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Masaru Furukawa

1936 - 1993

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Masaru Furukawa (古川 勝, Furukawa Masaru, January 6, 1936 – November 21, 1993) was a Japanese swimmer and Olympic champion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Masaru Furukawa has received more than 21,437 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Masaru Furukawa is the 1,015th most popular athlete, the 1,405th most popular biography from Japan and the 11th most popular Japanese Athlete.

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  • 21k

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  • 45.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Masaru Furukawa ranks 1,015 out of 6,025. Before him are Jan Jindra, Dorothea Wierer, Yrjö Hietanen, Judy Amoore, David Rigert, and Jackson Scholz. After him are Harry DeBaecke, Carl Johnson, William Carr, Reinaldo Gorno, Ellen Streidt, and William Grut.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Masaru Furukawa ranks 443. Before him are Anna Maria Alberghetti, Eduard Gufeld, Juris Upatnieks, Ernest Shonekan, Harry Bild, and Vladimir Resin. After him are Antonio Mercero, Giuliana Calandra, Delio Gamboa, Teatao Teannaki, Clive Swift, and Larry McMurtry. Among people deceased in 1993, Masaru Furukawa ranks 230. Before him are Lola Álvarez Bravo, Marjorie Clark, Vladimir Makogonov, Danny Blanchflower, Jean Tamini, and Alexis Smith. After him are Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Conway Twitty, Kenneth Burke, Muhammad Khan Junejo, Mia Zapata, and Paul Grégoire.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masaru Furukawa ranks 1,405 out of 6,245. Before him are Ōten Shimokawa (1892), Miyavi (1981), Naomi Kawase (1969), Nobuko Imai (1943), Shunji Iwai (1963), and Chiharu Igaya (1931). After him are Masami Ihara (1967), Hiroshi Nanami (1972), Hideki Kamiya (1970), Momoko Sakura (1965), Tsutomu Nihei (1971), and Ryo Kawasaki (1947).

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Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Masaru Furukawa ranks 11. Before him are Isao Okano (1944), Chūhei Nambu (1904), Akio Kaminaga (1936), Kōkichi Tsuburaya (1940), Noboru Terada (1917), and Masao Harada (1912). After him are Tetsuo Hamuro (1917), Sueo Ōe (1914), Hiroshi Suzuki (1933), Yoshinobu Miyake (1939), Haruki Uemura (1951), and Shuhei Nishida (1910).

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