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Harold Abrahams

1899 - 1978

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Harold Maurice Abrahams (15 December 1899 – 14 January 1978) was an English track and field athlete. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harold Abrahams has received more than 1,249,932 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Harold Abrahams is the 195th most popular athlete (down from 122nd in 2019), the 2,343rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,135th in 2019) and the 8th most popular British Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Harold Abrahams by language

Over the past year Harold Abrahams has had the most page views in the with 114,287 views, followed by Spanish (9,927), and French (8,969). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (64.06%), Basque (53.89%), and Persian (28.77%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Harold Abrahams ranks 195 out of 6,025Before him are Marlene Ahrens, Gyula Kellner, Alain Mimoun, Rosa Mota, Edgar Aabye, and Adhemar da Silva. After him are Harry Hillman, Eliud Kipchoge, Helge Løvland, Reggie Walker, Veniamin Soldatenko, and Henrik Sjöberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Harold Abrahams ranks 155Before him are Suryakant Tripathi, Fritz von Opel, Joseph Guillemot, Richard Hartshorne, Li Lisan, and C. S. Forester. After him are Robert Casadesus, Udham Singh, Gerhard von Schwerin, Josep Tarradellas, Carlo Rosselli, and Jeralean Talley. Among people deceased in 1978, Harold Abrahams ranks 115Before him are Carlos Chávez, Prince Sigismund of Prussia, Zivia Lubetkin, Raymond Braine, Nancy Spungen, and Federico Chávez. After him are José Gonzalvo, John D. Rockefeller III, Rubén Morán, Nicolau dos Reis Lobato, Josef Frings, and Roy Harrod.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Harold Abrahams ranks 2,343 out of 8,785Before him are Brenda Milner (1918), Hilary Mantel (1952), George Buchanan (1506), William Edward Ayrton (1847), Sharon Osbourne (1952), and Ford Madox Ford (1873). After him are Richard Swinburne (1934), Eugene Aynsley Goossens (1893), Arnold Bennett (1867), Cuthred of Wessex (750), Paul Johnson (1928), and Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1517).

Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Harold Abrahams ranks 8Before him are Sebastian Coe (1956), Robert Hichens (1882), Thomas Hicks (1876), Roger Bannister (1929), Ken McArthur (1881), and George S. Robertson (1872). After him are Dorian Yates (1962), Robert Kerr (1882), Jonathan Edwards (1966), Nancy Mackay (1922), Alfred Tysoe (1874), and Norman Read (1931).