TENNIS PLAYER

James Dwight

1852 - 1917

James Dwight

James Dwight (July 14, 1852, France – July 13, 1917) was an American tennis player who was known as the "Founding Father of American Tennis". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Dwight has received more than 31,068 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). James Dwight is the 141st most popular tennis player (up from 190th in 2019), the 4,081st most popular biography from France (up from 4,230th in 2019) and the 13th most popular French Tennis Player.

Memorability Metrics

31k
Page Views (PV)
56.32
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
20
Languages Editions (L)
7.87
Effective Languages (L*)
2.02
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, James Dwight ranks 141 out of 1,569. Before him are Neale Fraser, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Željko Franulović, Francis Hunter, Ernest Renshaw, and Fred Stolle. After him are Charles P. Dixon, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Hana Mandlíková, Fred Alexander, Stan Wawrinka, and Jennifer Capriati.

Most Popular Tennis Players in Wikipedia

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Neale Fraser
1933 - 2024
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 135
Juan Carlos Ferrero
1980 - Present
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 136
Željko Franulović
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 137
Francis Hunter
1894 - 1981
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 138
Ernest Renshaw
1861 - 1899
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 139
Fred Stolle
1938 - Present
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 140
James Dwight
1852 - 1917
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 141
Charles P. Dixon
1873 - 1939
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 142
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
1974 - Present
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 143
Hana Mandlíková
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 144
Fred Alexander
1880 - 1969
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 145
Stan Wawrinka
1985 - Present
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 146
Jennifer Capriati
1976 - Present
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 147

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, James Dwight ranks 89. Before him are William Burnside, Vasily Safonov, Carl Chun, Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, Princess Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Max Carl Wilhelm Weber. After him are Felix Graf von Bothmer, Curt von François, Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak, Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, Prince Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland, and Lin Shu. Among people deceased in 1917, James Dwight ranks 84. Before him are Bob Fitzsimmons, Aurel Popovici, Kristian Zahrtmann, José Enrique Rodó, James Crafts, and Yevgeni Bauer. After him are Petter Adolf Karsten, Alexei Mateevici, Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Oswaldo Cruz, Madge Syers, and Frances Xavier Cabrini.

Others Born in 1852

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William Burnside
MATHEMATICIAN
1852 - 1927
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 83
Vasily Safonov
COMPOSER
1852 - 1918
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 84
Carl Chun
BIOLOGIST
1852 - 1914
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 85
Eugène-Anatole Demarçay
CHEMIST
1852 - 1903
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 86
Princess Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
COMPANION
1852 - 1904
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 87
Max Carl Wilhelm Weber
BIOLOGIST
1852 - 1937
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 88
James Dwight
TENNIS PLAYER
1852 - 1917
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 89
Felix Graf von Bothmer
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1852 - 1937
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 90
Curt von François
GEOGRAPHER
1852 - 1931
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 91
Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak
WRITER
1852 - 1912
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 92
Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan
WRITER
1852 - 1937
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 93
Prince Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland
NOBLEMAN
1852 - 1854
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 94
Lin Shu
WRITER
1852 - 1924
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 95

Others Deceased in 1917

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Bob Fitzsimmons
BOXER
1863 - 1917
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 78
Aurel Popovici
POLITICIAN
1863 - 1917
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 79
Kristian Zahrtmann
PAINTER
1843 - 1917
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 80
José Enrique Rodó
WRITER
1871 - 1917
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 81
James Crafts
CHEMIST
1839 - 1917
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 82
Yevgeni Bauer
FILM DIRECTOR
1865 - 1917
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 83
James Dwight
TENNIS PLAYER
1852 - 1917
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 84
Petter Adolf Karsten
BIOLOGIST
1834 - 1917
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 85
Alexei Mateevici
WRITER
1888 - 1917
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 86
Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1917
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 87
Oswaldo Cruz
PHYSICIAN
1872 - 1917
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 88
Madge Syers
SKATER
1881 - 1917
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 89
Frances Xavier Cabrini
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1850 - 1917
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 90

In France

Among people born in France, James Dwight ranks 4,081 out of 6,770. Before him are René Goblet (1828), Jean-Michel Aulas (1949), Ferdinand Sarrien (1840), Jules Vandooren (1908), Émile Champion (1879), and Marcel Amont (1929). After him are Michel Félix Dunal (1789), Maurice Sachs (1906), Dominique Wilkins (1960), Michel Blanc (1952), Aymeric Laporte (1994), and Marc Fumaroli (1932).

Others born in France

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René Goblet
POLITICIAN
1828 - 1905
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 4,075
Jean-Michel Aulas
BUSINESSPERSON
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 4,076
Ferdinand Sarrien
POLITICIAN
1840 - 1915
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 4,077
Jules Vandooren
SOCCER PLAYER
1908 - 1985
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 4,078
Émile Champion
ATHLETE
1879 - 1921
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 4,079
Marcel Amont
SINGER
1929 - 2023
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 4,080
James Dwight
TENNIS PLAYER
1852 - 1917
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 4,081
Michel Félix Dunal
BIOLOGIST
1789 - 1856
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 4,082
Maurice Sachs
WRITER
1906 - 1945
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 4,083
Dominique Wilkins
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 4,084
Michel Blanc
ACTOR
1952 - 2024
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 4,085
Aymeric Laporte
SOCCER PLAYER
1994 - Present
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 4,086
Marc Fumaroli
HISTORIAN
1932 - 2020
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 4,087