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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 12,972 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Bill Smith is the 55th most popular swimmer (down from 33rd in 2019), the 8,344th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,771st in 2019) and the 16th most popular American Swimmer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 13k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Bill Smith ranks 55 out of 392. Before him are Shigeo Arai, Hideko Maehata, Emil Rausch, Barbara Krause, Martha Norelius, and Irene Guest. After him are Aileen Riggin, Georg Zacharias, Nida Senff, Oscar Grégoire, Pontus Hanson, and George Kojac.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Bill Smith ranks 370. Before him are Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Silvano Piovanelli, Roy Bentley, Jackie Milburn, Budge Patty, and Carroll O'Connor. After him are Donald Richie, Mark Lenard, James Lighthill, Lev Kulidzhanov, Sam Jones, and Claude Netter. Among people deceased in 2013, Bill Smith ranks 365. Before him are Giuseppe Casari, Nicolae Martinescu, Aleksandar Kozlina, Mirja Hietamies, Andrei Panin, and Luis Ubiña. After him are James Herbert, Nobuyuki Aihara, Donald Richie, Alberto Bevilacqua, Santiago Santamaría, and Diomedes Díaz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Smith ranks 8,344 out of 18,182. Before him are Priscilla Chan (1985), Emma Smith (1804), Doug Aldrich (1964), Ellen Albertini Dow (1913), Sumner Redstone (1923), and Kim Fowley (1939). After him are Stephen Colbert (1964), Aileen Riggin (1906), Sheila Jordan (1928), Common (1972), Jake Roberts (1955), and David Paymer (1954).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Bill Smith ranks 16. Before him are Clarke Scholes (1930), Albina Osipowich (1911), Helen Johns (1914), Jimmy McLane (1930), Matt Biondi (1965), and Irene Guest (1900). After him are Aileen Riggin (1906), George Kojac (1910), Chris von Saltza (1944), Ford Konno (1933), Charlie Hickcox (1947), and Margaret Woodbridge (1902).

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