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George Calnan

1900 - 1933

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George Charles Calnan (January 18, 1900 – April 4, 1933) was a United States Navy officer who also competed for the United States as a fencer. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he earned three bronze medals (Individual épée: 1928, Team foil: 1932, Team épée: 1932) A native of Boston, Massachusetts, Calnan did not start fencing until he was a student at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. By the time he was a senior, he was captain of the Navy's fencing team. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Calnan has received more than 15,716 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. George Calnan is the 24th most popular fencer (down from 18th in 2019), the 5,697th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,561st in 2019) and the most popular American Fencer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FENCERS

Among fencers, George Calnan ranks 24 out of 349. Before him are Grigory Kriss, Émile Coste, János Garay, Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici, Jehan Buhan, and Aldo Nadi. After him are Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő, Georges Buchard, Roger Ducret, Pierluigi Chicca, Oszkár Gerde, and Jetze Doorman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, George Calnan ranks 192. Before him are Karel Teige, Charley Paddock, Teodoro Picado Michalski, Vasily Abaev, Ivan Ivanov-Vano, and Erna Berger. After him are Ivan Maslennikov, Itzik Feffer, Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen, Hendrik van Gent, Pyotr Gavrilov, and René Guillot. Among people deceased in 1933, George Calnan ranks 103. Before him are Apollinary Vasnetsov, Kamini Roy, Rudolph Lewis, Steponas Darius, Anthony Hope, and George Saling. After him are Jimmie Rodgers, György Almásy, Kote Marjanishvili, Olaf Bull, Renée Adorée, and János Hadik.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Calnan ranks 5,697 out of 20,380. Before him are James B. Donovan (1916), Eric Shinseki (1942), Sandra Bernhard (1955), Michael Spinks (1956), John Patrick Foley (1935), and Otis Davis (1932). After him are Elizabeth Mitchell (1970), Sidney Johnson (1877), Amina Wadud (1952), David White (1916), Harry Carey (1878), and Isabella Karle (1921).

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Among FENCERS In United States

Among fencers born in United States, George Calnan ranks 1. After him are Albertson Van Zo Post (1866), Ibtihaj Muhammad (1985), Mariel Zagunis (1985), Race Imboden (1993), Alexander Massialas (1994), Maya Lawrence (1980), Sada Jacobson (1983), Lee Kiefer (1994), Rebecca Ward (1990), Gerek Meinhardt (1990), and Kelley Hurley (1988).

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