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Herb Elliott

1938 - Today

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Herbert James Elliott (born 25 February 1938) is a former Australian athlete and arguably the world's greatest middle distance runner of his era. In August 1958 he set the world record in the mile run, clocking 3:54.5, 2.7 seconds under the record held by Derek Ibbotson; later in the month he set the 1500 metres world record, running 3:36.0, 2.1 seconds under the record held by Stanislav Jungwirth. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herb Elliott has received more than 244,983 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Herb Elliott is the 1,552nd most popular athlete (down from 851st in 2019), the 343rd most popular biography from Australia (down from 285th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Australian Athlete.

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  • 240k

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Herb Elliott ranks 1,552 out of 3,059Before him are Hennadiy Avdyeyenko, Christophe Lemaitre, John Anderson, Olga Kuzenkova, Larry Myricks, and Lennox Miller. After him are Kenny Harrison, Velimir Valenta, Yuriy Kutsenko, Amadou Dia Ba, Jim Bausch, and Robert Korzeniowski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Herb Elliott ranks 495Before him are Yevgeni Mayorov, Charles Wuorinen, Leonard Frey, Phillip Griffiths, Ann Jones, and Mary Jo Catlett. After him are Bertie Auld, Peter Jennings, Satch Sanders, Les Aspin, Caryl Churchill, and Timmy Mayer.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Herb Elliott ranks 343 out of 925Before him are Adrian Quist (1913), Troy Bayliss (1969), Katherine Langford (1996), John Kerr (1914), Josephine Langford (1997), and John Pyper-Ferguson (1964). After him are Avraam Papadopoulos (1984), Edward Clancy (1923), Pat Cash (1965), Tina Arena (1967), Jacqueline McKenzie (1967), and Nick Kyrgios (1995).

Among ATHLETES In Australia

Among athletes born in Australia, Herb Elliott ranks 14Before him are George Parker (1896), Shirley Strickland (1925), Stan Rowley (1876), Norma Croker (1934), Cathy Freeman (1973), and Joyce King (1920). After him are Dave Power (1928), Andrew Hoy (1959), Al Lawrence (1930), Rick Mitchell (1955), Pam Kilborn (1939), and Fleur Mellor (1936).