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John Disley

1928 - 2016

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John Ivor Disley CBE (20 November 1928 – 8 February 2016) was a Welsh athlete. He competed mainly in the 3000 metres steeplechase before co-founding the London Marathon and becoming active in sports promotion and administration. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Disley has received more than 47,682 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). John Disley is the 2,851st most popular athlete (down from 2,349th in 2019), the 6,494th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,160th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular British Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, John Disley ranks 2,851 out of 6,025. Before him are Alexander Os, Billy Konchellah, Michiel Bartman, Neroli Fairhall, Nelson Évora, and Peter Holmberg. After him are Paul Meister, Willie Banks, Yipsi Moreno, Sandra Chick, Kim Soo-nyung, and Sergey Belyayev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, John Disley ranks 593. Before him are Gerhard Weinberg, Jim Rathmann, Joseph Bernardin, Philip Levine, Robert Bergland, and Albert Brewer. After him are John Ingle, Fatima Meer, Yvette Vickers, Muhammadu Maccido, J. Hillis Miller, and Reubin Askew. Among people deceased in 2016, John Disley ranks 598. Before him are Nicholas Brathwaite, Vasyl Slipak, Sverre Kjelsberg, Sascha Lewandowski, Lonnie Mack, and A. B. Bardhan. After him are Amber Rayne, Dale Bumpers, Big Syke, David Cañada, Bahman Golbarnezhad, and José María Rivas.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Disley ranks 6,494 out of 8,785. Before him are Warren Ellis (1968), Samantha Bentley (1987), Lynne Ramsay (1969), Alison Hargreaves (1962), Louise Brealey (1979), and Stuart Adamson (1958). After him are Bill Steer (1969), Diane Morgan (1975), James Key (1972), Bertie Auld (1938), KT Tunstall (1975), and Terry Neill (1942).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, John Disley ranks 103. Before him are Adrian Metcalfe (1942), Sonia Robertson (1947), Alastair McCorquodale (1925), Sylvia Cheeseman (1929), Steve Cram (1960), and June Foulds (1934). After him are Sandra Chick (1947), Colin Jackson (1967), Peter Radford (1939), Carole Quinton (1936), Eileen Hiscock (1909), and Alan Pascoe (1947).

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