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DeHart Hubbard

1903 - 1976

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William DeHart Hubbard (November 25, 1903 – June 23, 1976) was a track and field athlete who was the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual event: the running long jump at the 1924 Paris Summer games. He also competed in the 1924 Olympics as a triple jumper. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of DeHart Hubbard has received more than 74,015 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. DeHart Hubbard is the 2,014th most popular athlete (down from 781st in 2019), the 11,367th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,852nd in 2019) and the 350th most popular American Athlete.

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  • 41.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, DeHart Hubbard ranks 2,014 out of 6,025. Before him are Petra Schersing, Toru Goto, Wilson Kiprugut, Nadezhda Ilyina, Wiesław Rudkowski, and Yelena Slesarenko. After him are Mario Tullio Montano, Tris Speaker, Dieter Grahn, Friedrich Maurer, Valentina Sidorova, and Paul Martin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, DeHart Hubbard ranks 354. Before him are Tadeusz Friedrich, Kazimierz Kordylewski, Vera Stroyeva, Big Joe Williams, Luis Izzeta, and Edgar Buchanan. After him are José Miracca, June Marlowe, Mike Mansfield, Phyllis A. Whitney, Hughie Gallacher, and Al Hirschfeld. Among people deceased in 1976, DeHart Hubbard ranks 262. Before him are August Heim, Nikolai Ekk, Hugo Wieslander, Renata Viganò, Tadeusz Friedrich, and Cathy Downs. After him are Alfredo Pitto, Alan Baxter, Tarab Abdul Hadi, Sid James, Franciszek Szymczyk, and Anissa Jones.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, DeHart Hubbard ranks 11,367 out of 20,380. Before him are Jerry Rice (1962), Kamala (1950), Edgar Buchanan (1903), George Siegmann (1882), Cody Rhodes (1985), and Carl Levin (1934). After him are Michael W. Smith (1957), Julie Gibson (1913), Barbara Crampton (1958), Eddie Lang (1902), Sakina Jaffrey (1962), and Levi Lincoln Sr. (1749).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, DeHart Hubbard ranks 350. Before him are Gail Devers (1966), Jim Ryun (1947), Gilbert Colgate (1899), James Dunbar (1930), Kenny Harrison (1965), and Horace Ashenfelter (1923). After him are Tris Speaker (1888), George Dole (1885), Rod Milburn (1950), Greg Bell (1930), James Corson (1906), and Félix Sánchez (1977).

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