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Frank Spellman

1922 - 2017

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Frank Isaac Spellman (September 17, 1922 – January 12, 2017) was an American machinist and photographer and a middleweight Olympic champion weightlifter. He won a gold medal at the 1948 Olympics, and a bronze medal and a silver medal at the World Championships in 1946–47. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Spellman has received more than 30,708 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Spellman is the 2,884th most popular athlete (down from 1,823rd in 2019), the 14,456th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,396th in 2019) and the 478th most popular American Athlete.

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  • 45.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Frank Spellman ranks 2,884 out of 6,025. Before him are Mahmut Demir, Cornelia Oschkenat, Yuriy Borzakovskiy, Carla Sacramento, Benjamin Limo, and Irina Kalinina. After him are Steve Cram, June Foulds, Trischa Zorn, Jesús Rollán, Roberto Tozzi, and Jessica Monroe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Frank Spellman ranks 458. Before him are Kay Starr, Len Lesser, Bernard Bailyn, Mavis Gallant, Syd Owen, and Hattie Jacques. After him are Grayson Hall, Audrey Long, Gale Storm, Jose W. Diokno, Theodosia Okoh, and Paul Laxalt. Among people deceased in 2017, Frank Spellman ranks 637. Before him are Harvey Atkin, Bharati Mukherjee, Dick Gregory, Barbara Cook, Javier Valdez Cárdenas, and Cristina Adela Foișor. After him are Donna Williams, Lorna Gray, Brent Briscoe, Ivan Stoyanov, Willie Toweel, and Ann Wedgeworth.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Spellman ranks 14,456 out of 20,380. Before him are John Garamendi (1945), Dan Povenmire (1963), Darren Criss (1987), William G. Gregory (1957), James T. Farrell (1904), and Eliezer Yudkowsky (1979). After him are Craig L. Thomas (1933), Trischa Zorn (1964), Jesse McCartney (1987), Jack D. Fischer (1974), Scooter Braun (1981), and David X. Cohen (1966).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Frank Spellman ranks 478. Before him are Andre Phillips (1959), Sarah Jones (null), Pete George (1929), John Davis (1921), Steve Seymour (1920), and Willard Rice (1895). After him are Trischa Zorn (1964), Jessica Monroe (1966), Luis Castillo (null), Chandra Cheeseborough (1959), Mike Conley Sr. (1962), and Quincy Watts (1970).

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