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John Landy

1930 - 2022

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John Michael Landy (12 April 1930 – 24 February 2022) was an Australian middle-distance runner and state governor. He was the second man to break the four-minute mile barrier in the mile run and held the world records for the 1500-metre run and the mile race. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Landy has received more than 345,038 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). John Landy is the 2,106th most popular athlete (down from 500th in 2019), the 396th most popular biography from Australia (down from 182nd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Australian Athlete.

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  • 350k

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  • 41.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, John Landy ranks 2,106 out of 6,025. Before him are Vita Styopina, Arkadiusz Godel, Constantina Diță, Elemér Somfay, Frans Maassen, and Jutta Kirst. After him are Tomáš Dvořák, Robert Ouko, Kurt Lundquist, Sifan Hassan, Bernard Talvard, and Bjarte Engen Vik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, John Landy ranks 589. Before him are Miguel Seijas, Yuriy Tyukalov, Ronald Stretton, Mike Gravel, Luki Botha, and Elaine Stewart. After him are Troy Ruttman, Barry Unsworth, Muhal Richard Abrams, Robert Detweiler, Colin McDonald, and Braulio Musso. Among people deceased in 2022, John Landy ranks 596. Before him are Wilson Kiprugut, Ilan Gilon, Kabasu Babo, Maria Ewing, Javier Cárdenas, and António Lima Pereira. After him are Marit Paulsen, Anne-Marie Garat, Faouzi Mansouri, Andreas Kunz, Rosemary Radford Ruether, and Rolando Serrano.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, John Landy ranks 396 out of 1,143. Before him are Mary Carter Reitano (1934), Jacqueline McKenzie (1967), Frank Gambale (1958), Bill Hunter (1940), Coral Browne (1913), and Phil Dent (1950). After him are Wendy Turnbull (1952), John Hillcoat (1961), Mina Wylie (1891), Joshua Kennedy (1982), Dunc Gray (1906), and Virgil Donati (1958).

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Among ATHLETES In Australia

Among athletes born in Australia, John Landy ranks 23. Before him are Betty McKinnon (1925), Pam Kilborn (1939), Marilyn Black (1944), Joyce King (1920), Gordon George Avery (1925), and Ralph Doubell (1945). After him are Michael Wenden (1949), Al Lawrence (1930), Ernest Chapman (1926), Mervyn Wood (1917), Lorraine Crapp (1938), and June Maston (1928).

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