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John Davies

1929 - 2020

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John Griffith Davies (17 May 1929 – 24 March 2020) was an Australian-American swimmer and United States federal judge. As a breaststroke swimmer of the 1940s and 1950s, he won a gold medal in the 200-metre breaststroke at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, set a world record in the 200 yard breaststroke (short course) and tied the world record in the 200 m breaststroke (long course). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Davies has received more than 48,485 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). John Davies is the 40th most popular judge (up from 44th in 2019), the 410th most popular biography from Australia (down from 400th in 2019) and the most popular Australian Judge.

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  • 48k

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  • 41.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among JUDGES

Among judges, John Davies ranks 40 out of 53. Before him are Brett Kavanaugh, David Souter, Leila Seth, Elliott Belgrave, Elena Kagan, and Samuel Chase. After him are Ninian Stephen, George Wythe, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Harry Blackmun, Neil Gorsuch, and Michael Mukasey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, John Davies ranks 522. Before him are Alfredo Lim, Buck Owens, Fred Martin, Elizabeth Allen, Charlotte Froese Fischer, and Nel Noddings. After him are Suraiya, Józef Zapędzki, Art Taylor, Charles Manring, Paul England, and Daphne Hasenjäger. Among people deceased in 2020, John Davies ranks 732. Before him are Frank Press, Annie Ross, Rupert Hine, Narinder Singh Kapany, Arnold Wolfendale, and Roger Saint-Vil. After him are Magdaleno Mercado, Rahat Indori, Oliver Friggieri, Alan Merrill, Jan Halvarsson, and Charley Pride.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, John Davies ranks 410 out of 1,143. Before him are Sylvia Lance Harper (1895), Russell Mockridge (1928), Adam Garcia (1973), David Malouf (1934), Peter Hollingworth (1935), and Rohan Dennis (1990). After him are Bill Bowrey (1943), Oscar Piastri (2001), Michael Wenden (1949), Melissa Hoskins (1991), Judy Tegart-Dalton (1937), and Sarah Snook (1987).

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Among JUDGES In Australia

Among judges born in Australia, John Davies ranks 1. After him are Patrick Keane (1952).

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