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Clarke Scholes

1930 - 2010

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Clarke Currie Scholes (November 25, 1930 – February 5, 2010) was an American competition swimmer and Olympic champion. Scholes was awarded the gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. His posted time of 57.4 seconds for the event matched that of fellow competitor Hiroshi Suzuki of Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clarke Scholes has received more than 27,386 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Clarke Scholes is the 38th most popular swimmer (down from 30th in 2019), the 6,459th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,948th in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Swimmer.

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  • 55.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Clarke Scholes ranks 38 out of 709. Before him are Yasuji Miyazaki, Gérard Blitz, Ian Thorpe, Éva Novák-Gerard, Judit Temes, and Frederick Lane. After him are Marie Braun, Irene Guest, Albina Osipowich, Willy den Ouden, Alexander Popov, and Shigeo Arai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Clarke Scholes ranks 378. Before him are Roger Vonlanthen, Robert Ryman, Štefan Uher, Shel Silverstein, Choi Chung-min, and Alakbar Mammadov. After him are John Alcott, Morgana King, Mervyn Rose, Malcolm Fraser, Aleksandar Petaković, and Salvatore De Giorgi. Among people deceased in 2010, Clarke Scholes ranks 263. Before him are Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Roy Ward Baker, Robert B. Parker, William Tenn, Vladimir Maslachenko, and Dario Mangiarotti. After him are Enrique Morente, Armand Razafindratandra, Maury Chaykin, John Wooden, Hal Connolly, and Emilio Álvarez.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Clarke Scholes ranks 6,459 out of 20,380. Before him are Kevin Garnett (1976), Blair Brown (1946), Tessa Thompson (1983), Gina Torres (1969), Steve Jordan (1957), and Randall Wallace (1949). After him are Phyllis Allen (1861), Larry Cohen (1936), Michael Flatley (1958), Henry B. Walthall (1878), Koko Taylor (1928), and Tara Reid (1975).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Clarke Scholes ranks 15. Before him are Ken Walsh (1945), Charles Daniels (1885), Don Schollander (1946), Helen Johns (1914), Ethelda Bleibtrey (1902), and Ann Curtis (1926). After him are Irene Guest (1900), Albina Osipowich (1911), Ethel Lackie (1907), Edgar Adams (1868), Carolyn Schuler (1943), and Katie Ledecky (1997).

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