RUGBY PLAYER

Jonny Wilkinson

1979 - Today

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Jonathan Peter Wilkinson, (born 25 May 1979) is an English former rugby union player. A fly-half, he played for Newcastle Falcons and French side Toulon and represented England and the British & Irish Lions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jonny Wilkinson has received more than 2,643,054 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Jonny Wilkinson is the 7th most popular rugby player, the 5,284th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,842nd in 2019) and the most popular British Rugby Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RUGBY PLAYERS

Among rugby players, Jonny Wilkinson ranks 7 out of 35. Before him are Jonah Lomu, Auguste Giroux, Francois Pienaar, Sébastien Chabal, André Rischmann, and Léon Binoche. After him are Richie McCaw, Dan Carter, Joost van der Westhuizen, Percy Montgomery, Bryan Habana, and Sergio Parisse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Jonny Wilkinson ranks 229. Before him are Ryan Tedder, Iryna Vereshchuk, Emin Agalarov, Natalia Barbu, Juliana Paes, and Natasha Yarovenko. After him are Ludovic Magnin, Diego Klattenhoff, Manal al-Sharif, Carlos Tenorio, Albert Jorquera, and Bam Margera.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jonny Wilkinson ranks 5,284 out of 8,785. Before him are Fiona May (1969), Alfred Domett (1811), Nicholas Galitzine (1994), Thomas Heywood (1574), Jo Cox (1974), and Prisca Awiti Alcaraz (1996). After him are John Byrne (1950), Bill Hoskyns (1931), John Le Mesurier (1912), Trevor Brooking (1948), George Russell (1998), and John Curry (1949).

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Among RUGBY PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among rugby players born in United Kingdom, Jonny Wilkinson ranks 1. After him are Mike Tindall (1978), Shane Williams (1977), Owen Farrell (1991), Dan Biggar (1989), George North (1992), Shannon Izar (1993), Ollie Lindsay-Hague (1990), Dan Norton (1988), Madison Hughes (1992), Natasha Hunt (1989), and Jasmine Joyce-Butchers (1995).

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