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Forrest Towns

1914 - 1991

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Forrest Grady "Spec" Towns (February 6, 1914 – April 9, 1991) was an American track and field athlete. He was the 1936 Olympic champion in the 110 m hurdles and broke the world record in that event three times. Born in Fitzgerald, Georgia, Towns grew up in Augusta, Georgia, where he played football in high school at Richmond Academy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Forrest Towns has received more than 49,883 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Forrest Towns is the 2,023rd most popular athlete (down from 1,355th in 2019), the 11,145th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,005th in 2019) and the 342nd most popular American Athlete.

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  • 49.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Forrest Towns ranks 2,023 out of 6,025. Before him are Anders Hylander, George Simpson, Jesper Hansen, Gregor Hradetzky, Otto Licha, and Franz Keller. After him are Carolina Klüft, Manfred Germar, Louis Wilkins, Masushi Ouchi, Helmut Hamann, and Aldo Tarlao.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Forrest Towns ranks 391. Before him are Donald A. Wollheim, Hendrik Isemborghs, Julie Bishop, Sam Hanks, Jale İnan, and Hillary Brooke. After him are Ernest Tubb, Werner Meyer, Clayton Moore, Richard Denning, Einari Teräsvirta, and Wayne Morris. Among people deceased in 1991, Forrest Towns ranks 259. Before him are Redd Foxx, Ambrus Nagy, Eleanor Audley, Pavel Morozenko, Paulo Muwanga, and David Ruffin. After him are Vera Stroyeva, Károly Bartha, Pat O'Callaghan, Charlie Barnet, Roger Revelle, and Coral Browne.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Forrest Towns ranks 11,145 out of 20,380. Before him are Phil Hellmuth (1964), Charles Farrell (1900), John Clellon Holmes (1926), Ron Brown (1941), Pat O'Connor (1928), and Alexei Panshin (1940). After him are John O'Connor (1920), Katherine Rawls (1917), Arlene Francis (1907), John Brown Gordon (1832), Tom Aldredge (1928), and Wade Dominguez (1966).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Forrest Towns ranks 342. Before him are Burton Jastram (1910), Thane Baker (1931), Bob Schul (1937), Peter Donlon (1906), George Simpson (1908), and Jesper Hansen (null). After him are Louis Wilkins (1882), John Mulcahy (1876), Anne Henning (1955), Duvall Hecht (1930), Mae Faggs (1932), and Burton Downing (1885).

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