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Horatio Fitch

1900 - 1985

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Horatio May Fitch (December 16, 1900 Chicago, Illinois – May 4, 1985 Estes Park, Colorado) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. He competed for the United States in the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris in the 400 metres where he won the silver medal, an event memorialized by the 1982 hit movie Chariots of Fire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Horatio Fitch has received more than 21,868 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Horatio Fitch is the 1,252nd most popular athlete (up from 1,679th in 2019), the 8,946th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,667th in 2019) and the 230th most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 22k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Horatio Fitch ranks 1,252 out of 6,025. Before him are Kaarlo Tuominen, Jacques Cariou, Renaud Lavillenie, Gábor Delneky, Gustaf Rosenquist, and Mirko Sandić. After him are Göte Hagström, István Tóth, Maria Sander, Halvard Hanevold, Yoshinobu Miyake, and Bohumil Němeček.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Horatio Fitch ranks 274. Before him are Lőrinc Szabó, Rudolf Lippert, Vsevolod Vishnevsky, Clarence Pinkston, Nikolai Vladimirovich Nekrasov, and Edward Battell. After him are Arthur Norris, Lajos Keresztes, Heinrich Hax, Ernst Ising, Mark Sandrich, and André Chamson. Among people deceased in 1985, Horatio Fitch ranks 235. Before him are John Holt, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., Aleksandra Khokhlova, Jee Yong-ju, Lloyd Nolan, and Dinara Asanova. After him are Ramón Ernesto Cruz Uclés, Cemal Reşit Rey, Scott Brady, Nicholas Colasanto, Qaysin Quli, and Luise Ullrich.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Horatio Fitch ranks 8,946 out of 20,380. Before him are Max Weinberg (1951), Mike Dirnt (1972), Moe Berg (1902), Avram Davidson (1923), E. Allen Emerson (1954), and Helen Wainwright (1906). After him are Spike Jones (1911), Edward Abbey (1927), Richard Long (1927), Jack Teagarden (1905), Mark McGwire (1963), and Wilfred Hudson Osgood (1875).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Horatio Fitch ranks 230. Before him are Earl Young (1941), Frederick Moloney (1882), Herman Groman (1882), Alan Washbond (1899), John Powell (1947), and Clarence Pinkston (1900). After him are William D'Amico (1910), James Fifer (1930), William Varley (1880), Loren Murchison (1898), Mildred Wiley (1901), and Caroline Smith (1906).

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