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Carl Lewis

1961 - Today

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Frederick Carlton Lewis (born July 1, 1961) is an American former track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals, one Olympic silver medal, and 10 World Championships medals, including eight gold. His career spanned from 1979 to 1996, when he last won an Olympic event. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Lewis has received more than 4,537,396 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). Carl Lewis is the 6th most popular athlete (up from 8th in 2019), the 633rd most popular biography from United States (up from 701st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Athlete.

Carl Lewis is a retired American track and field athlete. He was the most successful athlete in the sport's history, with nine Olympic gold medals and ten World Championships gold medals.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 72

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Carl Lewis by language

Over the past year Carl Lewis has had the most page views in the with 406,539 views, followed by French (130,251), and Japanese (85,290). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ido (184.36%), Bulgarian (146.23%), and Korean (101.53%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Carl Lewis ranks 6 out of 6,025. Before him are Abebe Bikila, Paavo Nurmi, Jesse Owens, Emil Zátopek, and Bob Beamon. After him are Spyridon Louis, Dick Fosbury, Ronnie Coleman, Usain Bolt, Fanny Blankers-Koen, and Javier Sotomayor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Carl Lewis ranks 13. Before him are Stephen Hillenburg, Nadia Comăneci, Eddie Murphy, Joko Widodo, Michael J. Fox, and Enya. After him are Julia Gillard, Peter Jackson, Petr Pavel, Hibatullah Akhundzada, Carlos Valderrama, and Robert Carlyle.

Others Born in 1961

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carl Lewis ranks 633 out of 20,380. Before him are Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921), Harold Ramis (1944), Whoopi Goldberg (1955), Louisa May Alcott (1832), Paul Krugman (1953), and Jamie Lee Curtis (1958). After him are Alfred Kinsey (1894), George Cukor (1899), Sidney Lumet (1924), Charles Taze Russell (1852), Ariana Grande (1993), and Richard Kiel (1939).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Carl Lewis ranks 3. Before him are Jesse Owens (1913), and Bob Beamon (1946). After him are Dick Fosbury (1947), Ronnie Coleman (1964), Ray Ewry (1873), Thomas Burke (1875), Mike Powell (1963), Florence Griffith Joyner (1959), Ellery Harding Clark (1874), Frank Zane (1942), and Larry Scott (1938).

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