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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. He also won a gold medal at the 1950 Maccabiah Games. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Spellman has received more than 27,847 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Spellman is the 1,824th most popular athlete (down from 1,226th in 2019), the 12,425th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,747th in 2019) and the 343rd most popular American Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Frank Spellman ranks 1,824 out of 3,059. Before him are Nina Zyuskova, Brigitte Wujak, Veli Lehtelä, Frank Shakespeare, Allyson Felix, and Myriam Bédard. After him are Robert Ouko, Julius Kariuki, Olga Rypakova, Olga Nazarova, Bob Seagren, and Nikolina Shtereva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Frank Spellman ranks 398. Before him are Joan Caulfield, Bert I. Gordon, Gil Merrick, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, and Lamont Johnson. After him are Norman Lear, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Ivor Broadis, Francis Pym, Syd Owen, and John Chafee. Among people deceased in 2017, Frank Spellman ranks 560. Before him are Milt Schmidt, Denis Johnson, Jim Bunning, Al Lawrence, Maria Verónica Reina, and Tommy Gemmell. After him are Bruce Forsyth, Bill Hougland, Donna Williams, Francine York, Denis Voronenkov, and Robert Osborne.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Spellman ranks 12,425 out of 18,182. Before him are Allyson Felix (1985), Martin Starr (1982), Shannon Briggs (1971), Elizabeth Ryan (1892), Karen Joy Fowler (1950), and Tracie Thoms (1975). After him are Jessica Barth (1978), Gil Shaham (1971), Hans Reiser (1963), Gail Fisher (1935), William Safire (1929), and Zelmo Beaty (1939).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Frank Spellman ranks 343. Before him are Dean Smith (1932), Carol Lewis (1963), Norvel Lee (1924), Alonzo Babers (1961), Frank Shakespeare (1930), and Allyson Felix (1985). After him are Bob Seagren (1946), Wilbur Thompson (1921), Jesse Mashburn (1933), Mary Decker (1958), Lorenzo Wright (1926), and Jenn Suhr (1982).

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