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Bill Smith

1924 - 2013

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William Melvin Smith Jr. (May 16, 1924 – February 8, 2013) was an American former competition swimmer, two-time Olympic champion, and a former world record-holder in four events. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Smith has received more than 13,638 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Bill Smith is the 68th most popular swimmer (down from 55th in 2019), the 7,879th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,326th in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Swimmer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 14k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Bill Smith ranks 68 out of 709. Before him are Ford Konno, Emil Rausch, Martha Norelius, Lynn Burke, Cathy Ferguson, and Ragnhild Hveger. After him are Pontus Hanson, Chris von Saltza, Norman Ross, Helene Madison, Tini Wagner, and Imre Zachár.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Bill Smith ranks 378. Before him are Claude Netter, Roy Bentley, Audouin Dollfus, Béla Zsitnik, Eugene Dynkin, and Robert Körner. After him are Giovanni Saldarini, Rune Larsson, Michael Manley, Mira Alečković, Juan Ponce Enrile, and Göran Malmqvist. Among people deceased in 2013, Bill Smith ranks 357. Before him are Eddi Arent, Danièle Dupré, Joseph Paul Franklin, Giuseppe Casari, Stan Musial, and Lucyna Winnicka. After him are Phạm Duy, Giovanni Cheli, Denys de La Patellière, Henry Taylor, Gerard Cieślik, and Mirja Hietamies.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Smith ranks 7,879 out of 20,380. Before him are Almon Brown Strowger (1839), Jeanna Fine (1964), Marcia Neugebauer (1932), Arthur Hohl (1889), Edward Kienholz (1927), and Robert Cray (1953). After him are Charles Willson Peale (1741), Megan Mullally (1958), Steve Schirripa (1958), Will Geer (1902), Richard Henry Lee (1732), and George Perkins Marsh (1801).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Bill Smith ranks 25. Before him are Edgar Adams (1868), Carolyn Schuler (1943), Katie Ledecky (1997), Ford Konno (1933), Lynn Burke (1943), and Cathy Ferguson (1948). After him are Chris von Saltza (1944), Norman Ross (1895), Helene Madison (1913), Margaret Woodbridge (1902), Matt Biondi (1965), and Melissa Belote (1956).

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