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Ira Murchison

1933 - 1994

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Ira James Murchison (February 6, 1933 – March 28, 1994) was an American athlete, winner of the gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he attended Phillips High School. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ira Murchison has received more than 36,416 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ira Murchison is the 612th most popular athlete (up from 1,018th in 2019), the 6,677th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,788th in 2019) and the 141st most popular American Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ira Murchison ranks 612 out of 6,025. Before him are Heikki Liimatainen, Edward Lindberg, Aleksandr Baryshnikov, István Somodi, Hal Connolly, and Mary Carew. After him are Emmett Toppino, Marcello Bertinetti, Martti Marttelin, Jaak Uudmäe, Ondina Valla, and Anders Gärderud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Ira Murchison ranks 350. Before him are Semyon Farada, Ela Bhatt, Yelena Gorchakova, William Kahan, Valentin Bubukin, and Don Thompson. After him are Bengt Berndtsson, Reiner Kunze, Imants Ziedonis, Leonid Kharitonov, Basdeo Panday, and Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann. Among people deceased in 1994, Ira Murchison ranks 240. Before him are József Háda, William Higinbotham, Grisha Filipov, Harry Saltzman, Alan Helffrich, and Julio Ramón Ribeyro. After him are Roger Bocquet, Arati Saha, Gennady Voronov, Willem Jacob Luyten, Alain Daniélou, and Bud Houser.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ira Murchison ranks 6,677 out of 20,380. Before him are Jason Lee (1970), Gary L. Francione (1954), Bill Condon (1955), Mary Carew (1913), Carol Ann Susi (1952), and Mark L. Lester (1946). After him are Irvin McDowell (1818), Jim Harrison (1937), Wendie Malick (1950), Emmett Toppino (1909), Bill Joy (1954), and Melissa Rauch (1980).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Ira Murchison ranks 141. Before him are George Baird (1907), Alan Helffrich (1900), Arthur Barnard (1929), Edward Lindberg (1886), Hal Connolly (1931), and Mary Carew (1913). After him are Emmett Toppino (1909), Marc Wright (1890), Wyomia Tyus (1945), Maurice Greene (1974), Charles Greene (1945), and Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston (1903).

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