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Cy Young

1928 - 2017

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Cy C. Young Jr. (July 23, 1928 – December 6, 2017) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the javelin throw. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cy Young has received more than 2,238,101 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Cy Young is the 1,254th most popular athlete (down from 861st in 2019), the 9,623rd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,203rd in 2019) and the 227th most popular American Athlete.

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  • 41.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Cy Young ranks 1,254 out of 3,059Before him are Wiesław Maniak, Clarence Pinkston, Ercole Olgeni, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, Eirik Kvalfoss, and Antal Bolvári. After him are Robert Stangland, Marie-José Pérec, Halil Mutlu, Joseph Vissers, Niels Holst-Sørensen, and David Curtiss Munson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Cy Young ranks 460Before him are Jerry Bock, Udham Singh, Clu Gulager, Yakov Rylsky, George Deukmejian, and Pat O'Connor. After him are Joseph Vissers, Joseph Kruskal, Bruce Ames, Gino Munaron, Ted Sorensen, and Martin Davis. Among people deceased in 2017, Cy Young ranks 463Before him are Sofía Ímber, Cathleen Synge Morawetz, Nadezhda Olizarenko, Kurt Marti, Henri Emmanuelli, and Tsuyoshi Yamanaka. After him are Giorgio Capitani, George Mostow, Boris Nikolov, Ronald Drever, Larissa Volpert, and Michele Scarponi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cy Young ranks 9,623 out of 18,182Before him are Eric Bischoff (1955), Tommy Roe (1942), Al Foster (1943), Diana Lynn (1926), Mike Bookie (1904), and Tim Gunn (1953). After him are Kenyon Cox (1856), Paul Bartel (1938), Henry Cabot Lodge (1850), Jimmy Buffett (1946), Robert Stangland (1881), and Adrianne Palicki (1983).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Cy Young ranks 227Before him are Charles Jenkins Sr. (1934), Fred Tootell (1902), John Taylor (1883), Carl Osburn (1884), Daniel Frank (1882), and Clarence Pinkston (1900). After him are Robert Stangland (1881), David Curtiss Munson (1884), Charley Borah (1906), Frank Greer (1879), Ronnie Ray Smith (1949), and Tom Price (1933).