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Fauja Singh

1911 - Today

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Fauja Singh (Punjabi: ਫੌਜਾ ਸਿੰਘ) is a British Sikh and retired marathon runner of Punjabi Indian descent. He has beaten a number of world records in multiple age brackets, but none of his times have been ratified as records. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fauja Singh has received more than 986,958 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Fauja Singh is the 401st most popular athlete (down from 342nd in 2019), the 510th most popular biography from India (down from 442nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Indian Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Fauja Singh ranks 401 out of 3,059. Before him are Duje Bonačić, Galina Bystrova, Lyudmila Shevtsova, Vilhjálmur Einarsson, P. T. Usha, and Carlo Agostoni. After him are Lajos Steiner, Jonni Myyrä, Bobby Morrow, István Somodi, Bud Houser, and Colette Besson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Fauja Singh ranks 225. Before him are C. L. Moore, Nikolai Kryuchkov, Kick Smit, Consalvo Sanesi, Leslie Graham, and Paul Pietsch. After him are Luise Rinser, Marie Braun, Giuseppe Olmo, Mario Perazzolo, Jo Jones, and Nikolai Baibakov.

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In India

Among people born in India, Fauja Singh ranks 510 out of 1,493. Before him are Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (1923), Jyoti Basu (1914), Meira Kumar (1945), Sulochana Gadgil (1944), Amrit Kaur (1889), and P. T. Usha (1964). After him are Har Dayal (1884), Sivaji Ganesan (1928), D. R. Kaprekar (1905), Jayakanthan (1934), Neerja Bhanot (1963), and Mayawati (1956).

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Among ATHLETES In India

Among athletes born in India, Fauja Singh ranks 3. Before him are Charles Gmelin (1872) and P. T. Usha (1964). After him are K. D. Jadhav (1926), Launceston Elliot (1874), Godfrey Brown (1915), Udham Singh (1928), Balbir Singh Sr. (1923), Richard Allen (1902), Leslie Claudius (1927), Karnam Malleswari (1975), and Ajit Pal Singh (1947).

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