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Merritt Giffin

1887 - 1911

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Merritt Hayward Giffin (August 20, 1887 – July 11, 1911) was an American athlete who won a silver medal in the discus throw at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Merritt Giffin has received more than 14,969 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Merritt Giffin is the 1,885th most popular athlete (down from 1,572nd in 2019), the 10,725th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,120th in 2019) and the 318th most popular American Athlete.

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  • 50.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Merritt Giffin ranks 1,885 out of 6,025. Before him are Herb McKenley, Émile Albrecht, Svetlana Masterkova, Janet Simpson, Virginie Hériot, and Daniel Martínez. After him are Mildrette Netter, Tatyana Talysheva, Bjarne Andersson, Amadou Dia Ba, Francis Tyler, and Walter Middelberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Merritt Giffin ranks 277. Before him are Harold Walden, Cayetano Saporiti, Hedwig Kohn, Joseph Plunkett, Lynn Fontanne, and Carl-Friedrich Freiherr von Langen. After him are Kate Gillou, Raymond Thorne, Roland Young, Ira Davenport, Gertrude Astor, and Walter Connolly. Among people deceased in 1911, Merritt Giffin ranks 87. Before him are Pedro Paterno, Albert Ladenburg, Georg Hilmar, Morten Müller, Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah, and Adolf Bernhard Meyer. After him are Frances Harper, John Douglas, and Sam Dickson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Merritt Giffin ranks 10,725 out of 20,380. Before him are Stuart Pankin (1946), Stephen Dunham (1964), Maggie Siff (1974), John C. Stennis (1901), Ken Berry (1933), and Emma Willard (1787). After him are Sleepy John Estes (1899), Susan Rice (1964), Ruth Ford (1911), Mildrette Netter (1948), Logan Marshall-Green (1976), and Marv Wolfman (1946).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Merritt Giffin ranks 318. Before him are Benjamin Bradshaw (1879), Tom Price (1933), Tommy Kono (1930), Allen Johnson (1971), Shaun White (1986), and Charles Dumas (1937). After him are Mildrette Netter (1948), Francis Tyler (1904), Virgil Jacomini (1899), Alden Sanborn (1899), James Workman (1908), and Larry Myricks (1956).

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