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Ken Carpenter

1913 - 1984

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William Kenneth Carpenter (April 19, 1913 – March 15, 1984) was an American discus thrower. He won the NCAA and AAU titles in 1935 and 1936, becoming the first two-time NCAA champion in a weight throw event from the University of Southern California (USC). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ken Carpenter has received more than 9,063 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Ken Carpenter is the 777th most popular athlete (down from 511th in 2019), the 7,197th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,744th in 2019) and the 163rd most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.1k

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  • 54.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ken Carpenter ranks 777 out of 6,025. Before him are Arthur Jonath, Lajos Steiner, Erik Larsson, Calvin Smith, John Geiger, and Ernst Krebs. After him are Jaan Talts, Emmanuel Foulon, Harald Tammer, Lucinda Williams, Victor d'Arcy, and Noureddine Morceli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Ken Carpenter ranks 275. Before him are Sverre Hansen, Joe Kelly, Nikolay Latyshev, Anna Lee, Zezé Procópio, and Qiao Guanhua. After him are Guillermo Haro, William J. Casey, Tony Zale, Mary Martin, Giovanni Valetti, and Robert Strauss. Among people deceased in 1984, Ken Carpenter ranks 188. Before him are Emilio Rodríguez, Kurt Axelsson, Henri Fabre, Byron Haskin, Laurent Grimmonprez, and Leopold Lindtberg. After him are Simón Lecue, Jean De Clercq, Isaak Kikoin, Elizabeth Goudge, Víctor Balaguer, and Alice Neel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ken Carpenter ranks 7,197 out of 20,380. Before him are Meredith Baxter (1947), Alfred G. Knudson (1922), Phoebe Cates (1963), Miles Teller (1987), Alison Arngrim (1962), and Jenny McCarthy (1972). After him are Monte Hellman (1932), Florence La Badie (1888), Neal E. Miller (1909), Patricia Wettig (1951), Harry Reid (1939), and Katharine Houghton (1945).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Ken Carpenter ranks 163. Before him are William Jordan (1898), Roy Cochran (1919), Ed Hamm (1906), Frederick Schule (1879), Calvin Smith (1961), and John Geiger (1873). After him are Lucinda Williams (1937), Edith McGuire (1944), Phil Heath (1979), George Underwood (1884), Charles Reidpath (1889), and Richard Murphy (1931).

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