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Murray Rose

1939 - 2012

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Iain Murray Rose, (6 January 1939 – 15 April 2012) was an Australian swimmer, who swam for the University of Southern California, and worked as an actor, sports commentator and marketing executive. He was a six-time Olympic medalist (four gold, one silver, one bronze), and at one time held the world records in the 400-metre, 800-metre, and 1500-metre freestyle (long course). He made his Olympic debut at the 1956 Summer Olympics as a 17-year-old and won three Olympic medals, all gold. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Murray Rose has received more than 180,858 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Murray Rose is the 109th most popular swimmer (down from 64th in 2019), the 4,741st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,367th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Swimmer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Murray Rose ranks 109 out of 709Before him are Georg Hoffmann, Frances Schroth, Lyn McClements, Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher, Lance Larson, and Debbie Meyer. After him are Leslie Boardman, Belle Moore, Harry Hebner, Yoshiyuki Tsuruta, Oleksandr Sydorenko, and Oscar Grégoire.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Murray Rose ranks 503Before him are Josef Černý, Humberto Cruz, Pierluigi Pizzaballa, Bernd Cullmann, Jose Maria Sison, and David Ray Griffin. After him are Yoseph Imry, Don Williams, Anne Heggtveit, Göran Sonnevi, Zbigniew Namysłowski, and Erik Pevernagie. Among people deceased in 2012, Murray Rose ranks 401Before him are Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, Joel Goldsmith, Dolphy, Ruy de Freitas, Margaret Osborne duPont, and Boris Razinsky. After him are Mike Sparken, Jose Tomas Sanchez, Deborah Raffin, Norman Alden, Klaus Köste, and Geoffrey Hughes.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Murray Rose ranks 4,741 out of 8,785Before him are Philip Hall (1904), William Cobbett (1763), Bob Gerard (1914), Henry Seebohm (1832), Peter Kemp (1878), and Terry McDermott (1951). After him are Tony Woodcock (1955), Samantha Morton (1977), Mark Lester (1958), Pete Quaife (1943), George Rodger (1908), and Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1790).

Among SWIMMERS In United Kingdom

Among swimmers born in United Kingdom, Murray Rose ranks 6Before him are Henry Taylor (1885), John Derbyshire (1878), John Arthur Jarvis (1872), Irene Steer (1889), and Frederick Holman (1885). After him are Belle Moore (1894), Jennie Fletcher (1890), Valerie Davies (1912), Lucy Morton (1898), Annie Speirs (1889), and Judy Grinham (1939).