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Leslie Claudius

1927 - 2012

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Leslie Walter Claudius (25 March 1927 – 20 December 2012) was an Indian field hockey player from Bilaspur. He studied in South Eastern Railway (Now SECR) English Medium School Bilaspur, which has produced many national sportsmen. Leslie Claudius shares with Udham Singh the distinction of being one of the only two Indian players to win four Olympic medals in field hockey. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leslie Claudius has received more than 217,814 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Leslie Claudius is the 2,386th most popular athlete (down from 1,808th in 2019), the 986th most popular biography from India (down from 848th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Indian Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Leslie Claudius ranks 2,386 out of 6,025. Before him are Fyodor Simashev, Elena Georgescu, Bill Hobbs, Coenraad Hiebendaal, Tijjani Reijnders, and Alonzo Babers. After him are Naftali Bon, Darius Kasparaitis, Joan Benoit, Guo Jingjing, Tamás Wichmann, and Ferenc Konrád.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Leslie Claudius ranks 473. Before him are Bill Slater, Robert Bork, Paul Eddington, Dick Hyman, June Brown, and Vin Scully. After him are Abdul Hamid, Varkey Vithayathil, Geoffrey Palmer, John Dankworth, Babatunde Olatunji, and Red Kelly. Among people deceased in 2012, Leslie Claudius ranks 476. Before him are Arlen Specter, John Fitch, Robert Bork, Alex Karras, Ronnie Montrose, and Bob Boozer. After him are Erhard Wunderlich, Frederica Sagor Maas, Vladimer Aptsiauri, Joyce Redman, Don Cornelius, and António Leitão.

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In India

Among people born in India, Leslie Claudius ranks 986 out of 1,861. Before him are Aruna Roy (1946), KK (1968), Raveena Tandon (1974), Ranbir Kapoor (1982), P. Chidambaram (1945), and Madhur Jaffrey (1933). After him are Tessy Thomas (1963), Jaya Prada (1962), Padmaja Naidu (1900), Johnny Walker (1926), Varkey Vithayathil (1927), and Arijit Singh (1987).

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Among ATHLETES In India

Among athletes born in India, Leslie Claudius ranks 9. Before him are Launceston Elliot (1874), Fauja Singh (1911), P. T. Usha (1964), Godfrey Brown (1915), Udham Singh (1928), and Balbir Singh Sr. (1923). After him are Karnam Malleswari (1975), Richard Allen (1902), Ajit Pal Singh (1947), Abhinav Bindra (1982), Neeraj Chopra (1997), and Kunjarani Devi (1968).

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