SWIMMER

Ilona Novák

1925 - 2019

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Ilona Novák (16 May 1925 – 14 March 2019) was a Hungarian swimmer and Olympic champion. She competed at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, where she finished 4th in 100 m backstroke and 5th in 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ilona Novák has received more than 19,039 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ilona Novák is the 24th most popular swimmer (up from 67th in 2019), the 469th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 611th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Hungarian Swimmer.

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  • 19k

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  • 49.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Ilona Novák ranks 24 out of 709. Before her are Otto Wahle, Charles Daniels, Don Schollander, Arvo Aaltonen, Katalin Szőke, and George Hodgson. After her are Helen Johns, István Bárány, Kornelia Ender, Đurđica Bjedov, Ethelda Bleibtrey, and Ferenc Csik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Ilona Novák ranks 292. Before her are Isidore Isou, Gustav Winckler, Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Paul Kurtz, Julian Beck, and Giacomo Rossi Stuart. After her are Leslie Laing, Italo De Zan, Alec McCowen, Yury Trifonov, William Wharton, and Burkhard Heim. Among people deceased in 2019, Ilona Novák ranks 275. Before her are Lee Radziwill, Diogo Freitas do Amaral, Rui Jordão, Paweł Adamowicz, Emiliano Sala, and Agustina Bessa-Luís. After her are Vilhjálmur Einarsson, Reinhard Bonnke, Henry E. Holt, Christian Bach, Manfred Burgsmüller, and Ellen Schwiers.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Ilona Novák ranks 469 out of 1,077. Before her are Károly Sándor (1928), Gábor Király (1976), Angéla Németh (1946), Paul Hörbiger (1894), Dezső Bundzsák (1928), and Emil Zuckerkandl (1849). After her are György Szűcs (1912), Lipót Baumhorn (1860), István Bárány (1907), Jenő Jandó (1952), Géza Alföldy (1935), and Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő (1937).

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Among SWIMMERS In Hungary

Among swimmers born in Hungary, Ilona Novák ranks 4. Before her are Johnny Weissmuller (1904), Alfréd Hajós (1878), and Katalin Szőke (1935). After her are István Bárány (1907), Ferenc Csik (1913), Éva Novák-Gerard (1930), Judit Temes (1930), Imre Zachár (1890), Géza Kádas (1926), Valéria Gyenge (1933), and Elemér Szathmáry (1926).

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