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Guinn Smith

1920 - 2004

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Owen Guinn Smith (May 2, 1920 – January 20, 2004) was an American athlete, the 1948 Olympic champion in the pole vault. Born in McKinney, Texas, Smith moved to California when he was a child. He was originally a high jumper, but UC Berkeley, the university he wanted to attend, already had a strong high jumping team, so he took up pole vaulting. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guinn Smith has received more than 28,712 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Guinn Smith is the 1,227th most popular athlete (down from 699th in 2019), the 8,706th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,495th in 2019) and the 225th most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 29k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Guinn Smith ranks 1,227 out of 6,025. Before him are Roberta, Erkki Kataja, Johannes Thingnes Bø, Jan Mrvík, Sylvi Saimo, and Ivan Brown. After him are Yuriy Lituyev, Anna-Lisa Eriksson, Kim Min-seok, Emil Magnusson, Paul Weinstein, and Ana Fidelia Quirot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Guinn Smith ranks 367. Before him are Olha Ilkiv, Edera Cordiale, Carlo Monti, Usha Mehta, Jack Rowley, and Shelly Manne. After him are Lucidio Sentimenti, Cecilia Colledge, Denton Cooley, John Paul Stevens, Hans Gerschwiler, and Osamu Hayaishi. Among people deceased in 2004, Guinn Smith ranks 264. Before him are Yordan Radichkov, Fernando Campos, Yasutomi Nishizuka, Lennox Miller, Bill Nicholson, and Sylvi Saimo. After him are Carl Anderson, Raja Ramanna, Jean Graczyk, Mulk Raj Anand, Alexey Korneyev, and Iris Chang.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Guinn Smith ranks 8,706 out of 20,380. Before him are Babyface (1958), Tully Marshall (1864), Evan Handler (1961), Armin Shimerman (1949), Tony Dalton (1975), and Ivan Brown (1908). After him are Carly Fiorina (1954), Jessica Capshaw (1976), Earl Derr Biggers (1884), Judith Barsi (1978), Miiko Taka (1925), and Patricia Tallman (1957).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Guinn Smith ranks 225. Before him are Jay Silvester (1937), Paul Drayton (1939), Joseph Dempsey (1875), Jack Shea (1910), Alvah Meyer (1888), and Ivan Brown (1908). After him are Steve Anderson (1906), Earl Young (1941), Frederick Moloney (1882), Herman Groman (1882), Alan Washbond (1899), and John Powell (1947).

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