BOXER

Ernie Terrell

1939 - 2014

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Ernest Terrell (April 4, 1939 – December 16, 2014) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1957 to 1973. He held the World Boxing Association's heavyweight title from 1965 to 1967, and was one of the tallest heavyweights of his era, at 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m) tall. He unsuccessfully fought the other world heavyweight champion of the era, Muhammad Ali, in a heavyweight title unification contest in 1967, losing by a unanimous decision. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernie Terrell has received more than 601,697 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ernie Terrell is the 75th most popular boxer (down from 57th in 2019), the 5,892nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,465th in 2019) and the 40th most popular American Boxer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 600k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Ernie Terrell ranks 75 out of 496. Before him are Július Torma, Michael Spinks, Carmen Basilio, Frederick Grace, Jess Willard, and Thomas Hearns. After him are Oscar De La Hoya, Santiago Lovell, Piero Toscani, Rafael Iglesias, Andrew Golota, and José Torres.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Ernie Terrell ranks 349. Before him are Richard Posner, Yves Boisset, Helen Prejean, Breyten Breytenbach, Günther Herrmann, and John Hopcroft. After him are Adrienne Clarkson, Theo Waigel, Brigitte Fassbaender, Ernst Zündel, István Kozma, and Michael J. Pollard. Among people deceased in 2014, Ernie Terrell ranks 266. Before him are Atef Ebeid, Gordon Tullock, Durdy Bayramov, Ruby Dee, The Ultimate Warrior, and Leonid Stadnyk. After him are Lilli Carati, Joachim Fuchsberger, Helena Rakoczy, Richard N. Frye, Stefan Bozhkov, and Roger Lloyd-Pack.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ernie Terrell ranks 5,892 out of 20,380. Before him are Helen Herron Taft (1861), Harry Shearer (1943), Buddy Rogers (1921), James Hansen (1941), Kathy Najimy (1957), and Penn Badgley (1986). After him are Chuck Close (1940), Eugene Polley (1915), Rachel Jackson (1767), Samuel Alito (1950), Efraim Zuroff (1948), and Ed Helms (1974).

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Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Ernie Terrell ranks 40. Before him are Oliver Kirk (1884), Marvelous Marvin Hagler (1954), Michael Spinks (1956), Carmen Basilio (1927), Jess Willard (1881), and Thomas Hearns (1958). After him are Oscar De La Hoya (1973), James J. Jeffries (1875), Samuel Berger (1884), Carmen Barth (1912), Jimmy Ellis (1940), and Tony Zale (1913).

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