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Jim Hines

1946 - 2023

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James Ray Hines (September 10, 1946 – June 3, 2023) was an American track and field athlete and National Football League (NFL) player, who held the 100-meter world record for 15 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jim Hines has received more than 398,368 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Jim Hines is the 64th most popular athlete (up from 78th in 2019), the 2,332nd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,961st in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jim Hines ranks 64 out of 6,025. Before him are Wallace, Alvin Kraenzlein, Gustavo Marzi, Amanda, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, and Valeriy Brumel. After him are Betty Robinson, Walter Schröder, Wilma Rudolph, Yuriy Sedykh, Platt Adams, and Hans Woellke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Jim Hines ranks 173. Before him are Donovan, Brigitte Fossey, Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester, Richard Axel, Stig Blomqvist, and Dan McCafferty. After him are Alejandro Toledo, Alison Steadman, Ti Lung, Salif Keïta, Héctor Babenco, and Ralf Hütter. Among people deceased in 2023, Jim Hines ranks 156. Before him are Alfredo M. Bonanno, Treat Williams, Kaija Saariaho, Luboš Kohoutek, Arnaldo Forlani, and Hubert Reeves. After him are Inna Churikova, Ruslan Khasbulatov, Salif Keïta, Joss Ackland, Ken Block, and Ralph Boston.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jim Hines ranks 2,332 out of 20,380. Before him are Don Taylor (1920), Philly Joe Jones (1923), Hank Aaron (1934), John Adams (1947), Henry H. Arnold (1886), and Clifford Odets (1906). After him are Anne Sexton (1928), Walker Evans (1903), Irving Penn (1917), Jerome Powell (1953), Robert Ballard (1942), and William F. Sharpe (1934).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Jim Hines ranks 19. Before him are Max Emmerich (1879), Tom Courtney (1933), Louis Zamperini (1917), Archie Hahn (1880), Tommie Smith (1944), and Alvin Kraenzlein (1876). After him are Betty Robinson (1911), Wilma Rudolph (1940), Platt Adams (1885), Ralph Boston (1939), Al Oerter (1936), and Irving Baxter (1876).

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