SOCCER PLAYER

Franz John

1872 - 1952

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Franz Adolf Louis John (born 28 September 1872 in Pritzwalk, died 17 November 1952 in Berlin) was a German football player. He was one of the founders of FC Bayern Munich, and acted as its first president from 1900 to 1903.He was born on 28 September 1872 in Pritzwalk (Brandenburg), the son of Friedrich Wilhelm and Ida John. After moving with his parents to Pankow at the fringe of Berlin, he later joined the football club VfB Pankow. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz John has received more than 74,711 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Franz John is the 1,487th most popular soccer player (down from 1,006th in 2019), the 3,508th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,990th in 2019) and the 111th most popular German Soccer Player.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Franz John has had the most page views in the with 12,129 views, followed by German (7,395), and Spanish (3,467). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Georgian (39.53%), Croatian (22.68%), and Arabic (7.72%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Franz John ranks 1,487 out of 21,273Before him are Eusebio Sacristán, Serginho Chulapa, Roberto Miranda, José María Zárraga, Ryozo Suzuki, and Juan Carlos Lorenzo. After him are Conduelo Píriz, Herbert Erhardt, Rubén Morán, Mustapha Hadji, Vlatko Marković, and Jan Olsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Franz John ranks 96Before him are Edward Wilson, Déodat de Séverac, William Larned, Mikhail Kuzmin, Camille Guérin, and Paul Reinecke. After him are August Nilsson, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Hafez Ibrahim, Gustave Sandras, Georgios Tsitas, and Alexandru Vaida-Voevod. Among people deceased in 1952, Franz John ranks 92Before him are Vladimir Albitsky, Nikos Beloyannis, Constant Permeke, Arturo Rawson, Mariano Azuela, and Harold Innis. After him are Antonia Maury, Alberto Savinio, Edward S. Curtis, Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Krystyna Skarbek, and Max Dehn.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Franz John ranks 3,508 out of 7,253Before him are Hermann Muhs (1894), Heinrich Anton de Bary (1831), Lotte Lehmann (1888), Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen (1833), Erich Salomon (1886), and Paul Dessau (1894). After him are Conrad of Urach (1170), Herbert Erhardt (1930), Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1581), Carl Blechen (1798), Curt Haase (1881), and Philipp Spitta (1841).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Franz John ranks 111Before him are Klaus Fichtel (1944), Joshua Kimmich (1995), Thomas Doll (1966), Bernhard Cullmann (1949), Karl Mai (1928), and Werner Peter (1950). After him are Herbert Erhardt (1930), Roman Weidenfeller (1980), Uwe Bein (1960), Klaus Toppmöller (1951), Stanislaus Kobierski (1910), and Horst Blankenburg (1947).