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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 24,463 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ed Hamm is the 741st most popular athlete, the 7,675th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,250th in 2019) and the 144th most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 24k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ed Hamm ranks 741 out of 3,059Before him are Charles Gondouin, Alice Coachman, Enriqueta Basilio, Gaston Amson, Charles Mathiesen, and Vanderlei de Lima. After him are Naftali Temu, Eva Janko, Markus Rühl, Zoran Janković, Waldemar Baszanowski, and Bo Lindman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Ed Hamm ranks 301Before him are Paul Creston, Iosif Czako, Dragoslav Mihajlović, Hans Walzhofer, Benjamin Mazar, and Erich Kähler. After him are Arturo Fernández Meyzán, Richard Llewellyn, Bukka White, Mary Brian, Paul Winter, and Alberto Denegri. Among people deceased in 1982, Ed Hamm ranks 217Before him are John Gardner, BP Koirala, Kenneth More, Stefanos Stefanopoulos, Hermanni Pihlajamäki, and Hans Drakenberg. After him are Marco Cimatti, Celia Johnson, Renato Sáinz, Walt Ader, Vitaly Daraselia, and Reta Shaw.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ed Hamm ranks 7,675 out of 18,182Before him are John E. Blaha (1942), Dave DeBusschere (1940), Booker T. Jones (1944), Lindsay Davenport (1976), William Gillette (1853), and Blossom Rock (1895). After him are Helen Johns (1914), Patricia Morison (1915), Michael Dunn (1934), Michael Flynn (1958), Dana Vespoli (1972), and Mildred Dunnock (1901).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Ed Hamm ranks 144Before him are Guinn Smith (1920), Karl Warner (1908), Mel Patton (1924), Maurice Greene (1974), Andy Stanfield (1927), and Alice Coachman (1923). After him are Paul Pilgrim (1883), John Bray (1875), Dallas Long (1940), Roy Cochran (1919), Glenn Morris (1912), and Daniel Kelly (1883).