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Jack Lovelock

1910 - 1949

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John Edward Lovelock (5 January 1910 – 28 December 1949) was a New Zealand athlete who became the world 1500m and mile record holder and 1936 Olympic champion in the 1500 metres. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Lovelock has received more than 124,567 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Jack Lovelock is the 1,774th most popular athlete (down from 1,205th in 2019), the 87th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 81st in 2019) and the 5th most popular New Zealander Athlete.

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  • 120k

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  • 42.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jack Lovelock ranks 1,774 out of 6,025. Before him are Jenő Hámori, Tore Eriksson, Louis Kuehn, Antal Bolvári, Vénuste Niyongabo, and Eva Dawes. After him are Yelizaveta Bagryantseva, Karl Malmström, Christian Gitsham, Lesley Ashburner, Johanna Lüttge, and Endre Tilli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Jack Lovelock ranks 372. Before him are Carlos Cillóniz, John Hunt, Baron Hunt, Charles Olson, Margaret Lindsay, Alexander Hurd, and Chidambaram Subramaniam. After him are Rosa Kellner, Gavino Matta, Shunkichi Hamada, Robert B. Anderson, Burton Jastram, and Constance Cummings. Among people deceased in 1949, Jack Lovelock ranks 176. Before him are Herbert Stothart, Frank Fetter, Sidney Olcott, Richard Dix, Albert Ammons, and Alexander Drankov. After him are Elmer Clifton, William Nicholson, James Truslow Adams, Ivar Lykke, James Rector, and Frank Murphy.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Jack Lovelock ranks 87 out of 303. Before him are Keith Park (1892), Anand Satyanand (1944), Jemaine Clement (1974), Juliet Mitchell (1940), Bill Pickering (1910), and Graeme Revell (1955). After him are Jenny Shipley (1952), Chris Hipkins (1978), Bill English (1961), Mark Hunt (1974), Anthony McCarten (1961), and Zoë Bell (1978).

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Among ATHLETES In New Zealand

Among athletes born in New Zealand, Jack Lovelock ranks 5. Before him are Peter Snell (1938), Hugh Anderson (1936), Murray Halberg (1933), and Yvette Williams (1929). After him are Ross Collinge (1944), John Hunter (1943), Tony Hurt (1946), Trevor Coker (1949), John Walker (1952), Dudley Storey (1939), and Simon Dickie (1951).

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