GOLFER

Old Tom Morris

1821 - 1908

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Thomas Mitchell Morris (16 June 1821 – 24 May 1908), otherwise known as Old Tom Morris, and The Grand Old Man of Golf, was a Scottish golfer. He was born in St Andrews, Fife, the "home of golf" and location of the St Andrews Links, and died there as well. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Old Tom Morris has received more than 759,859 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Old Tom Morris is the 16th most popular golfer, the 5,853rd most popular biography from United Kingdom and the most popular British Golfer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 760k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Old Tom Morrises by language

Over the past year Old Tom Morris has had the most page views in the with 70,268 views, followed by German (2,247), and French (1,652). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (79.17%), French (2.16%), and Malay (0.00%)

Among GOLFERS

Among golfers, Old Tom Morris ranks 16 out of 71. Before him are Lee Trevino, Sam Snead, Greg Norman, Tom Watson, Byron Nelson, and Gene Sarazen. After him are Annika Sörenstam, George Lyon, Nick Faldo, Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh, and Miguel Ángel Jiménez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1821, Old Tom Morris ranks 97. Before him are Heinrich Moritz Willkomm, Jan van Beers, Robert O'Hara Burke, Charles Tupper, Churchill Babington, and Daniel Harvey Hill. After him is Robert S. Duncanson. Among people deceased in 1908, Old Tom Morris ranks 105. Before him are Charles Augustus Young, John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, Harriet Hosmer, Redvers Buller, John Taylor, and Thomas Hill.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Old Tom Morris ranks 5,853 out of 8,785. Before him are Dinah Craik (1826), Matilda Ziegler (1964), Michael Bisping (1979), Francis Walker (1809), Ledley King (1980), and Nigel Havers (1951). After him are Priti Patel (1972), Tony Wilson (1950), Pippa Middleton (1983), Carole Shelley (1939), Maureen Gardner (1928), and Bruce Forsyth (1928).

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Among GOLFERS In United Kingdom

Among golfers born in United Kingdom, Old Tom Morris ranks 1. After him are Nick Faldo (1957), Ian Woosnam (1958), Rory McIlroy (1989), Colin Montgomerie (1963), Sandy Lyle (1958), Luke Donald (1977), Darren Clarke (1968), Lee Westwood (1973), Ian Poulter (1976), Graeme McDowell (1979), and Danny Willett (1987).

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