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Foy Draper

1911 - 1943

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Foy Draper (November 26, 1911 – February 1, 1943) was an American track and field athlete who won a gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Foy Draper has received more than 74,556 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Foy Draper is the 2,082nd most popular athlete (down from 1,506th in 2019), the 11,637th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,738th in 2019) and the 364th most popular American Athlete.

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  • 75k

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  • 41.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Foy Draper ranks 2,082 out of 6,025Before him are Kalevi Oikarainen, Frank Amyot, Alice Brown, Balbir Singh Sr., Jaouad Gharib, and Nezha Bidouane. After him are Leo Losert, Bruno Visintin, Elena Horvat, Leamon King, Olga Kuzenkova, and Zdravko Hebel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Foy Draper ranks 385Before him are Sybille Bedford, Nino Borsari, Hugh Marlowe, Amelia Boynton Robinson, Harry Golombek, and Mitch Miller. After him are Jean Muir, Rudi Ball, Vaughn Monroe, Hank Greenberg, Maribel Vinson, and Ludwig Schuberth. Among people deceased in 1943, Foy Draper ranks 235Before him are Cornelia Fort, Louisa Garrett Anderson, Lorenz Hart, Dwight Frye, Hobart Bosworth, and Arthur Streeton. After him are George Moorhouse, Gisela Januszewska, Edward Bagnall Poulton, and Sam Ruben.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Foy Draper ranks 11,637 out of 20,380Before him are Jimmy Rogers (1924), Alice Brown (1960), Samuel E. Wright (1946), Wendy Schaal (1954), Paul Lynde (1926), and Mitch Miller (1911). After him are Fiona Apple (1977), June Marlowe (1903), Robert Riskin (1897), Kenneth Lonergan (1962), Leamon King (1936), and Caleb Cushing (1800).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Foy Draper ranks 364Before him are George Bonhag (1882), Marcell Jacobs (1994), Ira Davenport (1887), Harold Smith (1909), Eddie Hart (1949), and Alice Brown (1960). After him are Leamon King (1936), Sammy Lee (1920), Marvin Stalder (1905), Mal Whitfield (1924), Josiah McCracken (1874), and Charles Thias (1879).