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Jay O'Brien

1883 - 1940

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Jay James O'Brien (February 22, 1883 – April 5, 1940) was an American bobsledder who competed in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He won two medals at the Winter Olympics with a gold in the four-man event at Lake Placid, New York, in 1932 and a silver in the five-man event at St. Moritz in 1928. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jay O'Brien has received more than 19,265 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jay O'Brien is the 3,369th most popular athlete (down from 2,252nd in 2019), the 15,971st most popular biography from United States (down from 14,337th in 2019) and the 516th most popular American Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jay O'Brien ranks 3,369 out of 6,025. Before him are Olena Pidhrushna, Elana Meyer, Reyes Estévez, Svetlana Goncharenko, André Bucher, and Rolf Thorsen. After him are Martin Ponsiluoma, Kerron Clement, Christian Ahlmann, Corinne Niogret, Yelena Ruzina, and Ed Belfour.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Jay O'Brien ranks 282. Before him are Polly Moran, Johan Olin, Seán Mac Diarmada, Elsie Ferguson, Margaret Morse Nice, and Ralph Morgan.  Among people deceased in 1940, Jay O'Brien ranks 202. Before him are Michael Joseph Savage, William Lashly, Maude Abbott, Rudolf Thurneysen, Frederick Merriman, and George B. Cortelyou. After him is Lily Williams.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jay O'Brien ranks 15,971 out of 20,380. Before him are Selenis Leyva (1972), Jason London (1972), Danny Strong (1974), David Hahn (1976), Mike Lindell (1961), and Lori McNeil (1963). After him are Michael Welch (1987), Lauren Lapkus (1985), Dan Futterman (1967), Joe Piscopo (1951), Joey Lawrence (1976), and Greg Kurstin (1969).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Jay O'Brien ranks 516. Before him are Brian Lewis (1974), Antonio Pettigrew (1967), Christian Coleman (1996), Joni Huntley (1956), LaShawn Merritt (1986), and Ashton Eaton (1988). After him are Sunder Nix (1961), Sam Kendricks (1992), Lee Thompson (null), Dan Ayrault (1935), DeAnna Price (1993), and Andre Cason (1969).

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