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Bob Richards

1926 - 2023

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Robert Eugene Richards (February 20, 1926 – February 26, 2023) was an American athlete, minister, and politician. He made three U.S. Olympic Teams in two events: the 1948, 1952, and 1956 Summer Olympics as a pole vaulter and as a decathlete in 1956. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bob Richards has received more than 231,883 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Bob Richards is the 1,072nd most popular athlete (up from 1,307th in 2019), the 8,256th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,789th in 2019) and the 205th most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Bob Richards ranks 1,072 out of 6,025. Before him are René Guyot, Frank Forberger, Giorgio Anglesio, Jacques Sautereau, Martin Strel, and Tetsuo Hamuro. After him are Frantz Reichel, Khadr El-Touni, Hans Walter, David Jacobs, Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak, and Rodolfo Terlizzi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Bob Richards ranks 410. Before him are Jacques Swaters, Joan Shawlee, David Malet Armstrong, Danny Blanchflower, Raymond Gosling, and Diana Lynn. After him are W. Michael Blumenthal, Géza Kádas, Rosa Taikon, A. N. R. Robinson, John Gardner, and John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough. Among people deceased in 2023, Bob Richards ranks 487. Before him are Dick Butkus, Kenneth McAlpine, Lisa Loring, Ritt Bjerregaard, Sergey Tereshchenko, and Frank Shu. After him are Heath, Terry McDermott, Michael Hardie Boys, Jim Gordon, Birger Jensen, and Tim Keller.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob Richards ranks 8,256 out of 20,380. Before him are Conway Twitty (1933), C. E. Ruthenberg (1882), Joanna Angel (1980), Joe Simon (1913), Lisa Randall (1962), and Roger Stone (1952). After him are Eric Kripke (1974), Robert Earl Jones (1910), January Jones (1978), Betsy Brandt (1976), Austin St. John (1974), and Jacqueline Mars (1939).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Bob Richards ranks 205. Before him are Frank Wykoff (1909), Charles Moore (1929), Mac Wilkins (1950), Jackson Scholz (1897), Harry DeBaecke (1879), and Carl Johnson (1898). After him are Harry Babcock (1890), John Exley (1867), Marcus Hurley (1883), Vince Gallagher (1899), Albert Nasse (1878), and Tranquilo Cappozzo (1918).

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