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Lou Jones

1932 - 2006

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Louis Woodard "Lou" Jones (January 15, 1932 – February 3, 2006) was an American athlete. He won a gold medal in the 4x400 m relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Born in New Rochelle, New York, Jones graduated from Manhattan College in 1954. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lou Jones has received more than 1,808 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Lou Jones is the 1,567th most popular athlete (up from 1,648th in 2019), the 9,942nd most popular biography from United States (up from 11,489th in 2019) and the 276th most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Lou Jones by language

Over the past year Lou Jones has had the most page views in the with 744 views, followed by German (508), and Russian (457). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (57.50%), Finnish (37.27%), and Swedish (19.79%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Lou Jones ranks 1,567 out of 6,025. Before him are Mór Kóczán, Herbert Adamski, Léon Moreaux, Stan Vickers, Rita Achkina, and Frank Waller. After him are Gianni Bonichon, Brahim Boutayeb, Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck, William Fields, Pepi Bader, and Stanislav Lusk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Lou Jones ranks 485. Before him are Ramón Tapia, Alexander Goehr, Mikhail Ogonkov, Nikolay Anikin, Sergio Brighenti, and Stan Vickers. After him are Susan Oliver, Ivan Šantek, Maurice Kouandété, Angelo Vanzin, Gaetano Starrabba, and William Christopher. Among people deceased in 2006, Lou Jones ranks 335. Before him are Óscar González, Claude Esteban, Valentine Telegdi, Arthur Hill, Robert Lockwood Jr., and Philippa Pearce. After him are Pierre Amine Gemayel, Rubén Marcos, Catherine Leroy, Darren McGavin, Vincent Sherman, and Val Guest.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lou Jones ranks 9,942 out of 20,380. Before him are Judith Curry (1953), Robert F. Overmyer (1936), Marie Wilson (1916), Andrea James (1967), James Chapin (1889), and Frank Waller (1884). After him are Roderick Chisholm (1916), Caroline Aaron (1952), Edward Van Sloan (1882), Oliver Otis Howard (1830), Kenneth Rexroth (1905), and Patricia Belcher (1954).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Lou Jones ranks 276. Before him are Carl Kaufmann (1936), Valerie Brisco-Hooks (1960), Marjorie Gestring (1922), Butch Reynolds (1964), William Dickey (1874), and Frank Waller (1884). After him are William Fields (1929), Ollan Cassell (1937), Bob Hayes (1942), William Thompson (1908), Charles Grimes (1935), and Charles Kieffer (1910).

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