1891 - 1968
Richard "Dick" Norris Williams II (January 29, 1891 – June 2, 1968), generally known as R. Norris Williams, was an American tennis player and RMS Titanic survivor. He won the U.S. National Tennis Championships in men's singles in 1914 and 1916. He was ranked the U.S. No. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of R. Norris Williams has received more than 305,977 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). R. Norris Williams is the 58th most popular tennis player (down from 32nd in 2019), the 253rd most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 175th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swiss Tennis Player.
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Among tennis players, R. Norris Williams ranks 58 out of 1,148. Before him are Maria Sharapova, William Renshaw, Martina Hingis, Naomi Osaka, Momčilo Tapavica, and Doris Hart. After him are Andrés Gimeno, Manuel Orantes, Jacques Brugnon, Anna Kournikova, Goran Ivanišević, and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.
1987 - Present
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 52
1861 - 1904
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 53
1980 - Present
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 54
1997 - Present
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 55
1872 - 1949
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 56
1925 - 2015
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 57
1891 - 1968
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 58
1937 - 2019
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 59
1949 - Present
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 60
1895 - 1978
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 61
1981 - Present
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 62
1971 - Present
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 63
1971 - Present
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 64
Among people born in 1891, R. Norris Williams ranks 102. Before him are Seth Barnes Nicholson, Damaskinos of Athens, Otto Ciliax, Ivan Vinogradov, Prince Constantine Constantinovich of Russia, and Antoine Pinay. After him are Abraham Fraenkel, Jan Mukařovský, Milton L. Humason, Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Pavlo Tychyna, and Carl Jacob Burckhardt. Among people deceased in 1968, R. Norris Williams ranks 92. Before him are Lilian Harvey, Boris Lyatoshinsky, Tian Han, Ildebrando Pizzetti, Tullio Serafin, and Ramón Menéndez Pidal. After him are Gholamreza Takhti, Gabriel Hanot, Anthony Asquith, Herbert Read, Hitoshi Imamura, and Camille Huysmans.
1891 - 1963
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 96
1891 - 1949
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 97
1891 - 1964
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 98
1891 - 1983
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 99
1891 - 1918
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 100
1891 - 1994
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 101
1891 - 1968
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 102
1891 - 1965
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 103
1891 - 1975
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 104
1891 - 1972
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 105
1891 - 1971
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 106
1891 - 1967
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 107
1891 - 1974
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 108
1906 - 1968
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 86
1894 - 1968
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 87
1898 - 1968
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 88
1880 - 1968
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 89
1878 - 1968
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 90
1869 - 1968
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 91
1891 - 1968
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 92
1930 - 1968
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 93
1889 - 1968
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 94
1902 - 1968
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 95
1893 - 1968
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 96
1886 - 1968
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 97
1871 - 1968
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 98
Among people born in Switzerland, R. Norris Williams ranks 253 out of 876. Before him are Wiborada (900), Emma Jung (1882), Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767), Princess Elena of Romania (1950), Domenico Trezzini (1670), and Flavio Cotti (1939). After him are Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke (1861), Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672), François-Alphonse Forel (1841), Hans-Rudolf Merz (1942), Jeremias Gotthelf (1797), and Lucien Favre (1957).
900 - 926
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 247
1882 - 1955
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 248
1767 - 1849
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 249
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 250
1670 - 1734
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 251
1939 - 2020
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 252
1891 - 1968
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 253
1861 - 1936
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 254
1672 - 1733
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 255
1841 - 1912
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 256
1942 - Present
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 257
1797 - 1854
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 258
1957 - Present
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 259
Among tennis players born in Switzerland, R. Norris Williams ranks 2. Before him are Roger Federer (1981). After him are Stan Wawrinka (1985), Marc Rosset (1970), Heinz Günthardt (1959), Belinda Bencic (1997), Patty Schnyder (1978), Timea Bacsinszky (1989), Bettina Bunge (1963), Viktorija Golubic (1992), Emmanuelle Gagliardi (1976), and Marco Chiudinelli (1981).
1981 - Present
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 1
1891 - 1968
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 2
1985 - Present
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 3
1970 - Present
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 4
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.09
Rank: 5
1997 - Present
HPI: 38.94
Rank: 6
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.75
Rank: 7
1989 - Present
HPI: 37.66
Rank: 8
1963 - Present
HPI: 36.79
Rank: 9
1992 - Present
HPI: 34.88
Rank: 10
1976 - Present
HPI: 31.65
Rank: 11
1981 - Present
HPI: 31.41
Rank: 12