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Ed Hamm

1906 - 1982

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Edward Barton Hamm (April 13, 1906 – June 25, 1982) was an American athlete, who won the gold medal in the long jump at the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, becoming the first Arkansan to win a gold medal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ed Hamm has received more than 26,137 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Ed Hamm is the 731st most popular athlete (up from 741st in 2019), the 7,154th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,660th in 2019) and the 158th most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 26k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ed Hamm ranks 731 out of 6,025. Before him are Miloslava Rezková, Jorma Kinnunen, Ferenc Sidó, William Jordan, Henri Tauzin, and Roy Cochran. After him are Ileana Silai, Johan Jarlén, Frederick Schule, Steve Redgrave, Arthur Jonath, and Lajos Steiner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Ed Hamm ranks 297. Before him are Branislav Sekulić, Cai Chusheng, Arseny Golovko, Iosif Czako, Jean Dréville, and Petre Steinbach. After him are Ernst Krebs, Benedicto de Moraes Menezes, Alexander Kazantsev, Ferit Melen, Alberto Zorrilla, and Dashdorjiin Natsagdorj. Among people deceased in 1982, Ed Hamm ranks 210. Before him are Jakob Streitle, Francisco Martínez Soria, Vitaly Daraselia, Ramón J. Sender, László Sternberg, and Konrad Granström. After him are Erik Larsson, Alberto Vargas, Clifford Curzon, Frederick Terman, Willy Busch, and Stanley Holloway.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ed Hamm ranks 7,154 out of 20,380. Before him are Barbara Hale (1922), Roy Cochran (1919), Guy Kawasaki (1954), Robert Hays (1947), James Foley (1973), and Stephen Hunter (1946). After him are Jean Parker (1915), Mr. Lawrence (1969), Brad Fiedel (1951), Jed Allan (1935), Jacob L. Devers (1887), and Richard H. Truly (1937).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Ed Hamm ranks 158. Before him are Lillian Copeland (1904), James Juvenal (1874), Arthur Harnden (1924), Edwin Hedley (1864), William Jordan (1898), and Roy Cochran (1919). After him are Frederick Schule (1879), Calvin Smith (1961), John Geiger (1873), Ken Carpenter (1913), Lucinda Williams (1937), and Edith McGuire (1944).

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