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Harrison Dillard

1923 - 2019

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William Harrison "Bones" Dillard (July 8, 1923 – November 15, 2019) was an American track and field athlete, who is the only male in the history of the Olympic Games to win gold in both the 100 meter (sprints) and the 110 meter hurdles, making him the “World’s Fastest Man” in 1948 and the “World’s Fastest Hurdler” in 1952. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harrison Dillard has received more than 143,718 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Harrison Dillard is the 140th most popular athlete (up from 152nd in 2019), the 3,507th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,079th in 2019) and the 37th most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Harrison Dillard ranks 140 out of 6,025. Before him are Lina Radke, Alfred Neuland, Kipchoge Keino, Paula Mollenhauer, Mamo Wolde, and Francisco Lázaro. After him are Herma Bauma, Bernhard Lehmann, Ewa Kłobukowska, Jüri Lossmann, Naoto Tajima, and Angela Voigt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Harrison Dillard ranks 164. Before him are Lindsay Anderson, Gustavo Rojo, Evelyn McHale, Hjalmar Andersen, Shmuel Eisenstadt, and Ahmet Ertegun. After him are Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Tonino Delli Colli, Nirmala Srivastava, Menahem Pressler, Bob Barker, and Cesare Siepi. Among people deceased in 2019, Harrison Dillard ranks 170. Before him are José Antonio Reyes, Marie-José Nat, Don Alden Adams, Seymour Cassel, Jörg Demus, and Sogyal Rinpoche. After him are Marion Chesney, Camilo Sesto, René Auberjonois, Goro Shimura, Josef Kadraba, and José Luis Brown.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harrison Dillard ranks 3,507 out of 20,380. Before him are Timothée Chalamet (1995), Harold Robbins (1916), Amadeo Giannini (1870), Stephen Baldwin (1966), Fulton J. Sheen (1895), and Carl Bernstein (1944). After him are James R. Schlesinger (1929), Amelia Bloomer (1818), Vesto Slipher (1875), Lee Morgan (1938), Al Green (1946), and Arthur Janov (1924).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Harrison Dillard ranks 37. Before him are Ralph Rose (1885), Frank Jarvis (1878), Edwin Moses (1955), Thomas Curtis (1873), Sherm Clark (1899), and Jim Thorpe (1887). After him are Barbara Jones (1937), John Carlos (1945), Carlos Lopes (1947), Ralph Craig (1889), James Quinn (1906), and Jay Cutler (1973).

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