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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, 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 169,537 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Murray Rose is the 64th most popular swimmer (down from 53rd in 2019), the 4,376th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,014th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Swimmer.

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  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Murray Rose ranks 64 out of 392. Before him are Nida Senff, Oscar Grégoire, Pontus Hanson, George Kojac, Ragnhild Hveger, and Imre Zachár. After him are Chris von Saltza, Ford Konno, Ilona Novák, Pieter van den Hoogenband, Valéria Gyenge, and Yoshiyuki Tsuruta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Murray Rose ranks 447. Before him are Bruno Habārovs, Erwin Teufel, Yoshinobu Miyake, Jaroslav Walter, Mavis Staples, and Carl Yastrzemski. After him are Hildrun Laufer-Claus, Yaakov Neeman, Barbara Askins, Pierluigi Pizzaballa, Francisco Mendes, and Edoardo Menichelli. Among people deceased in 2012, Murray Rose ranks 353. Before him are Keith Campbell, Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, Jacqueline Mazéas, Héctor Camacho, Finn Pedersen, and Emanuel Steward. After him are Vasily Belov, Elyse Knox, Robert Sabatier, Ian Burgess, Richard Dawson, and Jose Tomas Sanchez.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Murray Rose ranks 4,376 out of 7,765. Before him are Daniel Harding (1975), Paul McGann (1959), David Bedford (1937), Daniel Sturridge (1989), Isaac Hempstead Wright (1999), and Tracey Ullman (1959). After him are Dana Rosemary Scallon (1951), Stephen Spender (1909), Sarah Waters (1966), Thomas Hughes (1822), Prideaux John Selby (1788), and Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading (1860).

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Among SWIMMERS In United Kingdom

Among swimmers born in United Kingdom, Murray Rose ranks 3. Before him are John Arthur Jarvis (1872) and Henry Taylor (1885). After him are Frederick Holman (1885), Judy Grinham (1939), Tom Dean (2000), Spyridon Gianniotis (1980), Adam Peaty (1994), Duncan Goodhew (1957), Duncan Scott (1997), Rebecca Adlington (1989), and James Guy (1995).

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