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Jack Thayer

1894 - 1945

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John Borland "Jack" Thayer III (December 24, 1894 – September 20, 1945) was a first-class passenger on RMS Titanic who survived after the ship struck an iceberg and sank on April 15, 1912. Aged 17 at the time, he was one of only a handful of passengers to survive jumping into the frigid sea. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Thayer has received more than 842,448 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Thayer is the 2,660th most popular writer, the 3,474th most popular biography from United States and the 310th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 840k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jack Thayer ranks 2,660 out of 5,755. Before him are María Elena Walsh, Parvin E'tesami, Bell hooks, Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov, Eva Mozes Kor, and Morris West. After him are Rosika Schwimmer, Petr Chelčický, David C. H. Austin, Alma Karlin, Steve Berry, and Edvard Kocbek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Jack Thayer ranks 113. Before him are Maria Restituta Kafka, E. C. Segar, Varvara Stepanova, Sofoklis Venizelos, Yury Tynyanov, and Jerzy Neyman. After him are Kyuichi Tokuda, Évariste Lévi-Provençal, Augustín Malár, Pavel Rybalko, Âşık Veysel, and Werner March. Among people deceased in 1945, Jack Thayer ranks 183. Before him are Nikolai Tcherepnin, Ignacio Zuloaga, Princess Thyra of Denmark, Rash Behari Bose, Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen, and Petar Bojović. After him are Johannes Popitz, Mihail Sebastian, Adolf Bertram, Henri Maspero, Gustav Cassel, and Augustín Malár.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Thayer ranks 3,474 out of 18,182. Before him are Chip Taylor (1940), James Hillman (1926), Bell hooks (1952), Black Hawk (1767), Lawrence Eagleburger (1930), and Kenny Loggins (1948). After him are Donna Murphy (1959), Elizabeth Olsen (1989), George Koval (1913), John Frederick Kensett (1816), Steve Berry (1955), and Frank Jarvis (1878).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Jack Thayer ranks 310. Before him are Elmore Leonard (1925), Robert Penn Warren (1905), Charlie Kaufman (1958), Mickey Spillane (1918), John Cheever (1912), and Bell hooks (1952). After him are Steve Berry (1955), Erica Jong (1942), Edward Gorey (1925), Edward Bellamy (1850), James Tiptree Jr. (1915), and Mary Mapes Dodge (1831).

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