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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 11,690 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Percy Williams is the 408th most popular athlete (down from 216th in 2019), the 324th most popular biography from Canada (down from 232nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Canadian Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Percy Williams ranks 408 out of 3,059. Before him are Lajos Steiner, Jonni Myyrä, Bobby Morrow, István Somodi, Bud Houser, and Colette Besson. After him are Patrik Sjöberg, Kazım Ayvaz, Nils Hellsten, Gergely Kulcsár, Igor Nikulin, and Paavo Yrjölä.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Percy Williams ranks 253. Before him are Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev, Josué de Castro, Rudolf Bürger, Franco Rol, Helmut Käutner, and Erich Srbek. After him are Hermógenes Fonseca, Guillermo Arellano, Zainab Biisheva, Hans Werner Richter, Marina Ladynina, and Jules Vandooren. Among people deceased in 1982, Percy Williams ranks 176. Before him are Marietta Shaginyan, Frederick Terman, Alberto Vargas, Fritz Laband, Marie Braun, and William Primrose. After him are Rafael Méndez, Ramón J. Sender, Victor Jory, Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Victor Buono, and Clifford Curzon.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Percy Williams ranks 324 out of 1,350. Before him are Robertson Davies (1913), Alex Trebek (1940), Barbara Ann Scott (1928), The Weeknd (1990), Nancy Huston (1953), and John McCrae (1872). After him are Seth Rogen (1982), Grant Allen (1848), Shawn Levy (1968), Duncan McNaughton (1910), Xavier Dolan (1989), and Myrtle Cook (1902).

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Among ATHLETES In Canada

Among athletes born in Canada, Percy Williams ranks 3. Before him are Ethel Smith (1907) and Terry Fox (1958). After him are Duncan McNaughton (1910), Étienne Desmarteau (1873), David Hall (1875), Alex Wilson (1905), Earl Thomson (1895), Walter Byron (1894), Jane Bell (1910), Donald Arnold (1935), and Edward Archibald (1884).

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