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Joseph Benz

1944 - 2021

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Joseph "Josef" or "Sepp" Benz (20 May 1944 – 5 February 2021) was a Swiss bobsledder who competed from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Benz has received more than 15,270 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Joseph Benz is the 409th most popular athlete (up from 434th in 2019), the 445th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 438th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Swiss Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 15k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Joseph Benzs by language

Over the past year Joseph Benz has had the most page views in the with 1,185 views, followed by English (1,134), and Alemannic (929). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Spanish (114.72%), Alemannic (54.58%), and Hungarian (46.67%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Joseph Benz ranks 409 out of 6,025. Before him are Edvin Wide, Jim Lightbody, Leslie Laing, Tyson Gay, Marianne Werner, and Émile Champion. After him are Wilhelmina von Bremen, Albert Hill, Hans Berglund, Jean Shiley, Vilhjálmur Einarsson, and Louis Abell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Joseph Benz ranks 425. Before him are Terry Jacks, Miguel Ríos, Jiří Holík, Dominique Lavanant, Mario Bertini, and Roger Rees. After him are Kuniya Daini, Zafarullah Khan Jamali, John Abercrombie, Alexei Lubimov, Kati Kovács, and François Migault. Among people deceased in 2021, Joseph Benz ranks 321. Before him are Jim Steinman, Agustín Balbuena, Gavin MacLeod, Robert Marchand, Alexander Gradsky, and Leslie Laing. After him are Ivan Toplak, Art Metrano, Frederic Rzewski, Anatoliy Zlenko, Susana Higuchi, and Masayuki Uemura.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Joseph Benz ranks 445 out of 1,015. Before him are Walther von Wartburg (1888), Nicolas Fuss (1755), Walter Breisky (1871), Alfred Kleiner (1849), Heinz Hermann (1958), and Fritz Schär (1926). After him are Aurèle Nicolet (1926), Nicolas Fatio de Duillier (1664), Stan Wawrinka (1985), Fritz Honegger (1917), Bernhard Russi (1948), and Pierre Aubert (1927).

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Among ATHLETES In Switzerland

Among athletes born in Switzerland, Joseph Benz ranks 5. Before him are Marina Doria (1935), Gabriela Andersen-Schiess (1945), Pierre Musy (1910), and Gottfried Diener (1926). After him are Robert Alt (1927), Hermann Barrelet (1879), Konrad Stäheli (1931), Charles Bouvier (1898), Werner Günthör (1961), Emil Kellenberger (1864), and Karl Röderer (1868).

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