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Fred Hansen

1940 - Today

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Frederick Morgan "Fred" Hansen (born December 29, 1940) is an American former athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault. A 1963 graduate of Rice University, he competed in the pole vault for the United States in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, where he won the gold medal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fred Hansen has received more than 44,779 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Fred Hansen is the 1,128th most popular athlete (down from 581st in 2019), the 8,396th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,022nd in 2019) and the 214th most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 45k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Fred Hansen ranks 1,128 out of 6,025. Before him are Andrey Abduvaliyev, Lee Calhoun, Ine Schäffer, Lars Jørgen Madsen, Pierre Trentin, and Herbert Jamison. After him are Waldemar Baszanowski, Giovanni Zucchi, Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili, P. T. Usha, Henri Guérin, and Pentti Hämäläinen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Fred Hansen ranks 459. Before him are Uma Aaltonen, Terry McDermott, John Esposito, Marcel Aubour, Mariette Hartley, and Apolo Nsibambi. After him are S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan, Dani Shmulevich-Rom, Walter Alvarez, Luis Ubiña, Jozef Štibrányi, and Dave DeBusschere.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fred Hansen ranks 8,396 out of 20,380. Before him are Anna Thomson (1953), June Lockhart (1925), Charlie Murphy (1959), Martha Vickers (1925), Herbert Jamison (1875), and Johnny Rivers (1942). After him are Belladonna (1981), Method Man (1971), Diane Sawyer (1945), Gail Goodrich (1943), Sam Harris (1967), and Frankie Manning (1914).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Fred Hansen ranks 214. Before him are Marcus Hurley (1883), Vince Gallagher (1899), Albert Nasse (1878), Tranquilo Cappozzo (1918), Lee Calhoun (1933), and Herbert Jamison (1875). After him are Annette Rogers (1913), Willie Davenport (1943), Cliff Bourland (1921), Willie Steele (1923), Jay Silvester (1937), and Paul Drayton (1939).

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