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Mervyn Wood

1917 - 2006

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Mervyn Thomas Wood, (30 April 1917 – 19 August 2006) was an Australian rower and police officer. He was an eight-time Australian national sculling champion, four-time Olympian and three-time Olympic medalist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mervyn Wood has received more than 40,152 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Mervyn Wood is the 2,608th most popular athlete (down from 1,974th in 2019), the 474th most popular biography from Australia (down from 446th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Australian Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 40k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Mervyn Wood ranks 2,608 out of 6,025. Before him are Yekaterina Fesenko, Angelo Scuri, Tatyana Goyshchik, Kurt Meier, Zoltán Melis, and Ernest Chapman. After him are Dezső Lemhényi, José Manuel Abascal, Louis Baillon, Rafael da Silva, Andrea Henkel, and Wanda Panfil.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Mervyn Wood ranks 340. Before him are Ellis Clarke, Barbara Burke, John Fitch, Kamal Ranadive, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Hans Conried. After him are Dezső Lemhényi, Adele Jergens, Irving Kaplansky, Bill Clements, Anton Coppola, and Lucille Bremer. Among people deceased in 2006, Mervyn Wood ranks 391. Before him are Kevin Berry, Adrienne Shelly, J Dilla, Naushad, Ellen Willis, and Ed Bradley. After him are Isaac Gálvez, Irving Kaplansky, John Spencer, Esther Victoria Abraham, Gernot Jurtin, and Surinder Kaur.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Mervyn Wood ranks 474 out of 1,143. Before him are Monica Mayhem (1978), Scott Dixon (1980), Shaun Tan (1974), DBC Pierre (1961), Mary Augusta Ward (1851), and Ernest Chapman (1926). After him are Louis Mandylor (1966), Rodney Brooks (1954), Lorraine Crapp (1938), Edith Cowan (1861), Shane Warne (1969), and Les Murray (1938).

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Among ATHLETES In Australia

Among athletes born in Australia, Mervyn Wood ranks 32. Before him are Gordon George Avery (1925), Ralph Doubell (1945), John Landy (1930), Michael Wenden (1949), Al Lawrence (1930), and Ernest Chapman (1926). After him are Lorraine Crapp (1938), June Maston (1928), Tim Forsyth (1973), Jenny Lamy (1949), Kate Allen (1970), and Nathan Deakes (1977).

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