SWIMMER

George Vernot

1901 - 1962

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George Edward Vernot (February 27, 1901 – November 22, 1962) was a Canadian freestyle swimmer who competed at the 1920 and 1924 Olympics. At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Vernot won a silver medal in the 1500-metre freestyle, and a bronze medal in the 400-metre event. He also competed in the 100-metre freestyle but placed third in his semifinal and did not advance. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Vernot has received more than 11,125 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. George Vernot is the 144th most popular swimmer, the 638th most popular biography from Canada and the 2nd most popular Canadian Swimmer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, George Vernot ranks 144 out of 709. Before him are Bob Skelton, Kathy Ellis, Inge de Bruijn, Wilhelm Lützow, Pua Kealoha, and Andrea Pollack. After him are Jack Medica, Shiro Hashizume, Harold Hardwick, Bill Mulliken, Raymond Thorne, and Valerie Davies.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, George Vernot ranks 339. Before him are Jimmy Gallagher, Louis Kuehn, Nikolay Akimov, John C. Stennis, Edmund Rubbra, and Putte Kock. After him are Chester Morris, Rudy Vallée, George Tobias, Nikolai Khmelyov, Paul Martin, and H. Bruce Humberstone. Among people deceased in 1962, George Vernot ranks 213. Before him are Léon Binoche, Dorothy Brookshaw, Edy Reinalter, Julius Lenhart, Fran Saleški Finžgar, and Augusta Savage. After him are Ron Flockhart, A. E. Douglass, Helena Kottler Vurnik, Robert S. Woodworth, Frank Amyot, and Louise Fazenda.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, George Vernot ranks 638 out of 1,622. Before him are Richard Louis Duckett (1884), Santino Marella (1974), Mike Bossy (1957), Sheila McCarthy (1956), Gordon Tootoosis (1941), and Peter Watts (1958). After him are Paul Shaffer (1949), Carlyle S. Beals (1899), Charlotte Le Bon (1986), Vic Emery (1933), Erik Everhard (1976), and Elmer Clifton (1890).

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Among SWIMMERS In Canada

Among swimmers born in Canada, George Vernot ranks 2. Before him are George Hodgson (1893). After him are Sylvie Fréchette (1967), Carolyn Waldo (1964), Anne Ottenbrite (1966), Alexandre Despatie (1985), Brent Hayden (1983), Mark Tewksbury (1968), Katerine Savard (1993), Kylie Masse (1996), Ryan Cochrane (1988), and Summer McIntosh (2006).

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