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Percy Williams

1908 - 1982

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Percy Alfred Williams (May 19, 1908 – November 29, 1982) was a Canadian athlete, winner of the 100 and 200 metres races at the 1928 Summer Olympics and a former world record holder for the 100 metres sprint. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Percy Williams has received more than 12,214 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Percy Williams is the 504th most popular athlete (down from 408th in 2019), the 325th most popular biography from Canada (down from 323rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Canadian Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 12k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Percy Williams ranks 504 out of 6,025. Before him are George Rhoden, Klaus Bonsack, Fauja Singh, Ioannis Theodoropoulos, Roger de Barbarin, and Sid Atkinson. After him are Henry Macintosh, Carlo Airoldi, Fred Kelly, František Janda-Suk, Eino Penttilä, and Ilona Slupianek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Percy Williams ranks 262. Before him are Demetrio Neyra, Walter Bruch, Luis de Souza Ferreira, Alfred Eisenbeisser, Birgit Cullberg, and Marina Ladynina. After him are Ludwig Goldbrunner, Kenji Miyamoto, Arturo de Córdova, Louis Daquin, Jean-Pierre Wimille, and Gotthard Handrick. Among people deceased in 1982, Percy Williams ranks 182. Before him are Palden Thondup Namgyal, Lightnin' Hopkins, Robert Havemann, Boris Andreyev, Tomás Romero Pereira, and Hendrik Wade Bode. After him are Eino Penttilä, Marie Rambert, BP Koirala, Victor Buono, Dominique Dunne, and Virginia Hall.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Percy Williams ranks 325 out of 1,622. Before him are John McCrae (1872), John Abbott (1821), Yassine Bounou (1991), Pom Klementieff (1986), Seth Rogen (1982), and Nancy Huston (1953). After him are Kenneth E. Iverson (1920), Steven Erikson (1959), David Suzuki (1936), Susan Clark (1943), Mary Harron (1953), and Rick Danko (1943).

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Among ATHLETES In Canada

Among athletes born in Canada, Percy Williams ranks 4. Before him are Donald Arnold (1935), Ethel Smith (1907), and Terry Fox (1958). After him are Duncan McNaughton (1910), Doug Rogers (1941), Earl Thomson (1895), Étienne Desmarteau (1873), Jane Bell (1910), David Hall (1875), Peter Kirby (1931), and Frank Dixon (1878).

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