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Frank Zane

1942 - Today

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Frank Zane (born June 28, 1942) is a retired American professional bodybuilder and author. Known as "The Chemist", Zane is a three-time Mr. Olympia winner, having won the competition every year from 1977 to 1979. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Zane has received more than 2,533,300 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Frank Zane is the 26th most popular athlete (up from 34th in 2019), the 1,662nd most popular biography from United States (up from 1,940th in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Athlete.

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  • 2.5M

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  • 59.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Frank Zane ranks 26 out of 6,025. Before him are Iolanda Balaș, Hannes Kolehmainen, Tamara Press, Marita Koch, Luz Long, and Stanisława Walasiewicz. After him are Sigfrid Edström, Ben Johnson, Marina Doria, Jānis Lūsis, Ville Ritola, and Mark Phillips.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Frank Zane ranks 125. Before him are Karen Grassle, Anita Pallenberg, Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, António Lobo Antunes, Felice Gimondi, and Sixto Rodriguez. After him are Ivo Viktor, Fred Ward, Roger Ebert, Mitch McConnell, Jean-Pierre Jabouille, and Evaristo Carvalho.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Zane ranks 1,662 out of 20,380. Before him are Sixto Rodriguez (1942), Richard Jordan Gatling (1818), Jennifer Grey (1960), Vera Miles (1929), John Turturro (1957), and Jean M. Auel (1936). After him are Robert J. Shiller (1946), LeBron James (1984), Thornton Wilder (1897), Cesar Romero (1907), Elmer Bernstein (1922), and Josephine Chaplin (1949).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Frank Zane ranks 11. Before him are Ronnie Coleman (1964), Ray Ewry (1873), Thomas Burke (1875), Mike Powell (1963), Florence Griffith Joyner (1959), and Ellery Harding Clark (1874). After him are Larry Scott (1938), Max Emmerich (1879), Tom Courtney (1933), Louis Zamperini (1917), Archie Hahn (1880), and Tommie Smith (1944).

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