BOXER

Ken Norton

1943 - 2013

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Kenneth Howard Norton Sr. (August 9, 1943 – September 18, 2013) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1967 to 1981. He is considered by some to be one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ken Norton has received more than 3,325,703 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Ken Norton is the 24th most popular boxer, the 1,901st most popular biography from United States (up from 1,962nd in 2019) and the 16th most popular American Boxer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ken Nortons by language

Over the past year Ken Norton has had the most page views in the with 438,501 views, followed by Italian (34,854), and Spanish (30,781). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (234.22%), Welsh (81.85%), and Irish (80.30%)

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Ken Norton ranks 24 out of 496. Before him are Teófilo Stevenson, Rubin Carter, László Papp, Ingemar Johansson, Floyd Patterson, and Vitali Klitschko. After him are Mate Parlov, Nino Benvenuti, James J. Braddock, Lennox Lewis, Jack Johnson, and Sugar Ray Leonard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Ken Norton ranks 134. Before him are Paul Michael Glaser, Paul Wolfowitz, Wallace Shawn, Köbi Kuhn, Hervé Villechaize, and Luis Carlos Galán. After him are Robbie Robertson, Richard Sennett, Masafumi Hara, Jack Bruce, Lin Shaye, and Peter Sauber. Among people deceased in 2013, Ken Norton ranks 84. Before him are Wilfried Martens, Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, Ottmar Walter, Rossana Podestà, Stéphane Hessel, and Arthur Danto. After him are Jacques Vergès, Abdul Rahim Hatif, Robert Fogel, José Froilán González, Otto Sander, and Masao Uchino.

Others Born in 1943

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ken Norton ranks 1,901 out of 20,380. Before him are Edward T. Hall (1914), Thomas J. Watson (1874), Gary Busey (1944), Louis Zamperini (1917), Don Murray (1929), and Peter Criss (1945). After him are Ernie Hudson (1945), Jon Kabat-Zinn (1944), Winsor McCay (1867), Jerry Stiller (1927), Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (1915), and John Dickson Carr (1906).

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Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Ken Norton ranks 16. Before him are Sonny Liston (1932), Evander Holyfield (1962), Jack Dempsey (1895), Larry Holmes (1949), Rubin Carter (1937), and Floyd Patterson (1935). After him are James J. Braddock (1905), Jack Johnson (1878), Sugar Ray Leonard (1956), John L. Sullivan (1858), Archie Moore (1916), and Ezzard Charles (1921).

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