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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 16,942 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Barbara Burke is the 2,260th most popular athlete (down from 1,725th in 2019), the 5,759th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,447th in 2019) and the 87th most popular British Athlete.

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  • 40.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Barbara Burke ranks 2,260 out of 6,025. Before her are Norman Taber, Svetlana Feofanova, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Nastasia Ionescu, Lynn Davies, and Chira Apostol. After her are Aladár Kovácsi, Janusz Pyciak-Peciak, Maritza Martén, Mariya Lasitskene, Charles King, and József Csermely.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Barbara Burke ranks 335. Before her are Charles Drake, Leonard Jimmie Savage, George Newberry, Margo, Jacob Lawrence, and Ellis Clarke. After her are John Fitch, Kamal Ranadive, Fannie Lou Hamer, Hans Conried, Mervyn Wood, and Dezső Lemhényi. Among people deceased in 1998, Barbara Burke ranks 314. Before her are Voitto Hellsten, Buddy Jeannette, Esther Rolle, Bill Reid, Donald Woods, and Edwin Thompson Jaynes. After her are Ruth Clifford, Reidar Kvammen, Muriel Humphrey Brown, Cliff Barker, Catherine Cookson, and Moshood Abiola.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Barbara Burke ranks 5,759 out of 8,785. Before her are Saint Piran (null), Colin McGinn (1950), Lynn Davies (1942), John Oxley (1785), Walter Donaldson (1907), and Imogen Poots (1989). After her are James Abbott (1807), Felicia Hemans (1793), Alan McManus (1971), Magda Szubanski (1961), Trevor Nunn (1940), and William Gott (1897).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Barbara Burke ranks 87. Before her are Muriel Freeman (1897), Douglas Lowe (1902), Thelma Hopkins (1936), Paul Nihill (1939), Gerald Logan (1879), and Lynn Davies (1942). After her are Wally Kinnear (1880), Mary Rand (1940), Maureen Gardner (1928), Daley Thompson (1958), Jayne Torvill (1957), and Gladys Davis (1893).

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