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Charles Daniels

1885 - 1973

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Charles Meldrum Daniels (March 24, 1885 – August 9, 1973) was an American competition swimmer, eight-time Olympic medalist, and world record-holder in two freestyle swimming events. Daniels was an innovator of the front crawl swimming style, inventing the "American crawl". Daniels began his swimming career with the New York Athletic Club in 1903. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Daniels has received more than 10,769 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Charles Daniels is the 22nd most popular swimmer (down from 17th in 2019), the 6,243rd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,659th in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Swimmer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Charles Daniels ranks 22 out of 392. Before him are Ethelda Bleibtrey, Yasuji Miyazaki, Alexander Popov, Galina Prozumenshchikova, Marie Braun, and Đurđica Bjedov. After him are Katalin Szőke, Greta Johansson, Oleksandr Sydorenko, Henry Taylor, Frederick Lane, and Helene Madison.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Charles Daniels ranks 166. Before him are Frederic Lewy, Iuliu Hossu, Johannes de Jong, István Somodi, Jaafar Al-Askari, and Nils Hellsten. After him are Pierre Dupong, Richmond K. Turner, Artur Lemba, Emil Väre, Walter Anderson, and Henry Taylor. Among people deceased in 1973, Charles Daniels ranks 178. Before him are Lon Chaney Jr., Arturo de Córdova, Arcadio Larraona Saralegui, Josué de Castro, İbrahim Kaypakkaya, and Erich Srbek. After him are Armas Toivonen, Otilio Ulate Blanco, Mahmud Taymur, Jane Bowles, M. Ageyev, and Alfred Schmitt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Daniels ranks 6,243 out of 18,182. Before him are David Keith (1954), Jack Parsons (1914), Ferde Grofé (1892), Jill Tarter (1944), Harry Beaumont (1888), and Mark Boone Junior (1955). After him are Casey Kasem (1932), Lhasa de Sela (1972), Ben Sharpsteen (1895), Jerry Van Dyke (1931), Leo Buscaglia (1924), and Stephen Sommers (1962).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Charles Daniels ranks 8. Before him are Mark Spitz (1950), Gertrude Ederle (1905), Duke Kahanamoku (1890), Don Schollander (1946), Ann Curtis (1926), and Ethelda Bleibtrey (1902). After him are Helene Madison (1913), Clarke Scholes (1930), Albina Osipowich (1911), Helen Johns (1914), Jimmy McLane (1930), and Matt Biondi (1965).

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