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Glenn Davis

1934 - 2009

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Glenn Ashby "Jeep" Davis (September 12, 1934 – January 28, 2009) was an American Olympic hurdler and sprinter who won a total of three gold medals in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic games. Davis later played professional American football with the Detroit Lions and was a teacher and coach in his adopted hometown of Barberton, Ohio for 33 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Glenn Davis has received more than 30,840 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Glenn Davis is the 361st most popular athlete (down from 304th in 2019), the 5,371st most popular biography from United States (up from 5,502nd in 2019) and the 85th most popular American Athlete.

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  • 50.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Glenn Davis ranks 361 out of 6,025. Before him are Tamara Tyshkevich, Aleksandra Chudina, Charley Paddock, John Winter, Livio Berruti, and Magdalena Georgieva. After him are Steinar Amundsen, Ted Meredith, František Pospíšil, Charles Bacon, Miltiadis Gouskos, and Chris Dickerson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Glenn Davis ranks 285. Before him are Michael Artin, Miroslav Ondříček, Yakubu Gowon, Ludvig Faddeev, Mario David, and Zacarias Kamwenho. After him are Carlos Amigo Vallejo, Seraphim Rose, Paul Josef Cordes, Lester R. Brown, Sugathakumari, and Anne Haney. Among people deceased in 2009, Glenn Davis ranks 199. Before him are Otto Graf Lambsdorff, Lino Aldani, Jack Kramer, Knut Haugland, Stéphanos II Ghattas, and Gangubai Hangal. After him are Giacomo Bulgarelli, Helen Suzman, Monica Bleibtreu, José Luis López Vázquez, Tullio Pinelli, and Juan Carlos Muñoz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Glenn Davis ranks 5,371 out of 20,380. Before him are Daniela Ruah (1983), Willie Mays (1931), Art Farmer (1928), Pat Martino (1944), David Crane (1957), and Irwin Winkler (1931). After him are T. C. Boyle (1948), Betsy Palmer (1926), Lilian Jackson Braun (1913), Harry Hamlin (1951), Brian G. Hutton (1935), and Marc Lawrence (1910).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Glenn Davis ranks 85. Before him are Dexter Jackson (1969), Richard Sheldon (1878), Pat McCormick (1930), Morgan Taylor (1903), Bob Kiesel (1911), and Charley Paddock (1900). After him are Ted Meredith (1891), Charles Bacon (1885), Chris Dickerson (1939), Honus Wagner (1874), Earle Meadows (1913), and Charles Dvorak (1878).

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