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Irving Jaffee

1906 - 1981

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Irving Warren Jaffee (September 15, 1906 in New York City – March 20, 1981 in San Diego, California) was an American speed skater who won two gold medals at the 1932 Winter Olympics, becoming the most successful athlete there along with his compatriot Jack Shea. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Irving Jaffee has received more than 24,980 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Irving Jaffee is the 145th most popular skater (down from 78th in 2019), the 10,308th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,554th in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Skater.

Memorability Metrics

  • 25k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Irving Jaffee ranks 145 out of 315. Before him are Ethel Muckelt, Vera Ralston, Evgenia Medvedeva, Javier Fernández, Suzanne Morrow Francis, and Ilia Kulik. After him are Christopher Dean, Zhao Hongbo, Kees Broekman, Tatiana Navka, Sheila Young, and Hans Gerschwiler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Irving Jaffee ranks 362. Before him are Klaus Egge, John Betjeman, Diana Wynyard, Edward Akufo-Addo, Buddy Adler, and Oscar Levant. After him are Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Ted Morgan, S. I. Hayakawa, Alfredo Pitto, Luis Marín, and Márton Homonnai. Among people deceased in 1981, Irving Jaffee ranks 243. Before him are Vittorio Tamagnini, Nikolay Smaga, Giuseppe Tosi, Fidel LaBarba, Alberto Héber Usher, and Harry Chapin. After him are Margaret Lindsay, Douglas Lowe, Roy Brown, Robert Russell Bennett, George Walsh, and Charles Barton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Irving Jaffee ranks 10,308 out of 18,182. Before him are Armand Duplantis (1999), Sharon Jones (1956), Katherine Tai (1974), Edward Egan (1932), J. B. Smoove (1965), and John O'Connor (1920). After him are Nathaniel Cartmell (1883), Horace Elgin Dodge (1868), Alan Merrill (1951), Edgar Buchanan (1903), William Cameron Townsend (1896), and Dave Bartholomew (1918).

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Among SKATERS In United States

Among skaters born in United States, Irving Jaffee ranks 12. Before him are Dick Button (1929), Tenley Albright (1935), Peggy Fleming (1948), Janet Lynn (1953), Carol Heiss (1940), and David Jenkins (1936). After him are Sheila Young (1950), Bam Margera (1979), Dorothy Hamill (1956), Maribel Vinson (1911), Ken Henry (1929), and Theresa Weld (1893).

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