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Paul Anderson

1932 - 1994

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Paul Edward Anderson (October 17, 1932 – August 15, 1994) was an American weightlifter, strongman, and powerlifter. He was an Olympic gold medalist, a world champion, and a two-time national champion in Olympic weightlifting. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Anderson has received more than 88,117 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Anderson is the 620th most popular athlete, the 7,175th most popular biography from United States and the 131st most popular American Athlete.

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  • 88k

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  • 45.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Paul Anderson ranks 620 out of 3,059Before him are Vasili Kuznetsov, Francisco Villota, Wilhelmina von Bremen, Bärbel Wöckel, John Winter, and Heide Rosendahl. After him are Argentina Menis, Henri Tauzin, Frankie Fredericks, Roman Steinberg, Ernesto Ambrosini, and Lloyd La Beach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Paul Anderson ranks 339Before him are K. C. Jones, Ray Reardon, Cesare Perdisa, Ludovico Avio, Vasili Kuznetsov, and Lodewijk van den Berg. After him are Bruce Glover, Raymond Kaelbel, Richard Mulligan, Tom Kibble, Howard Hodgkin, and Christopher Lasch. Among people deceased in 1994, Paul Anderson ranks 244Before him are Julio Ramón Ribeyro, Delio Rodríguez, Devika Rani, Alex Wilson, Alain de Changy, and Alan Helffrich. After him are Christopher Lasch, Grisha Filipov, Anthony Peter Khoraish, Dave Albritton, Ion Lăpușneanu, and Jimmy Miller.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Anderson ranks 7,175 out of 18,182Before him are Stanley A. McChrystal (1954), Mare Winningham (1959), James Brady (1940), Dennis Muren (1946), Steve Lacy (1934), and Isabel Sanford (1917). After him are Sally Mann (1951), Mark Henry (1971), Kristine Sutherland (1955), June Foray (1917), Michael Murphy (1938), and Hal Greer (1936).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Paul Anderson ranks 131Before him are Hal Connolly (1931), Leo Sexton (1909), Louis Wilkins (1882), Carl Johnson (1898), Alan Helffrich (1900), and Wilhelmina von Bremen (1909). After him are Jackson Scholz (1897), Oliver Macdonald (1904), Emerson Spencer (1906), Glenn Hardin (1910), Don Bragg (1935), and Frederick Schule (1879).