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Janet Simpson

1944 - 2010

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Janet Mary Simpson (2 September 1944 – 14 March 2010) was a British athlete who competed in sprint events and the 400 metres. She competed for Great Britain in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the 4 x 100 metres relay, where she won the bronze medal with her team-mates Mary Rand, Daphne Arden and Dorothy Hyman. She emulated her mother, Violet Webb, who had won bronze in the same event at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Simpson competed for England in the 1966 Commonwealth Games held in Kingston, Jamaica, in the 4 x 110 yards relay, where she won the silver medal with her team-mates Maureen Tranter, Daphne Slater and Jill Hall. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Janet Simpson has received more than 26,050 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Janet Simpson is the 1,814th most popular athlete (down from 1,738th in 2019), the 5,197th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,471st in 2019) and the 70th most popular British Athlete.

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  • 26k

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  • 42.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Janet Simpson ranks 1,814 out of 6,025. Before her are John Porter, Grigory Mkrtychan, Harry Siljander, Herb McKenley, Émile Albrecht, and Svetlana Masterkova. After her are Virginie Hériot, Merritt Giffin, Mildrette Netter, Tatyana Talysheva, Bjarne Andersson, and Amadou Dia Ba.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Janet Simpson ranks 664. Before her are Pedro María Zabalza, Petra Roth, Barrie M. Osborne, Leopoldo Vallejos, Jac Nellemann, and Aleksandr Lenyov. After her are Thomas Allen, Bunji Kimura, Liesel Westermann, Gunnar Larsson, Tim Reid, and Frank Rühle. Among people deceased in 2010, Janet Simpson ranks 414. Before her are Rajeshwari Chatterjee, Zbigniew Wassermann, Beryl Bainbridge, Alex Chilton, Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir, and Harry Siljander. After her are He Pingping, Ronald Pettersson, Lionel Jeffries, Antonio Giolitti, Kanu Sanyal, and Ted Sorensen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Janet Simpson ranks 5,197 out of 8,785. Before her are John Claudius Loudon (1783), Dennis Wise (1966), Paul Oakenfold (1963), Brian Bennett (1940), Jeffrey Goldstone (1933), and John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon (1873). After her are Brian Jacques (1939), Harry Mallin (1892), Duffy (1984), Joan Greenwood (1921), Thomas Allen (1944), and Julian Bailey (1961).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Janet Simpson ranks 70. Before her are Ann Packer (1942), Audrey Williamson (1926), Peter Wright (1970), David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905), George Cornet (1877), and Harold Whitlock (1903). After her are Basil Heatley (1933), Michael Wheeler (1935), Tony Nash (1936), George Goulding (1884), Fiona May (1969), and George Hutson (1889).

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