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Barbara Burke

1917 - 1998

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Barbara Hannah Anita Burke (13 May 1917 – 8 August 1998) was a British and South African sprint runner. She competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics, where she won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m relay and placed fourth in a semi-final of the individual 100 m event. At the British Empire Games she competed for South Africa. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barbara Burke has received more than 15,735 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Barbara Burke is the 1,726th most popular athlete, the 5,460th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 63rd most popular British Athlete.

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  • 16k

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  • 38.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Barbara Burke ranks 1,726 out of 3,059. Before her are Jānis Bojārs, Quentin Fillon Maillet, Jaouad Gharib, Al Joyner, Adrian Metcalfe, and Christiane Wartenberg. After her are Yuriy Bilonoh, Archie Williams, Ivan Dresser, Nadezhda Ilyina, Ken Myers, and Daniel Rudisha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Barbara Burke ranks 301. Before her are Audrey Totter, Denis Healey, W. T. Tutte, Laurie Scott, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Hans Conried. After her are Irving Kaplansky, Ellis Clarke, Virginia Field, Lucille Bremer, Byron White, and Adele Jergens. Among people deceased in 1998, Barbara Burke ranks 287. Before her are Edwin Thompson Jaynes, Catherine Cookson, Esther Rolle, Cliff Barker, Wade Dominguez, and Fred Wacker. After her are Albert Gore Sr., Donald Woods, Eddie Rabbitt, Reidar Kvammen, Matthew Shepard, and Tony Shelly.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Barbara Burke ranks 5,460 out of 7,765. Before her are Pippa Middleton (1983), Thomas Chalmers (1780), Peter Beardsley (1961), Jeremy Hunt (1966), Adrian Metcalfe (1942), and Oliver Knussen (1952). After her are Max Irons (1985), Mark E. Smith (1957), Billy Bingham (1931), Geraint Thomas (1986), Garth Ennis (1970), and Sarah Harding (1981).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Barbara Burke ranks 63. Before her are Allan Wells (1952), Fiona May (1969), Mary Rand (1940), Lynn Davies (1942), Willie Applegarth (1890), and Adrian Metcalfe (1942). After her are Janet Simpson (1944), Ann Packer (1942), Thelma Hopkins (1936), Paula Radcliffe (1973), Dorothy Shirley (1939), and David Hemery (1944).

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