BOXER

Ken Norton

1943 - 2013

Ken Norton

Kenneth Howard Norton Sr. (August 9, 1943 – September 18, 2013) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1967 to 1981, and held the WBC world heavyweight championship in 1978. He is best known for his fights with Muhammad Ali, in which Norton won the first by split decision, lost the second by split decision, and lost the final by a controversial unanimous decision. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ken Norton has received more than 2,616,090 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Ken Norton is the 24th most popular boxer (down from 23rd in 2019), the 1,963rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,914th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Boxer.

Memorability Metrics

2.6M
Page Views (PV)
57.46
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
28
Languages Editions (L)
3.95
Effective Languages (L*)
3.42
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Ken Norton ranks 24 out of 326. Before him are Vitali Klitschko, Teófilo Stevenson, Ingemar Johansson, Roberto Durán, Primo Carnera, and Larry Holmes. After him are Rubin Carter, Trevor Berbick, Nino Benvenuti, Sugar Ray Leonard, Lennox Lewis, and Jack Johnson.

Most Popular Boxers in Wikipedia

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Vitali Klitschko
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 18
Teófilo Stevenson
1952 - 2012
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 19
Ingemar Johansson
1932 - 2009
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 20
Roberto Durán
1951 - Present
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 21
Primo Carnera
1906 - 1967
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 22
Larry Holmes
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 23
Ken Norton
1943 - 2013
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 24
Rubin Carter
1937 - 2014
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 25
Trevor Berbick
1954 - 2006
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 26
Nino Benvenuti
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 27
Sugar Ray Leonard
1956 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 28
Lennox Lewis
1965 - Present
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 29
Jack Johnson
1878 - 1946
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 30

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Ken Norton ranks 125. Before him are René Préval, Jack Bruce, Mohammed Badie, Griselda Blanco, Oskar Lafontaine, and Robert Lefkowitz. After him are Richard J. Roberts, Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh, John Nettles, Lorenzo Sanz, Blythe Danner, and Masafumi Hara. Among people deceased in 2013, Ken Norton ranks 86. Before him are László Csatáry, Ed Lauter, Antoni Ramallets, Otfried Preußler, Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, and Chris Kyle. After him are Pedro Rocha, Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti, Sergiu Nicolaescu, José Froilán González, Colin Wilson, and Ladislao Mazurkiewicz.

Others Born in 1943

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René Préval
1943 - 2017
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 119
Jack Bruce
1943 - 2014
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 120
Mohammed Badie
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 121
Griselda Blanco
1943 - 2012
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 122
Oskar Lafontaine
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 123
Robert Lefkowitz
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 124
Ken Norton
1943 - 2013
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 125
Richard J. Roberts
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 126
Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 127
John Nettles
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 128
Lorenzo Sanz
1943 - 2020
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 129
Blythe Danner
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 130
Masafumi Hara
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 131