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Irving Baxter

1876 - 1957

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Irving Knott Baxter (March 25, 1876 in Utica, New York – June 13, 1957 in Utica, New York) was an American athlete, who won the gold medal in both the men's high jump and the pole vault at the 1900 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Irving Baxter has received more than 37,892 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Irving Baxter is the 71st most popular athlete (down from 55th in 2019), the 2,565th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,534th in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Athlete.

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Irving Baxter ranks 71 out of 6,025. Before him are Pietro Mennea, Yelena Isinbayeva, Vera Krepkina, Shizo Kanakuri, Irena Szewińska, and Jürgen Schult. After him are Dana Zátopková, Mohammed Gammoudi, Merlene Ottey, Lee Haney, Dorando Pietri, and Fritz Hofmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Irving Baxter ranks 71. Before him are Viktor Kaplan, Josef Hofmann, A. L. Kroeber, Julio González, Henri Winkelman, and Paul Masson. After him are Eglantyne Jebb, Senjūrō Hayashi, William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Vladimir Nazor, and Raymond Duchamp-Villon. Among people deceased in 1957, Irving Baxter ranks 81. Before him are Josef Hofmann, Zhou Xuan, Washington Luís, Josef Lada, Eugenio Castellotti, and Shūmei Ōkawa. After him are Hasui Kawase, Álvaro Gestido, Rudolf Schmidt, Sholem Asch, Prince Franz of Bavaria, and Rudolf Weigl.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Irving Baxter ranks 2,565 out of 20,380. Before him are Barbara W. Tuchman (1912), Rita Wilson (1956), Dianne Feinstein (1933), Stephen Smale (1930), Bob Woodward (1943), and Walter Cunningham (1932). After him are Russ Meyer (1922), Gia Carangi (1960), Tony Lip (1930), John C. Bogle (1929), Jean Kennedy Smith (1928), and Peter Gallagher (1955).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Irving Baxter ranks 25. Before him are Jim Hines (1946), Betty Robinson (1911), Wilma Rudolph (1940), Platt Adams (1885), Ralph Boston (1939), and Al Oerter (1936). After him are Lee Haney (1959), Robert Garrett (1875), Harry Porter (1882), Maxie Long (1878), Eddie Eagan (1897), and Ralph Rose (1885).

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