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Birger Ruud

1911 - 1998

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Birger Ruud (23 August 1911 – 13 June 1998) was a Norwegian ski jumper and alpine skier. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Birger Ruud has received more than 53,601 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Birger Ruud is the 10th most popular skier (down from 8th in 2019), the 163rd most popular biography from Norway (down from 119th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Norwegian Skier.

Memorability Metrics

  • 54k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Birger Ruud ranks 10 out of 817. Before him are Toni Sailer, Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Bjørn Dæhlie, Alberto Tomba, Anne Jahren, and Franz Klammer. After him are Eddie the Eagle, Jiří Raška, Andrea Mead Lawrence, Bjørn Wirkola, Sixten Jernberg, and Noriaki Kasai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Birger Ruud ranks 129. Before him are Peter van Eyck, Mstislav Keldysh, Tilly Fleischer, Pierre Harmel, Harry Andrews, and Randolph Churchill. After him are Nikolai Kuznetsov, Paul Augustin Mayer, Leopold Kielholz, Theodore Romzha, Mirzo Tursunzoda, and Paul Carell. Among people deceased in 1998, Birger Ruud ranks 110. Before him are Richard Hamming, Sani Abacha, Barry Goldwater, Benjamin Spock, Mary Cartwright, and Joan Hickson. After him are Hide, Clara Rockmore, Anatoly Rybakov, Genrich Altshuller, Mancur Olson, and Jean Leray.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Birger Ruud ranks 163 out of 1,039. Before him are Inge II of Norway (1185), Anathon Aall (1867), Nordahl Grieg (1902), Jon Elster (1940), Sigurd Slembe (1100), and Amalie Skram (1846). After him are Hjalmar Andersen (1923), Anja Breien (1940), Petter Dass (1647), Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818), Carl Anton Larsen (1860), and Gunnar Staalesen (1947).

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Among SKIERS In Norway

Among skiers born in Norway, Birger Ruud ranks 3. Before him are Bjørn Dæhlie (1967), and Anne Jahren (1963). After him are Bjørn Wirkola (1943), Toralf Engan (1936), Laila Schou Nilsen (1919), Torbjørn Falkanger (1927), Kjetil André Aamodt (1971), Marit Bjørgen (1980), Vegard Ulvang (1963), Tormod Knutsen (1932), and Inger Aufles (1941).

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