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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 26,545 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Irving Jaffee is the 160th most popular skater (down from 145th in 2019), the 11,780th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,285th in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Skater.

Memorability Metrics

  • 27k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Irving Jaffee ranks 160 out of 483. Before him are Beatrix Loughran, Igor Zhelezovski, Roman Kostomarov, Aljona Savchenko, Natalia Bestemianova, and Hayes Alan Jenkins. After him are Oksana Baiul, Carry Geijssen, Robert Paul, Alexander Zhulin, Alexei Yagudin, and Jozef Sabovčík.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Irving Jaffee ranks 421. Before him are Oscar Levant, Cuth Harrison, Katsuo Takaishi, Hiram Fong, Abraham Beame, and Dorothy Tree. After him are Dunc Gray, Sue Carol, Einar Haugen, Albert Charles Smith, Donald Woods, and S. I. Hayakawa. Among people deceased in 1981, Irving Jaffee ranks 281. Before him are Vittorio Tamagnini, Charles Barton, Mauri Rose, Ivan Udodov, James Corson, and Cuth Harrison. After him are Roy Brown, Trevor Coker, George Walsh, Clarence Oldfield, Douglas Lowe, and Patsy Kelly.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Irving Jaffee ranks 11,780 out of 20,380. Before him are Harley Earl (1893), Gena Lee Nolin (1971), Mike Massimino (1962), Adam Shankman (1964), Rebecca Gayheart (1971), and Ed Markey (1946). After him are Josiah McCracken (1874), Jim Webb (1946), Vanessa Bell Calloway (1957), Robert Kirkman (1978), William Wyatt Bibb (1781), and Mark Salling (1982).

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Among SKATERS In United States

Among skaters born in United States, Irving Jaffee ranks 20. Before him are Janet Lynn (1953), Sheila Young (1950), Dick Button (1929), Bam Margera (1979), Beatrix Loughran (1900), and Hayes Alan Jenkins (1933). After him are Maribel Vinson (1911), Bonnie Blair (1964), Brian Boitano (1963), Theresa Weld (1893), James Grogan (1931), and Eric Flaim (1967).

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