaya, Nadezhda Chizhova, Evangelos Damaskos, Egil Danielsen, Reggie Walker, and William Porter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, August Nilsson ranks 96. Before him are Mikhail Kuzmin, Otto Witte, Georges Urbain, Alexandru Vaida-Voevod, Elia Dalla Costa, and Carl Gustaf Ekman. After him are Morris Travers, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Símun av Skarði, Henry Bataille, Kazimierz Bein, and Lorenzo Perosi. Among people deceased in 1921, August Nilsson ranks 77. Before him are Fyodor Sergeyev, Colin Archer, Yaa Asantewaa, Alexander Dutov, Gyula Breyer, and Alfred Grandidier. After him are Andrea Carlo Ferrari, Franz Defregger, José Miguel Gómez, Max Noether, Virginia Rappe, and Francisco Pradilla Ortiz.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, August Nilsson ranks 456 out of 1,612. Before him are Dagmar Lange (1914), Eva Bonnier (1857), Ivar Johansson (1903), Elisabeth Christina von Linné (1743), Carl Gustaf Ekman (1872), and Viktor Rydberg (1828). After him are Olle Hellbom (1925), Mai Zetterling (1925), Carl-Gustaf Rossby (1898), Kristina Wayborn (1950), Barbro Hiort af Ornäs (1921), and Ulla Jacobsson (1929).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, August Nilsson ranks 6. Before him are Sigfrid Edström (1870), Eric Lemming (1880), Oscar Swahn (1847), John Ljunggren (1919), and Nils von Kantzow (1885). After him are Georg Åberg (1893), Gert Fredriksson (1919), Karl Staaf (1881), Henrik Sjöberg (1875), Ann-Britt Leyman (1922), and Erik Abrahamsson (1898).

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