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Forrest Smithson

1884 - 1962

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Forrest Custer Smithson (September 26, 1884 – November 25, 1962) was an American athlete, winner of 110 m hurdles at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Born in Portland, Oregon, Smithson was a student of theology from Oregon State University and an AAU champion in 1907 and 1909 in the 120 yd (110 m) hurdles. At London, the main favourites were Smithson's teammates John Garrels and Arthur Shaw who had earlier equaled Alvin Kraenzlein's world record of 15.2 seconds. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Forrest Smithson has received more than 23,701 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Forrest Smithson is the 334th most popular athlete (up from 393rd in 2019), the 5,673rd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,090th in 2019) and the 71st most popular American Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.82

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Forrest Smithson ranks 334 out of 3,059. Before him are Franjo Mihalić, Karl Hein, John Akii-Bua, Tatyana Kazankina, Ben Adams, and Rafer Johnson. After him are Erik Abrahamsson, Elmer Niklander, Henry Eriksson, Mel Sheppard, Charles Moore, and Edwin Flack.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Forrest Smithson ranks 145. Before him are Ömer Seyfettin, Ludwik Hirszfeld, Sara Teasdale, Claes Johanson, Michel de Klerk, and Harry Ferguson. After him are Jean-Richard Bloch, Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, Nicholas Charnetsky, Fritz Noether, Har Dayal, and Sofiya Nalepinska-Boychuk. Among people deceased in 1962, Forrest Smithson ranks 119. Before him are Gary Hocking, Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin, A. K. Fazlul Huq, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Paavo Aaltonen, and Paul Götz. After him are Richard Herrmann, Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe, Florence Lee, Henri Oreiller, Ellen Osiier, and Morris Louis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Forrest Smithson ranks 5,673 out of 18,182. Before him are Jon Huntsman Jr. (1960), Nicholas Pileggi (1933), Rafer Johnson (1935), William Guarnere (1923), Anna Louise Strong (1885), and Boz Scaggs (1944). After him are Van Johnson (1916), Roy Thinnes (1938), Frank J. Tipler (1947), Norah Jones (1979), Lee Ritenour (1952), and Afeni Shakur (1947).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Forrest Smithson ranks 71. Before him are Marcus Hurley (1883), Betty Robinson (1911), Walter Tewksbury (1876), Arthur Blake (1872), Ben Adams (1890), and Rafer Johnson (1935). After him are Mel Sheppard (1883), Charles Moore (1929), Eddie Tolan (1908), Tyson Gay (1982), Henry Russell (1904), and John Thomas (1941).

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