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Rafer Johnson

1935 - 2020

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Rafer Lewis Johnson (August 18, 1934 – December 2, 2020) was an American decathlete and film actor. He was the 1960 Olympic gold medalist in the decathlon, having won silver in 1956. He had previously won a gold at the 1955 Pan American Games. Johnson was the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rafer Johnson has received more than 773,724 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Rafer Johnson is the 284th most popular athlete (up from 333rd in 2019), the 4,838th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,657th in 2019) and the 64th most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 770k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Rafer Johnson ranks 284 out of 6,025. Before him are Alice Coachman, Władysław Kozakiewicz, Henry Eriksson, Mildred McDaniel, Mihaela Peneș, and Lauri Virtanen. After him are Helen Stephens, Virgilijus Alekna, Duje Bonačić, Netti Witziers-Timmer, Rhadi Ben Abdesselam, and Konstantinos Tsiklitiras.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Rafer Johnson ranks 242. Before him are Fabio Cudicini, Juan Bautista Agüero, Grigore Vieru, Yıldırım Akbulut, Jorge Griffa, and Laurent Terzieff. After him are Pedro Manfredini, Eulogio Martínez, Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, Georgy Shonin, Omero Antonutti, and Walter De Maria. Among people deceased in 2020, Rafer Johnson ranks 290. Before him are Hédi Baccouche, Tomás Balcázar, Ivan Passer, Sonja Edström, Theodor Wagner, and Abdurrahim El-Keib. After him are Saeb Erekat, Carlo Ubbiali, Johnny Nash, Jeremy Bulloch, Duje Bonačić, and Edén Pastora.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rafer Johnson ranks 4,838 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard Petty (1937), Robert N. Bellah (1927), Blackie Lawless (1956), William Zabka (1965), Oscar Hammerstein II (1895), and Oliver North (1943). After him are Josephine Hull (1877), Edwin Austin Abbey (1852), Dennis Dugan (1946), Gloria Vanderbilt (1924), Louise Arner Boyd (1887), and Charles Grandison Finney (1792).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Rafer Johnson ranks 64. Before him are Donald Lippincott (1893), Ed Ablowich (1913), Harold Osborn (1899), William Hoyt (1875), Alice Coachman (1923), and Mildred McDaniel (1933). After him are Helen Stephens (1918), Albert Tyler (1872), Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1962), Henry Russell (1904), Ethel Catherwood (1908), and Don Bragg (1935).

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