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Harry Babcock

1890 - 1965

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Henry Stoddard Babcock (December 15, 1890 – June 5, 1965) was an American pole vaulter who won the gold medal at the 1912 Summer Olympics, setting an Olympic record at 3.95 meters.Babcock started as a long jumper, and only around 1910 changed to the pole vault. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harry Babcock has received more than 10,735 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Harry Babcock is the 1,039th most popular athlete (down from 927th in 2019), the 8,297th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,449th in 2019) and the 203rd most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Harry Babcocks by language

Over the past year Harry Babcock has had the most page views in the with 1,035 views, followed by Chinese (612), and Russian (418). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (71.30%), Catalan (50.00%), and Hebrew (24.92%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Harry Babcock ranks 1,039 out of 6,025. Before him are David Jacobs, Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak, Rodolfo Terlizzi, Henri Hérouin, Vladimír Syrovátka, and Hans Kalt. After him are John Exley, Manfred Schmid, Marcus Hurley, Sirkka Polkunen, Martin Fourcade, and Lars Hall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Harry Babcock ranks 209. Before him are Ichiya Kumagae, Stratis Myrivilis, Imre Zachár, Myra Hess, Georges Tainturier, and Benno Moiseiwitsch. After him are Konstantin Vasilyevich Ivanov, Princess Victoria Margaret of Prussia, Ödön Tersztyánszky, John Rupert Firth, Eoin O'Duffy, and Konstantinos Georgakopoulos. Among people deceased in 1965, Harry Babcock ranks 188. Before him are Everett Sloane, Francisco Garza Gutiérrez, Myra Hess, Félix Paiva, Jacques Audiberti, and Joseph De Combe. After him are Bessie Barriscale, Arnold Luhaäär, Hugh Latimer Dryden, Boško Simonović, Tommaso Lequio di Assaba, and Frances Perkins.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harry Babcock ranks 8,297 out of 20,380. Before him are Chelsea Clinton (1980), Dell Hymes (1927), Charles Horton Peck (1833), Patricia Morison (1915), Aloma Wright (1950), and Curtis T. McMullen (1958). After him are Missy Elliott (1971), John Exley (1867), Riddick Bowe (1967), Tom Robbins (1932), Michelle Trachtenberg (1985), and Kal Penn (1977).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Harry Babcock ranks 203. Before him are Charles Moore (1929), Mac Wilkins (1950), Jackson Scholz (1897), Harry DeBaecke (1879), Carl Johnson (1898), and Bob Richards (1926). After him are John Exley (1867), Marcus Hurley (1883), Vince Gallagher (1899), Albert Nasse (1878), Tranquilo Cappozzo (1918), and Lee Calhoun (1933).

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