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Bob Mathias

1930 - 2006

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Robert Bruce Mathias (November 17, 1930 – September 2, 2006) was an American decathlete, politician, and actor. Representing the United States, he won two Olympic gold medals in the Decathlon, at the 1948 and the 1952 Summer Games. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bob Mathias has received more than 294,688 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Bob Mathias is the 15,383rd most popular politician (down from 14,604th in 2019), the 8,013th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,171st in 2019) and the 507th most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 290k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Bob Mathias by language

Over the past year Bob Mathias has had the most page views in the with 27,938 views, followed by German (2,556), and Spanish (1,350). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (135.71%), Afrikaans (54.80%), and Norwegian (Nynorsk) (48.15%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bob Mathias ranks 15,383 out of 19,576. Before him are George Cadle Price, Rosa Russo Iervolino, Karim Khalili, Dmytro Yarosh, Jørgen Løvland, and Marie-George Buffet. After him are Victorino Márquez Bustillos, Jean Kambanda, Timo Soini, Sumu-Epuh, Samuel J. Tilden, and Juan Ponce Enrile.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Bob Mathias ranks 467. Before him are Adam Maida, Adam Darius, Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde, Richard Bonynge, Nathan Zach, and Fred Saberhagen. After him are Anton Donchev, Cabeção, Ty Hardin, John Keel, Andy White, and Barkat Gourad Hamadou. Among people deceased in 2006, Bob Mathias ranks 286. Before him are Iris Marion Young, Reidar Liaklev, Volodymyr Dakhno, Jan Twardowski, Tony Jay, and Charles Haughey. After him are Lidia Wysocka, Peter Osgood, Ratmir Kholmov, Juice Leskinen, Kenneth Lay, and Arthur Lee.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob Mathias ranks 8,013 out of 20,380. Before him are Fred Saberhagen (1930), Paddy Chayefsky (1923), James Ransone (1979), Joe Roberts (1871), Nancy Kress (1948), and John Shea (1949). After him are Walter Murch (1943), Christina Maslach (1946), Samuel J. Tilden (1814), Laura Leighton (1968), Edwin Starr (1942), and Robert Yerkes (1876).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Bob Mathias ranks 507. Before him are Robert A. Lovett (1895), Melville Fuller (1833), Wilford Woodruff (1807), David Malpass (1956), Simon Guggenheim (1867), and Debbie Rowe (1958). After him are Samuel J. Tilden (1814), Nelson W. Aldrich (1841), Jeremiah S. Black (1810), Rose Cleveland (1846), William H. Crawford (1772), and Thomas Ewing (1789).

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