SWIMMER

Duke Kahanamoku

1890 - 1968

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Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku (August 24, 1890 – January 22, 1968) was a Hawaiian competition swimmer who popularized the sport of surfing. A Native Hawaiian, he was born three years before the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. He lived to see the territory's admission as a state and became a United States citizen. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Duke Kahanamoku has received more than 3,022,644 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Duke Kahanamoku is the 7th most popular swimmer (down from 6th in 2019), the 2,941st most popular biography from United States (up from 2,967th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Swimmer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Duke Kahanamoku ranks 7 out of 709. Before him are Johnny Weissmuller, Mark Spitz, Michael Phelps, Alfréd Hajós, Gertrude Ederle, and Amedee Reyburn. After him are Charles Devendeville, Rie Mastenbroek, Jimmy McLane, Fernand Feyaerts, Roland Matthes, and Aileen Riggin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Duke Kahanamoku ranks 95. Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger, Claire Lee Chennault, Konstantin Melnikov, Matome Ugaki, Johannes Vares, and Paul Strand. After him are Robert Stroud, László Bárdossy, Mustafa Shokay, Louis Delluc, Evert Taube, and Erwin Jaenecke. Among people deceased in 1968, Duke Kahanamoku ranks 88. Before him are Ramon Novarro, Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine, Zaki al-Arsuzi, Ildebrando Pizzetti, Soraya Tarzi, and Ludovico Scarfiotti. After him are Howard Florey, Tullio Serafin, R. Norris Williams, Tallulah Bankhead, Tivadar Soros, and Lilian Harvey.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Duke Kahanamoku ranks 2,941 out of 20,380. Before him are Bobby Darin (1936), Edward Kasner (1878), Christa McAuliffe (1948), Wendy Carlos (1939), James Henry Breasted (1865), and Raymond Damadian (1936). After him are Ace Frehley (1951), Robert Hanssen (1944), Jeffrey Tambor (1944), Martha Scott (1912), Shera Danese (1949), and Katie Holmes (1978).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Duke Kahanamoku ranks 5. Before him are Mark Spitz (1950), Michael Phelps (1985), Gertrude Ederle (1905), and Amedee Reyburn (1889). After him are Jimmy McLane (1930), Aileen Riggin (1906), George Kojac (1910), Ken Walsh (1945), Charles Daniels (1885), Don Schollander (1946), and Helen Johns (1914).

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