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George Poage

1880 - 1962

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George Coleman Poage (November 6, 1880 – April 11, 1962) was an American track and field athlete. He was the first black and the first African-American athlete to win a medal in the Olympic Games, winning two bronze medals at the 1904 games in St. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Poage has received more than 60,426 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. George Poage is the 3,077th most popular athlete (down from 2,169th in 2019), the 15,651st most popular biography from United States (down from 14,097th in 2019) and the 492nd most popular American Athlete.

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  • 35.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, George Poage ranks 3,077 out of 6,025. Before him are Chris Brown, Brigitte Kraus, Vita Pavlysh, Andrei Krauchanka, Ota Zaremba, and Ezekiel Kemboi. After him are Heli Rantanen, Sylvain Guillaume, Wang Liping, Brendan Foster, Valentyna Semerenko, and Eunice Barber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, George Poage ranks 231. Before him are Ernest Townsend, Charles King, Wally Kinnear, Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough, Nora Bayes, and Leo Carrillo. After him is Murder of Emily Armstrong. Among people deceased in 1962, George Poage ranks 232. Before him are Peter Ryan, Louise Beavers, Roy Atwell, Albert William Herre, Frank Lovejoy, and Victor Moore. After him are Valeska Suratt, and Joe Ruddy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Poage ranks 15,651 out of 20,380. Before him are Austin Carr (1948), Tamina Snuka (1978), Denise Curry (1959), George Allen (1952), Gus Williams (1953), and Pendleton Ward (1982). After him are Keegan Allen (1989), Atticus Shaffer (1998), Ariel Winter (1998), Stan Van Gundy (1959), Tim Sylvia (1976), and Baauer (1989).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, George Poage ranks 492. Before him are Gerald Tinker (1951), Inger Miller (1972), Wayne Collett (1949), Sha'Carri Richardson (2000), Susanna Kallur (1981), and Benita Fitzgerald-Brown (1961). After him are Derrick Adkins (1970), Sheila Ingram (1957), Danny Everett (1966), Shawn Crawford (1978), Brian Lewis (1974), and Antonio Pettigrew (1967).

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