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Billy Mills

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William Mervin Mills (born June 30, 1938), also known by his Oglala Lakota name Tamakhóčhe Theȟíla, is an American Oglala Lakota former track and field athlete who won a gold medal in the 10,000 metre run (6.2 mi) at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. His 1964 victory is considered one of the greatest Olympic upsets because he was a virtual unknown going into the event. He was the first non-European to win the Olympic event and remains the only winner from the Americas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Billy Mills has received more than 736,726 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Billy Mills is the 1,745th most popular athlete (down from 958th in 2019), the 10,300th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,548th in 2019) and the 299th most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Billy Mills ranks 1,745 out of 6,025. Before him are István Barta, Dušan Pašek, Gordon Pirie, Wesley Coe, Ann Packer, and Bohumil Modrý. After him are Achille Souchard, Walter Mahlendorf, Ebbe Parsner, Jacqueline Mazéas, John Kelly, and Dean Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Billy Mills ranks 534. Before him are Luciano Federici, Phillip Griffiths, Bernard Malivoire, Marjatta Kajosmaa, Anne Buttimer, and Arthur Scargill. After him are Alberto Orlando, John Connelly, John Dean, Aleksandar Kostov, Jimmy Carl Black, and Indira Nath.

Others Born in 1938

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Billy Mills ranks 10,300 out of 20,380. Before him are Marc Blucas (1972), William Barr (1950), George Rogers Clark (1752), Scott Kelly (1964), Corin Nemec (1971), and James Gentle (1904). After him are Woody Shaw (1944), Claudio Reyna (1973), Robert Russell Bennett (1894), Anne Sewell Young (1871), Rowland V. Lee (1891), and Happy Chandler (1898).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Billy Mills ranks 299. Before him are Isabelle Daniels (1937), Alfred Lane (1891), Carl Osburn (1884), Francis Frederick (1907), Marilyn White (1944), and Wesley Coe (1879). After him are Dean Smith (1932), George Woods (1943), Miller Anderson (1922), Robert Taylor (1948), Cy Young (1928), and Frank Greer (1879).

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