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John Kuck

1905 - 1986

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John Henry Kuck (April 27, 1905 – September 21, 1986) was an American athlete who won a gold medal in the shot put at the 1928 Summer Olympics setting a new world record at 15.87 m. Earlier that year he set two more world records, but they were not recognized officially. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Kuck has received more than 24,792 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. John Kuck is the 440th most popular athlete (down from 298th in 2019), the 5,963rd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,483rd in 2019) and the 109th most popular American Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, John Kuck ranks 440 out of 6,025. Before him are Patrik Sjöberg, Gergely Kulcsár, Sotirios Versis, Rafael Chimishkyan, Arthur Russell, and Georg Åberg. After him are Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos, Mel Sheppard, John Thomas, Hermann Barrelet, Yurik Vardanyan, and Charles Gmelin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, John Kuck ranks 236. Before him are Ibrahim Tuqan, Johannes Käbin, Lev Atamanov, Fred Alderman, Raghunath Murmu, and Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff. After him are László Raffinsky, Floyd Gottfredson, Leila Hyams, Kunio Maekawa, Albrecht Unsöld, and Walther Müller. Among people deceased in 1986, John Kuck ranks 179. Before him are Jagjivan Ram, Ronald McNair, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Jaroslav Burgr, Desi Arnaz, and Oldřich Lipský. After him are Alicia Moreau de Justo, Michal Vičan, Guillermo Eizaguirre, Floyd Gottfredson, Kunio Maekawa, and Aleksei Arbuzov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Kuck ranks 5,963 out of 20,380. Before him are Mirabeau B. Lamar (1798), Gina Carano (1982), Lucretia Garfield (1832), Quanah Parker (1845), Ralph Nelson (1916), and David Douglas Duncan (1916). After him are Junior Wells (1934), Terence Trent D'Arby (1962), Raymond Scott (1908), Ollie Johnston (1912), David Gale (1921), and James Marsters (1962).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, John Kuck ranks 109. Before him are Jean Shiley (1911), Louis Abell (1884), Edward Cook (1888), Harry Stenqvist (1893), Louis Clarke (1901), and Fred Alderman (1905). After him are Mel Sheppard (1883), John Thomas (1941), Justin Gatlin (1982), Charley Borah (1906), Glenn Morris (1912), and Randy Williams (1953).

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