BOXER

Oliver Kirk

1884 - 1960

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Oliver Leonard Kirk (April 20, 1884 – March 14, 1960) was an American bantamweight and featherweight professional boxer who won two gold medals in Boxing at the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born in Beatrice, Nebraska and died in St. Louis, Missouri.Kirk is the only boxer in Olympic history to ever win two gold medals in two separate weight divisions at the same Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oliver Kirk has received more than 30,138 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Oliver Kirk is the 54th most popular boxer (down from 50th in 2019), the 4,858th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,029th in 2019) and the 34th most popular American Boxer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 30k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Oliver Kirks by language

Over the past year Oliver Kirk has had the most page views in the with 2,857 views, followed by Russian (703), and Chinese (635). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hungarian (50.77%), Chinese (46.31%), and Finnish (41.39%)

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Oliver Kirk ranks 54 out of 496. Before him are James J. Corbett, José Nápoles, Rocky Graziano, Emile Griffith, Buster Douglas, and Gene Tunney. After him are Tyson Fury, Oleksandr Usyk, Bob Fitzsimmons, Pascual Pérez, Julio César Chávez, and Félix Savón.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Oliver Kirk ranks 130. Before him are Jack Greenwell, Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria, Dénes Kőnig, Margit Slachta, Juhan Aavik, and Ants Piip. After him are Ludowika Jakobsson, Adriaan van Maanen, Jean Decoux, A. Merritt, Marie Vassilieff, and Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV. Among people deceased in 1960, Oliver Kirk ranks 129. Before him are Ward Bond, Margaret Sullavan, Toyohiko Kagawa, Melvin Purvis, Wu Lien-teh, and Oscar Hammerstein II. After him are Hersch Lauterpacht, Paul Fort, Nevil Shute, Eduard Pütsep, Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, and Carl Keenan Seyfert.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Oliver Kirk ranks 4,858 out of 20,380. Before him are MC Hammer (1962), Haddon Sundblom (1899), Helen Stephens (1918), Michael Weatherly (1968), Alexander H. Stephens (1812), and Richard Lynch (1940). After him are Chris Carter (1956), Fay Bainter (1893), Sam Webb (1945), Gregory Itzin (1948), John Stamos (1963), and Mark St. John (1956).

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Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Oliver Kirk ranks 34. Before him are Tommy Morrison (1969), Roy Jones Jr. (1969), James J. Corbett (1866), Rocky Graziano (1919), Buster Douglas (1960), and Gene Tunney (1897). After him are Marvelous Marvin Hagler (1954), Michael Spinks (1956), Carmen Basilio (1927), Jess Willard (1881), Thomas Hearns (1958), and Ernie Terrell (1939).

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