BOXER

Henry Armstrong

1912 - 1988

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Henry Jackson Jr. (December 12, 1912 – October 22, 1988) was an American professional boxer and a world boxing champion who fought under the name Henry Armstrong. Armstrong was one of the few fighters to win in three or more different divisions: featherweight, lightweight, and welterweight. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Armstrong has received more than 674,681 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Henry Armstrong is the 38th most popular boxer (up from 39th in 2019), the 3,300th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,909th in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Boxer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 670k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Henry Armstrong ranks 38 out of 496. Before him are Archie Moore, Trevor Berbick, Manny Pacquiao, Ezzard Charles, Oscar Bonavena, and Max Baer. After him are Earnie Shavers, Leon Spinks, Jersey Joe Walcott, Wladimir Klitschko, Tommy Morrison, and Éder Jofre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Henry Armstrong ranks 145. Before him are Marcel Camus, Svetozar Vukmanović, Vladimir Bakarić, Michele Andreolo, Roy Sullivan, and Hamengkubuwono IX. After him are Ichiji Otani, Melita Norwood, John Cheever, Béla Király, Günter Wand, and Jacques Bergier. Among people deceased in 1988, Henry Armstrong ranks 93. Before him are Cyril Jackson, Hillel Slovak, Seán MacBride, Fritz Heider, Paolo Stoppa, and Hamengkubuwono IX. After him are Giorgio Almirante, Andy Gibb, Paula Mollenhauer, Francis Ponge, Erich Probst, and John Houseman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Armstrong ranks 3,300 out of 20,380. Before him are Sung Kang (1972), Joe Pass (1929), Jean Smart (1951), Marlon Jackson (1957), Alvin Hansen (1887), and Judith Resnik (1949). After him are Susanne Langer (1895), Steve Gadd (1945), Moondog (1916), Raymond Franz (1922), Barbara Babcock (1937), and Fred Brooks (1931).

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Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Henry Armstrong ranks 24. Before him are Jack Johnson (1878), Sugar Ray Leonard (1956), John L. Sullivan (1858), Archie Moore (1916), Ezzard Charles (1921), and Max Baer (1909). After him are Earnie Shavers (1944), Leon Spinks (1953), Jersey Joe Walcott (1914), Tommy Morrison (1969), Roy Jones Jr. (1969), and James J. Corbett (1866).

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