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Harry Porter

1882 - 1965

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Harry Franklin Porter (August 31, 1882 in Bridgeport, Connecticut – June 27, 1965) was a high jumper from the United States of America. He was a member of the Irish American Athletic Club, and won gold in the High Jump in the 1908 Summer Olympics setting an Olympic record at mark of 6'3". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harry Porter has received more than 113,799 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Harry Porter is the 87th most popular athlete (up from 179th in 2019), the 2,782nd most popular biography from United States (up from 4,286th in 2019) and the 28th most popular American Athlete.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Harry Porter ranks 87 out of 6,025. Before him are Eric Lemming, Henri Eberhardt, Saïd Aouita, Matti Järvinen, Sebastian Coe, and Robert Garrett. After him are Maxie Long, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Josy Barthel, Eddie Eagan, Armin Hary, and Heather Armitage.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Harry Porter ranks 104. Before him are Infanta María Teresa of Spain, Vilém Mathesius, Kâzım Karabekir, Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, Shigenori Tōgō, and Christian Mortensen. After him are Bronisław Huberman, Anna Schäffer, Aurel Vlaicu, Inayat Khan, Emma Jung, and Walther Meissner. Among people deceased in 1965, Harry Porter ranks 70. Before him are Edgard Varèse, Leopold Figl, Kurt Goldstein, William Heard Kilpatrick, Ladislao Vajda, and Corrado Gini. After him are Odile Defraye, Bertil Lindblad, George Adamski, Ellen Church, Lionel Terray, and Roberto Cherro.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harry Porter ranks 2,782 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles W. Fairbanks (1852), Don Simpson (1943), Melanie (1947), Thelma Ritter (1902), Joseph Heller (1923), and Wayne Dyer (1940). After him are Edie Sedgwick (1943), Basil Poledouris (1945), Murray Perahia (1947), Buddy Guy (1936), Elizabeth McGovern (1961), and Stephen Paddock (1953).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Harry Porter ranks 28. Before him are Platt Adams (1885), Ralph Boston (1939), Al Oerter (1936), Irving Baxter (1876), Lee Haney (1959), and Robert Garrett (1875). After him are Maxie Long (1878), Eddie Eagan (1897), Ralph Rose (1885), Frank Jarvis (1878), Edwin Moses (1955), and Thomas Curtis (1873).

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