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Edwin Moses

1955 - Today

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Edwin Corley Moses (born August 31, 1955) is an American former hurdler who won gold medals in the 400 m hurdles at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics. Between 1977 and 1987, Moses won 107 consecutive finals (122 consecutive races) and set the world record in the event four times. In addition to his running, Moses was also an innovative reformer in the areas of Olympic eligibility and drug testing. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edwin Moses has received more than 771,065 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Edwin Moses is the 126th most popular athlete (up from 218th in 2019), the 3,746th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,729th in 2019) and the 30th most popular American Athlete.

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  • 770k

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  • 52.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Edwin Moses ranks 126 out of 3,059Before him are Jay Cutler, Lina Radke, Harold Abrahams, Michael Johnson, Alfred Neuland, and Gyula Kellner. After him are Nasser Al-Attiyah, Roger Bannister, Donald Lippincott, Lauri Lehtinen, Carlos Lopes, and Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Edwin Moses ranks 141Before him are Ildikó Enyedi, Mayumi Tanaka, James Gosling, Alan Sokal, Paul Greengrass, and Mika Kaurismäki. After him are Daniel Bertoni, Yasmina Khadra, Brian Kobilka, Tommy Wiseau, Jean-Hugues Anglade, and William Forsythe.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edwin Moses ranks 3,746 out of 18,182Before him are Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1887), Booker T. Washington (1856), Eric Singer (1958), Marie Tharp (1920), Majel Barrett (1932), and James Burton (1939). After him are Gabriel Almond (1911), Traci Lords (1968), Benjamin West (1738), Paul Guilfoyle (1949), Andrea Dworkin (1946), and Josephine Hull (1877).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Edwin Moses ranks 30Before him are Lee Haney (1959), Archie Hahn (1880), John Paine (1870), Frank Jarvis (1878), Jay Cutler (1973), and Michael Johnson (1967). After him are Donald Lippincott (1893), Carlos Lopes (1947), Thomas Curtis (1873), Lee Evans (1947), John Carlos (1945), and Harrison Dillard (1923).