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Louis Clarke

1901 - 1977

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Louis Alfred "Pinky" Clarke (November 23, 1901 – February 24, 1977) was an American chemist and former sprinter and track and field athlete, who won a gold medal in the world record time of 41.0 seconds in the 4 × 100 meter relay race at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. Clarke was Jewish. He was born in Statesville, North Carolina to Mr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Clarke has received more than 22,227 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Louis Clarke is the 422nd most popular athlete (up from 526th in 2019), the 5,849th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,799th in 2019) and the 107th most popular American Athlete.

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  • 49.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Louis Clarke ranks 422 out of 6,025. Before him are Lis Hartel, Edward Cook, Harry Stenqvist, Betty Cuthbert, Maria Itkina, and Ahmet Ayık. After him are Fred Alderman, Lidiya Alfeyeva, Veikko Kankkonen, Klaus Dibiasi, Robert Alt, and Irina Privalova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Louis Clarke ranks 217. Before him are Francisco Ascaso, Florence Green, Andrée Brunet, Gerhard von Rad, Ivar Lo-Johansson, and Cyril of Bulgaria. After him are Enrique Santos Discépolo, Otto Kaiser, Jakub Berman, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Paul Verhoeven, and Mark Donskoy. Among people deceased in 1977, Louis Clarke ranks 159. Before him are Mwambutsa IV of Burundi, Alexander Galich, Philipp Etter, Lūcija Garūta, Krishan Chander, and Carlos Prío Socarrás. After him are Tay Garnett, José Perácio, Otto Kaiser, Mike Parkes, Leila Hyams, and Edward Van Dijck.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Louis Clarke ranks 5,849 out of 20,380. Before him are Ellen Corby (1911), Ralph Towner (1940), Jeanette MacDonald (1903), Joe Manganiello (1976), Martin Ferrero (1947), and Thomas Hearns (1958). After him are Arthur Golden (1956), Milman Parry (1902), Fred Alderman (1905), Juan Trippe (1899), Joe Lieberman (1942), and Steven Adler (1965).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Louis Clarke ranks 107. Before him are Tyson Gay (1982), Wilhelmina von Bremen (1909), Jean Shiley (1911), Louis Abell (1884), Edward Cook (1888), and Harry Stenqvist (1893). After him are Fred Alderman (1905), John Kuck (1905), Mel Sheppard (1883), John Thomas (1941), Justin Gatlin (1982), and Charley Borah (1906).

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