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Nancy Mackay

1922 - 2016

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Nancy Mackay (née Murrall, 16 May 1922 – 4 January 2024) was a Canadian sprinter. Mackay won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Mackay was born in England, and moved to Canada when she was four years old. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nancy Mackay has received more than 13,515 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Nancy Mackay is the 305th most popular athlete (up from 1,366th in 2019), the 2,763rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,836th in 2019) and the 12th most popular British Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 14k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Nancy Mackay ranks 305 out of 6,025. Before her are Jonni Myyrä, Luigi Beccali, Bobbie Rosenfeld, Juan Carlos Zabala, Sándor Rozsnyói, and Henry Russell. After her are Eero Berg, Kenenisa Bekele, Elmer Niklander, John Akii-Bua, Adolfo Consolini, and Ethel Catherwood.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Nancy Mackay ranks 244. Before her are Evelyn Mase, Richard Kiley, Blaga Dimitrova, Sabino Barinaga, Micheline Ostermeyer, and Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin. After her are Ruth Roman, Joanne Dru, John Hick, Lennart Nilsson, Donald Keene, and Otmar Suitner. Among people deceased in 2016, Nancy Mackay ranks 250. Before her are Laurent Pokou, Paul Bley, Tarık Akan, Turgay Şeren, Banharn Silpa-archa, and Ioannis Grivas. After her are Alan Thicke, Leon Russell, Jiří Tichý, Marc Riboud, Billy Paul, and Marco Pannella.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nancy Mackay ranks 2,763 out of 8,785. Before her are Graeme Souness (1953), Don Revie (1927), Edward Woodward (1930), Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter (1907), William Camden (1551), and Andrew Latimer (1949). After her are Nicol Williamson (1936), Sigeberht of Wessex (750), Tom Hollander (1967), Joely Richardson (1965), G. I. Taylor (1886), and Joseph Aspdin (1778).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Nancy Mackay ranks 12. Before her are Ken McArthur (1881), George S. Robertson (1872), Harold Abrahams (1899), Dorian Yates (1962), Robert Kerr (1882), and Jonathan Edwards (1966). After her are Alfred Tysoe (1874), Norman Read (1931), Sidney Robinson (1876), Jack Broughton (1703), Edwin Flack (1873), and Willie Applegarth (1890).

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