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Bill Roberts

1912 - 2001

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William Roberts (5 April 1912 – 5 December 2001) was an English sprinter and winner of gold medal in 4x400 m relay for Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Roberts has received more than 5,042 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Bill Roberts is the 699th most popular athlete (down from 486th in 2019), the 3,605th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,478th in 2019) and the 27th most popular British Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.0k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Bill Roberts ranks 699 out of 6,025. Before him are Charles Greene, Durward Knowles, Fernando Altimani, Gösta Andersson, Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston, and Mike Larrabee. After him are František Čapek, Anfisa Reztsova, Nelson Prudêncio, Saverio Ragno, Quinn, and William Stevenson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Bill Roberts ranks 292. Before him are Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Carmen Barth, Juan Antonio Ipiña, Conlon Nancarrow, Hideo Itokawa, and Horace W. Babcock. After him are František Šterc, Wálter Guevara, Connie Sawyer, Willy Kaiser, Willibald Schmaus, and Annemarie Heinrich. Among people deceased in 2001, Bill Roberts ranks 234. Before him are Sergio Mantovani, Milorad B. Protić, Nancye Wynne Bolton, Christl Haas, Pavel Schmidt, and Francis Bebey. After him are Leonid Ostrovski, Frans De Mulder, Jacques-Louis Lions, Gerhard Stoltenberg, Thomas Sebeok, and Marie Jahoda.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bill Roberts ranks 3,605 out of 8,785. Before him are Doug Bradley (1954), Kay Kendall (1927), John Taylor (1808), Amelia Edwards (1831), Phil Neal (1951), and Ken Stott (1954). After him are Pat Barker (1943), Jimmy White (1962), Aldhelm (639), Robert Hugh Benson (1871), Robert Douglas (1909), and Louis Fraser (1810).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Bill Roberts ranks 27. Before him are Arthur Russell (1886), Eddie Owen (1886), Henry Macintosh (1892), Tommy Hampson (1907), Don Thompson (1933), and Wyndham Halswelle (1882). After him are Dorothy Tyler-Odam (1920), Robert Lindsay (1890), Steve Redgrave (1962), Victor d'Arcy (1887), Godfrey Rampling (1909), and Cecil Griffiths (1900).

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