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Jesse Owens

1913 - 1980

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James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games. Owens specialized in the sprints and the long jump and was recognized in his lifetime as "perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jesse Owens has received more than 12,721,455 page views. His biography is available in 83 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 80 in 2019). Jesse Owens is the 3rd most popular athlete (down from 1st in 2019), the 266th most popular biography from United States (down from 207th in 2019) and the most popular American Athlete.

Jesse Owens was an African-American track and field athlete. He is most famous for winning four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

Memorability Metrics

  • 13M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 83

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jesse Owens ranks 3 out of 6,025. Before him are Abebe Bikila, and Paavo Nurmi. After him are Emil Zátopek, Bob Beamon, Carl Lewis, Spyridon Louis, Dick Fosbury, Ronnie Coleman, Usain Bolt, Fanny Blankers-Koen, and Javier Sotomayor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Jesse Owens ranks 12. Before him are Willy Brandt, Rosa Parks, Jean Marais, Robert Capa, Josef Bican, and Claude Simon. After him are Klaus Barbie, Gustáv Husák, Burt Lancaster, Ramón Mercader, Paul Ricœur, and Willis Lamb. Among people deceased in 1980, Jesse Owens ranks 13. Before him are Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Erich Fromm, Roland Barthes, Bon Scott, Oskar Kokoschka, and Steve McQueen. After him are Colonel Sanders, Joe Dassin, Henry Miller, Tamara de Lempicka, Marshall McLuhan, and Gianni Rodari.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jesse Owens ranks 266 out of 20,380. Before him are Pete Conrad (1930), Irvin D. Yalom (1931), Neil deGrasse Tyson (1958), Gary Cooper (1901), Gene Hackman (1930), and James Brown (1933). After him are 50 Cent (1975), James A. Garfield (1831), Robert F. Kennedy (1925), Edward Thorndike (1874), Brian Wilson (1942), and Robert Duvall (1931).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Jesse Owens ranks 1. After him are Bob Beamon (1946), Carl Lewis (1961), Dick Fosbury (1947), Ronnie Coleman (1964), Ray Ewry (1873), Thomas Burke (1875), Mike Powell (1963), Florence Griffith Joyner (1959), Ellery Harding Clark (1874), Frank Zane (1942), and Larry Scott (1938).

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