1929 - Today
Richard Totten Button (born July 18, 1929) is an American former figure skater and skating analyst. He was a two-time Olympic champion (1948, 1952) and five-time consecutive World champion (1948–1952). He was also the only non-European man to have become European champion. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dick Button has received more than 708,832 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Dick Button is the 80th most popular skater (down from 68th in 2019), the 7,648th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,604th in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Skater.
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Among skaters, Dick Button ranks 80 out of 315. Before him are Wim van der Voort, Cecilia Colledge, Andrei Bukin, Finn Helgesen, Midori Ito, and Ekaterina Gordeeva. After him are Ede Király, Klara Guseva, Carolina Kostner, Wolfgang Schwarz, Roald Aas, and Igor Zhelezovski.
1923 - 2016
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 74
1920 - 2008
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 75
1957 - Present
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 76
1919 - 2011
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 77
1969 - Present
HPI: 44.92
Rank: 78
1971 - Present
HPI: 44.86
Rank: 79
1929 - Present
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 80
1926 - 2009
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 81
1937 - 2019
HPI: 44.72
Rank: 82
1987 - Present
HPI: 44.68
Rank: 83
1947 - Present
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 84
1928 - 2012
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 85
1963 - 2021
HPI: 44.42
Rank: 86
Among people born in 1929, Dick Button ranks 391. Before him are Yordan Radichkov, Mario Ghella, Win Tin, Audun Boysen, Villy Sørensen, and Pentti Hämäläinen. After him are Marcelino dos Santos, Raymond Bellot, Willy Kernen, István Rózsavölgyi, Harry Blanchard, and Ferdinand Oyono.
1929 - 2004
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 385
1929 - 2020
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 386
1929 - 2014
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 387
1929 - 2000
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 388
1929 - 2001
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 389
1929 - 1984
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 390
1929 - Present
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 391
1929 - 2020
HPI: 44.81
Rank: 392
1929 - 2019
HPI: 44.80
Rank: 393
1929 - 2009
HPI: 44.77
Rank: 394
1929 - 2012
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 395
1929 - 1960
HPI: 44.70
Rank: 396
1929 - 2010
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 397
Among people born in United States, Dick Button ranks 7,648 out of 18,182. Before him are Deontay Wilder (1985), Mel Tormé (1925), Michael Steele (1955), Peter Buck (1956), Anita Stewart (1895), and King Curtis (1934). After him are John Jeffries (1745), Daniel Bashiel Warner (1815), Alice Coachman (1923), Rudolph Rummel (1932), Chuck Russell (1958), and Sherman Hemsley (1938).
1985 - Present
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 7,642
1925 - 1999
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 7,643
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 7,644
1956 - Present
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 7,645
1895 - 1961
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 7,646
1934 - 1971
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 7,647
1929 - Present
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 7,648
1745 - 1819
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 7,649
1815 - 1880
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 7,650
1923 - 2014
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 7,651
1932 - 2014
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 7,652
1958 - Present
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 7,653
1938 - 2012
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 7,654
Among skaters born in United States, Dick Button ranks 6. Before him are Tonya Harding (1970), Tony Hawk (1968), Eric Heiden (1958), Nancy Kerrigan (1969), and Charles Jewtraw (1900). After him are Tenley Albright (1935), Peggy Fleming (1948), Janet Lynn (1953), Carol Heiss (1940), David Jenkins (1936), and Irving Jaffee (1906).
1970 - Present
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 1
1968 - Present
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 2
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 3
1969 - Present
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 4
1900 - 1996
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 5
1929 - Present
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 6
1935 - Present
HPI: 43.58
Rank: 7
1948 - Present
HPI: 43.35
Rank: 8
1953 - Present
HPI: 43.06
Rank: 9
1940 - Present
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 10
1936 - Present
HPI: 41.41
Rank: 11
1906 - 1981
HPI: 40.93
Rank: 12