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Don Finlay

1909 - 1970

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Group Captain Donald Osborne Finlay, DFC, AFC (27 May 1909 – 18 April 1970) was a British athlete and Royal Air Force officer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Don Finlay has received more than 33,382 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Don Finlay is the 1,529th most popular athlete, the 4,795th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 55th most popular British Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 33k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Don Finlay ranks 1,529 out of 6,025. Before him are Paul Günther, Louis Hostin, Kenjiro Shinozuka, Curtis Stevens, Joaquín Capilla, and Igor Paklin. After him are Maurice Verdonck, Béla Szepes, Hayes Jones, Paul Pilgrim, Gabriele Rossetti, and Magnus Goodman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Don Finlay ranks 372. Before him are Yelena Kuzmina, Valerio Perentin, Andrei Bărbulescu, Ann Sothern, Heather Angel, and Frank Shields. After him are Richard Maibaum, Frank Henry, Friedrich Scherfke, Jean Taris, Dorothy Round, and Juan Pedevilla. Among people deceased in 1970, Don Finlay ranks 236. Before him are Lonnie Johnson, Grethe Weiser, Paul Fritsch, Vilhelm Carlberg, Okuro Oikawa, and A. H. M. Jones. After him are Adolf Wiklund, Jun'ichi Kōuchi, Lillian Board, Maurice Stokes, John T. Scopes, and Laura Knight.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Don Finlay ranks 4,795 out of 8,785. Before him are Celia Johnson (1908), Jermain Defoe (1982), Chris Smalling (1989), Shirley Brasher (1934), Richard Brake (1964), and Tommy Steele (1936). After him are Caroline Cossey (1954), Hugh Falconer (1808), Lesley Nicol (1953), Hugh Blair (1718), George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan (1800), and Steve Rothery (1959).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Don Finlay ranks 55. Before him are John McNally (1932), John James Shepherd (1884), Walter Chaffe (1870), Peter Kemp (1878), Steve Ovett (1955), and Dorothy Manley (1927). After him are Charles Hefferon (1878), James Wilson (1891), Stan Vickers (1932), John Fenning (1885), Sheila Lerwill (1928), and Mary Peters (1939).

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