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John Anderson

1907 - 1948

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John Franklin Anderson (July 4, 1907 – July 11, 1948) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw. He won the gold medal in this event at the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles.Anderson graduated from Cornell University in 1929, where he was a member of the Quill and Dagger society. Prior to graduation from Cornell, he placed fifth at the 1928 Olympics in the discus throw. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Anderson has received more than 167,254 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. John Anderson is the 1,379th most popular athlete (up from 1,547th in 2019), the 9,292nd most popular biography from United States (up from 10,961st in 2019) and the 249th most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of John Andersons by language

Over the past year John Anderson has had the most page views in the with 13,992 views, followed by Portuguese (770), and Chinese (738). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (191.67%), Finnish (37.29%), and Portuguese (30.51%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, John Anderson ranks 1,379 out of 6,025. Before him are Rolf Danneberg, Heinrich Peters, Albert Corey, Efren Reyes, Godfrey Brown, and John McNally. After him are Eino Purje, Ursula Donath, Heinz Pollay, Raymond Flacher, Hartwig Gauder, and Manuel Plaza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, John Anderson ranks 343. Before him are Jules Roy, Sheldon Leonard, Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi, Eduardo Reyes Ortiz, Hugo Strauß, and Mirdza Ķempe. After him are László Rajcsányi, Célestin Delmer, Sidney Fox, Quiterio Olmedo, Policarpo Ribeiro de Oliveira, and Grahame Clark. Among people deceased in 1948, John Anderson ranks 176. Before him are Arthur Whitten Brown, Malcolm Campbell, Carl Hårleman, Claude McKay, Thomas Mofolo, and Frank Benford. After him are James Young, Mary Eaton, George Mehnert, Poul Heegaard, René Benjamin, and István Barta.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Anderson ranks 9,292 out of 20,380. Before him are Booth Tarkington (1869), Ethan Phillips (1955), George Steinbrenner (1930), Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper (1963), Herbert Stothart (1885), and John Oliver Creighton (1943). After him are Tadd Dameron (1917), Lisa Banes (1955), Barry Mazur (1937), Lea Michele (1986), Lynn Harrell (1944), and William Haines (1900).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, John Anderson ranks 249. Before him are Commodore Cochran (1902), Steve Prefontaine (1951), Gwen Torrence (1965), Clyde King (1898), Daniel Kelly (1883), and John Brinck (1908). After him are Jesse Mashburn (1933), Ed Gordon (1908), Arthur Shaw (1886), David Dunlap (1910), Hal Brown (1898), and Dallas Long (1940).

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