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John Hencken

1954 - Today

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John Frederick Hencken (born May 29, 1954) is an American former competition swimmer for Stanford University, three-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder primarily in the 100 and 200 meter breaststroke events. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Hencken has received more than 42,565 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). John Hencken is the 163rd most popular swimmer (down from 141st in 2019), the 11,454th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,272nd in 2019) and the 62nd most popular American Swimmer.

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  • 43k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, John Hencken ranks 163 out of 709. Before him are Ken Huszagh, Károly Bartha, Charlie Hickcox, Ines Diers, Krisztina Egerszegi, and Nikolai Pankin. After him are Joan Harrison, Anthony Nesty, Sarah Sjöström, Caren Metschuck, Kaye Hall, and Novella Calligaris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, John Hencken ranks 563. Before him are Vincent Lukáč, Baburam Bhattarai, Maatia Toafa, Allison Anders, Valentina Sidorova, and Vilis Krištopans. After him are Pat Hanrahan, Hans-Günter Bruns, Maria Ștefan, Peter Laird, Marc Vann, and Alex Cox.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Hencken ranks 11,454 out of 20,380. Before him are Kari Byron (1974), Pamela Melroy (1961), Bert I. Gordon (1922), Jim Byrnes (1948), Fandango (1981), and Gregory Harrison (1950). After him are Ron Harper (1964), Alan G. Poindexter (1961), Mauri Rose (1906), James Seddon (1815), Sonny Perdue (1946), and Marsha Blackburn (1952).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, John Hencken ranks 62. Before him are Raymond Thorne (1887), Eleanor Holm (1913), Katherine Rawls (1917), Leo Goodwin (1883), Ken Huszagh (1891), and Charlie Hickcox (1947). After him are Kaye Hall (1951), Steve Clark (1943), Bruce Furniss (1957), Brenda Helser (1924), Mike Troy (1940), and Stephen Rerych (1946).

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