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Jim Thorpe

1887 - 1953

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James Francis Thorpe (Sac and Fox (Sauk): Wa-Tho-Huk, translated as "Bright Path"; May 22 or 28, 1887 – March 28, 1953) was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe was the first Native American to win a gold medal for the United States in the Olympics. Considered one of the most versatile athletes of modern sports, he won two Olympic gold medals in the 1912 Summer Olympics (one in classic pentathlon and the other in decathlon). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jim Thorpe has received more than 7,068,855 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Jim Thorpe is the 69th most popular athlete (down from 63rd in 2019), the 2,857th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,734th in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.17

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jim Thorpe ranks 69 out of 3,059. Before him are Wilma Rudolph, Jüri Lossmann, Gustav Flatow, Alfred Schmidt, Alain Mimoun, and Irina Press. After him are Alajos Szokolyi, Elvīra Ozoliņa, Ralph Craig, Haile Gebrselassie, Jüri Tamm, and Volodymyr Holubnychy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Jim Thorpe ranks 97. Before him are Friedrich Zander, Josef Lada, Samuil Marshak, Hitoshi Ashida, Chico Marx, and Lil Dagover. After him are James Finlayson, Kurt Atterberg, Frigyes Karinthy, Hanns Kerrl, Arthur Percival, and Walter Ruttmann. Among people deceased in 1953, Jim Thorpe ranks 60. Before him are Julian Tuwim, Stanisław Wojciechowski, Prince Oscar Bernadotte, Chōjun Miyagi, Albert Gleizes, and Jorge Negrete. After him are James Finlayson, Nikolaos Plastiras, Francesco Saverio Nitti, Iuliu Maniu, Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, and Kathleen Ferrier.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jim Thorpe ranks 2,857 out of 18,182. Before him are Michael Bolton (1953), Tyne Daly (1946), Ben Hecht (1893), Timothée Chalamet (1995), Kamehameha III (1814), and Doyle Brunson (1933). After him are Robert Rossen (1908), Ivy Lee (1877), Zoe Saldana (1978), Charles Best (1899), Eddie Guerrero (1967), and Marg Helgenberger (1958).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Jim Thorpe ranks 20. Before him are Tommie Smith (1944), Ellery Harding Clark (1874), Eddie Eagan (1897), Irving Baxter (1876), Alvin Kraenzlein (1876), and Wilma Rudolph (1940). After him are Ralph Craig (1889), Robert Garrett (1875), Jim Hines (1946), Lee Haney (1959), Archie Hahn (1880), and John Paine (1870).

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