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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 45,726 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Forrest Towns is the 1,356th most popular athlete (down from 809th in 2019), the 10,028th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,756th in 2019) and the 249th most popular American Athlete.

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  • 46k

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  • 41.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Forrest Towns ranks 1,356 out of 3,059. Before him are Witold Woyda, Voitto Hellsten, George Bonhag, Anders Peter Nielsen, Josef Augusta, and Igor Paklin. After him are Yuriy Tyukalov, Mia Gommers, Toivo Hyytiäinen, Miguel Seijas, Ardalion Ignatyev, and Taisia Chenchik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Forrest Towns ranks 346. Before him are Hanna Neumann, Bob Gerard, Ward Kimball, Akhtar Hameed Khan, Sylvi Saimo, and Sam Hanks. After him are Clayton Moore, Hans Theilig, Carlo Biagi, Jack Medica, Andrea Leeds, and Begum Akhtar. Among people deceased in 1991, Forrest Towns ranks 231. Before him are Grete Mostny, Meindert DeJong, Gordon Pirie, Eleanor Audley, Carl Shy, and John Hoyt. After him are Gloria Holden, Kenas Aroi, Roy Welensky, Adrian Quist, Aline MacMahon, and Angus Wilson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Forrest Towns ranks 10,028 out of 18,182. Before him are Maria Canals-Barrera (1966), Shelly Manne (1920), Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (1843), Kerri Walsh Jennings (1978), Betty Garrett (1919), and Anna J. Cooper (1858). After him are Virginia Davis (1918), Tammy Grimes (1934), Jeanie MacPherson (1886), Kirk Acevedo (1971), DeAndre Yedlin (1993), and Diamond Dallas Page (1956).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Forrest Towns ranks 249. Before him are Joseph Stadler (1880), Isabelle Daniels (1937), Tim Montgomery (1975), Randy Barnes (1966), Lucinda Williams (1937), and George Bonhag (1882). After him are Gail Devers (1966), Norman Taber (1891), Constance Titus (1873), Loren Murchison (1898), Richard Murphy (1931), and Howard Valentine (1881).

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