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Lynne Cox

1957 - Today

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Lynne Cox (born January 2, 1957) is an American long-distance open-water swimmer, writer and speaker. She is best known for being the first person to swim between the United States and the Soviet Union, in the Bering Strait, a feat which has been recognized for easing the Cold War tensions between U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lynne Cox has received more than 607,621 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Lynne Cox is the 5,500th most popular writer (down from 5,393rd in 2019), the 9,190th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,297th in 2019) and the 714th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 610k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lynne Cox ranks 5,500 out of 5,755. Before her are Jacques de Lacretelle, David Seidler, Pratibha Ray, Miho Mosulishvili, Wadih Sa'adeh, and Susan Brownmiller. After her are Ralf König, Sigitas Geda, Frédérick Tristan, Irmtraud Morgner, Ian Buruma, and George William Russell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Lynne Cox ranks 382. Before her are Othmar Karas, Martin Luther King III, Porfirio Armando Betancourt, José Reinaldo de Lima, Richard Florida, and Glenn Hoddle. After her are Harald Schmidt, Antonio Maceda, Pietro Paolo Virdis, Dido Havenaar, Phil Collen, and Mary Stävin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lynne Cox ranks 9,190 out of 18,182. Before her are Stanley Jordan (1959), Alison Brie (1982), Brittany Andrews (1973), Karen Morley (1909), Jimmy Carl Black (1938), and Susan Brownmiller (1935). After her are Barry Mazur (1937), Frederick Muhlenberg (1750), Christopher Connelly (1941), Francis Johnson (1910), Edna May Oliver (1883), and Jermaine O'Neal (1978).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Lynne Cox ranks 714. Before her are David Brown (1916), Alvah Bessie (1904), Kathryn Stockett (1969), Theodora Kroeber (1897), Tony Kushner (1956), and Susan Brownmiller (1935). After her are Robert Coover (1932), Michael Chabon (1963), Janet Evanovich (1943), Thomas Berger (1924), Marianne Williamson (1952), and P. C. Cast (1960).

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