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Ken Matthews

1934 - 2019

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Kenneth Joseph Matthews, MBE (21 June 1934 – 2 June 2019) was a British race walker, who won the Olympic (1964) and European (1962) titles in the 20 km walk. From 1957 Matthews worked as an electrician at a local power plant at Hams Hall near Sutton Coldfield and had to take a paid leave for competitions. In 1959, 1961, 1963 and 1964 he won the British titles in all three walking events. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ken Matthews has received more than 43,279 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Ken Matthews is the 1,232nd most popular athlete (up from 1,441st in 2019), the 4,495th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,973rd in 2019) and the 45th most popular British Athlete.

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  • 45.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ken Matthews ranks 1,232 out of 6,025. Before him are František Douda, Maurice Vignerot, Oswald Zappelli, Alan Washbond, Per-Erik Hedlund, and Giuseppe Tosi. After him are Mahmoud Namjoo, Albert Zürner, Chris Berger, John Powell, Raphaël Poirée, and Nikolay Zimyatov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Ken Matthews ranks 445. Before him are Jean Wendling, Werner Leimgruber, Cedar Walton, Hilla Limann, Pierre Joxe, and Alberto Bevilacqua. After him are Hans-Emil Schuster, Diana Der Hovanessian, Ulrich Plenzdorf, Fernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem, Tammy Grimes, and Tamara Manina. Among people deceased in 2019, Ken Matthews ranks 429. Before him are Wallace Smith Broecker, Siegmar Wätzlich, Roky Erickson, Andre Matos, Cameron Boyce, and Koldo Aguirre. After him are Michael D. Coe, Caroll Spinney, Daniel Johnston, John Paul Stevens, Heather Harper, and Halvard Hanevold.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ken Matthews ranks 4,495 out of 8,785. Before him are Sam Taylor-Johnson (1967), Gary Cahill (1985), Ruth Williams Khama (1923), Michael Portillo (1953), Bernard Lovell (1913), and Richard Knill Freeman (1840). After him are Simon Baron-Cohen (1958), Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (1951), Jamie Bell (1986), Mark Catesby (1683), Emily Hobhouse (1860), and Luke Goss (1968).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Ken Matthews ranks 45. Before him are Jack Beresford (1899), George Larner (1875), David Jacobs (1888), John Ainsworth-Davis (1895), William Henry Dean (1887), and John Rimmer (1878). After him are Harry Blackstaffe (1868), Richard Gunn (1871), John McNally (1932), John James Shepherd (1884), Walter Chaffe (1870), and Peter Kemp (1878).

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