New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

ATHLETE

Ivo Van Damme

1954 - 1976

Photo of Ivo Van Damme

Icon of person Ivo Van Damme

Ivo Van Damme (21 February 1954 – 29 December 1976) was a Belgian middle-distance runner. Van Damme played football until he was 16, but then switched to athletics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ivo Van Damme has received more than 71,277 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ivo Van Damme is the 293rd most popular athlete (up from 373rd in 2019), the 499th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 524th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Belgian Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 71k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ivo Van Dammes by language


Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ivo Van Damme ranks 293 out of 3,059Before him are Jaak Uudmäe, András Balczó, Yiannis Kouros, Joanni Perronet, Edward Cook, and Sueo Ōe. After him are Yrjö Nikkanen, Henry Carr, Nam Sung-yong, Jean Shiley, John Kuck, and Jaan Kikkas.

Most Popular Athletes in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Ivo Van Damme ranks 219Before him are Catherine Bach, Pascal Greggory, Jaak Uudmäe, Ross the Boss, Mohsen Rezaee, and Stina Ekblad. After him are Bouasone Bouphavanh, François Van der Elst, Koen Lenaerts, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Annette Haven, and Jan Theuninck. Among people deceased in 1976, Ivo Van Damme ranks 149Before him are Walter Piston, Yashpal, Maurice Dobb, Rudi Fischer, Mariano Ospina Pérez, and Giuseppe Cavanna. After him are Richard Hughes, Manuel Olivares, Gina Bachauer, Saneatsu Mushanokōji, Anna Hübler, and Giorgio Ferrini.

Others Born in 1954

Go to all Rankings

Others Deceased in 1976

Go to all Rankings

In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Ivo Van Damme ranks 499 out of 1,019Before him are Willy Vandersteen (1913), Charles de Tornaco (1927), Jean-Pierre Monseré (1948), Henri Jaspar (1870), Jacques Moeschal (1900), and Étienne Constantin de Gerlache (1785). After him are Edward Van Dijck (1918), Jan Vertonghen (1987), George Van Biesbroeck (1880), Camille Lemonnier (1844), David Ruelle (1935), and Walthère Frère-Orban (1812).

Among ATHLETES In Belgium

Among athletes born in Belgium, Ivo Van Damme ranks 5Before him are Gaston Reiff (1921), Hubert Van Innis (1866), Gaston Roelants (1937), and Joël Robert (1943). After him are Étienne Gailly (1922), Emiel Puttemans (1947), Aimé Haegeman (1861), Paul Van Asbroeck (1874), Désiré Beaurain (1881), Maurice Verdonck (1873), and Victor Willems (1877).