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Dean Smith

1932 - 2023

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Finis Dean Smith (January 15, 1932 – June 24, 2023) was an American track and field athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1952 Summer Olympics; he was also an actor and noted stuntman, appearing in many films and TV series. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dean Smith has received more than 2,073,160 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Dean Smith is the 1,799th most popular athlete, the 12,276th most popular biography from United States and the 337th most popular American Athlete.

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  • 2.1M

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  • 37.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Dean Smith ranks 1,799 out of 3,059Before him are Benny Brown, Rita Wilden, Guo Jingjing, Kevin Mayer, Shinji Hosokawa, and Yuliya Levchenko. After him are Daniel Plaza, Alf Hansen, Dieter Baumann, Paula Radcliffe, Darya Klishina, and Richard Allen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Dean Smith ranks 481Before him are Mae Faggs, Lou Jones, Richie Guerin, Udupi Ramachandra Rao, Angela Mortimer, and Dennis Skinner. After him are Andy Bathgate, S. M. Krishna, Bob Houbregs, Robert Osborne, Edmund Wickham Lawrence, and Larry Evans. Among people deceased in 2023, Dean Smith ranks 390Before him are Bob Knight, John Devitt, Vani Jairam, Remigijus Valiulis, Evelyn Boyd Granville, and Hossein Shahabi. After him are Patricia Bredin, Paweł Huelle, Herb Kohl, Norman Lear, Agneta Andersson, and Abderrahim Ouakili.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dean Smith ranks 12,276 out of 18,182Before him are Bushrod Washington (1762), Nancy J. Currie-Gregg (1958), Diane Farr (1969), Bob Hastings (1925), Kevin Jonas (1987), and Kathrine Narducci (1965). After him are Sonny Carter (1947), Boris McGiver (1962), Gavin O'Connor (1963), Ray Ozzie (1955), Mel Winkler (1941), and Leo Rossi (1946).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Dean Smith ranks 337Before him are Clarence DeMar (1888), Marcell Jacobs (1994), Earl Young (1941), Willie Banks (1956), Joan Benoit (1957), and Benny Brown (1953). After him are Carol Lewis (1963), Norvel Lee (1924), Alonzo Babers (1961), Frank Shakespeare (1930), Allyson Felix (1985), and Frank Spellman (1922).