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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 650,580 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Billy Mills is the 959th most popular athlete (down from 749th in 2019), the 8,566th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,276th in 2019) and the 183rd most popular American Athlete.

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  • 650k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Billy Mills ranks 959 out of 3,059. Before him are Urho Peltonen, Tom Sandberg, Gian Giorgio Trissino, Frank Kugler, Lajos Gönczy, and François Brandt. After him are Steve Prefontaine, Giuseppina Leone, Arthur Tell Schwab, Valeriu Bularca, Käthe Krauss, and Finn Pedersen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Billy Mills ranks 442. Before him are Galina Gorokhova, Stien Kaiser, Valentina Prudskova, Mark Rakita, Judy Blume, and Boris Mayorov. After him are Sheila Dikshit, Shivkumar Sharma, Spencer Dryden, Alfred Raoul, Eugene J. Martin, and Armando Tobar.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Billy Mills ranks 8,566 out of 18,182. Before him are Lloyd Price (1933), T. J. Thyne (1975), Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (1950), Susan Peters (1921), Steny Hoyer (1939), and Karol J. Bobko (1937). After him are Mary Boland (1882), Steve Prefontaine (1951), Paul Winchell (1922), Richard Denning (1914), Lindsey Graham (1955), and Max Weinberg (1951).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Billy Mills ranks 183. Before him are Charles Greene (1945), Lee Calhoun (1933), Harry Babcock (1890), Bill Miller (1912), Paul Drayton (1939), and Alvah Meyer (1888). After him are Steve Prefontaine (1951), Edwin Hedley (1864), William Hogenson (1884), Annette Rogers (1913), Bob Hayes (1942), and Hal Brown (1898).

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