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Florence Griffith Joyner

1959 - 1998

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Florence Delorez Griffith Joyner (born Florence Delorez Griffith; December 21, 1959 – September 21, 1998), also known as Flo-Jo, was an American track and field athlete and the fastest woman ever recorded. She set world records in 1988 for the 100 m and 200 m. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Florence Griffith Joyner has received more than 9,454,166 page views. Her biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Florence Griffith Joyner is the 18th most popular athlete (down from 17th in 2019), the 1,415th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,343rd in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Florence Griffith Joyner ranks 18 out of 6,025. Before her are Javier Sotomayor, Ray Ewry, Thomas Burke, Felix Baumgartner, Mike Powell, and Stefka Kostadinova. After her are Ellery Harding Clark, Iolanda Balaș, Hannes Kolehmainen, Tamara Press, Marita Koch, and Luz Long.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Florence Griffith Joyner ranks 39. Before her are Ahmet Davutoğlu, Abdullah of Pahang, Simon Cowell, Kelly Lynch, Vahagn Khachaturyan, and Michel Preud'homme. After her are Sarah, Duchess of York, Li Qiang, Sade, Rigoberta Menchú, Gerhard Berger, and Kyle MacLachlan. Among people deceased in 1998, Florence Griffith Joyner ranks 36. Before her are Lúcio Costa, Kenichi Fukui, Galina Ulanova, Bob Kane, Derek Barton, and Nelson Goodman. After her are Martha Gellhorn, Conrad Schumann, Alan J. Pakula, Alan Hodgkin, Imi Lichtenfeld, and Adem Jashari.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Florence Griffith Joyner ranks 1,415 out of 20,380. Before her are Adrien Brody (1973), Charles G. Dawes (1865), Ida Tarbell (1857), David Schwimmer (1966), Michael Stuart Brown (1941), and John Cena (1977). After her are Martha Gellhorn (1908), Sondra Locke (1944), Douglas McGregor (1906), Tony Burton (1937), Ellery Harding Clark (1874), and Joseph Murray (1919).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Florence Griffith Joyner ranks 9. Before her are Carl Lewis (1961), Dick Fosbury (1947), Ronnie Coleman (1964), Ray Ewry (1873), Thomas Burke (1875), and Mike Powell (1963). After her are Ellery Harding Clark (1874), Frank Zane (1942), Larry Scott (1938), Max Emmerich (1879), Tom Courtney (1933), and Louis Zamperini (1917).

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