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Mel Patton

1924 - 2014

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Melvin Emery Patton (November 16, 1924 – May 9, 2014) was an American sprinter, who set the world record of 9.2 seconds in the 100 yard dash in 1948. He also set a 220 yd world record in 1949 on a straightaway of 20.2, breaking the record held by Jesse Owens. Patton won two gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mel Patton has received more than 54,800 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Mel Patton is the 806th most popular athlete (down from 706th in 2019), the 7,489th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,519th in 2019) and the 173rd most popular American Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Mel Patton ranks 806 out of 6,025. Before him are Kevin Young, Raymond Salles, Viktor Rashchupkin, Vilho Tuulos, Urho Peltonen, and Earl Thomson. After him are Afanasijs Kuzmins, Igor Novikov, Charles Bennett, Francisco Villota, Guy Butler, and Noboru Terada.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Mel Patton ranks 365. Before him are David Marshall Lang, Thorbjørn Svenssen, Jack Weston, Roberto Mieres, Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, and Princess Marie Adelaide of Luxembourg. After him are Lennart Samuelsson, Jackie Milburn, Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Klaus Junge, Leo Buscaglia, and Humberto Fernández-Morán. Among people deceased in 2014, Mel Patton ranks 356. Before him are Dale Gardner, Juanita Moore, Feridun Buğeker, Sandro Lopopolo, Jean Vallée, and Matthew Cowles. After him are Rosemary Murphy, Keiko Awaji, Ralph Giordano, Edmund Szoka, Georgi Slavkov, and Svetlana Velmar-Janković.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mel Patton ranks 7,489 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Moses (1888), Al Harker (1910), Warren Jeffs (1955), Charlie Byrd (1925), Ethel Waters (1896), and Richard Davalos (1930). After him are Dana Vespoli (1972), Frederick C. Weyand (1916), Justin Gaethje (1988), Jodi Lyn O'Keefe (1978), Alice Neel (1900), and Verna Felton (1890).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Mel Patton ranks 173. Before him are Charles Reidpath (1889), Richard Murphy (1931), Glenn Hardin (1910), Janet Moreau (1927), Lewis Sheldon (1874), and Kevin Young (1966). After him are Andy Stanfield (1927), Rex Cawley (1940), Cornelius Johnson (1913), Bill Miller (1912), Catherine Hardy Lavender (1930), and Larry James (1947).

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