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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 in the 1955 Pan American Games. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rafer Johnson has received more than 709,146 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Rafer Johnson is the 333rd most popular athlete (down from 210th in 2019), the 5,669th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,696th in 2019) and the 70th most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 710k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Rafer Johnson ranks 333 out of 3,059. Before him are Arthur Blake, Franjo Mihalić, Karl Hein, John Akii-Bua, Tatyana Kazankina, and Ben Adams. After him are Forrest Smithson, Erik Abrahamsson, Elmer Niklander, Henry Eriksson, Mel Sheppard, and Charles Moore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Rafer Johnson ranks 276. Before him are Omero Antonutti, Bernard Pivot, Ronald Lacey, Gary Player, Oscar Panno, and Sabahudin Kurt. After him are Pjetër Arbnori, Peter Grant, Norma Bengell, Pedro Manfredini, Lewis Arquette, and Roberto Ferreiro. Among people deceased in 2020, Rafer Johnson ranks 338. Before him are Wojciech Pszoniak, Luigi Simoni, Robert Herbin, Roger Vonlanthen, Stuart Gordon, and René Felber. After him are Charles Moore, Benny Chan, Italo De Zan, Òscar Ribas Reig, Edmund M. Clarke, and Litokwa Tomeing.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rafer Johnson ranks 5,669 out of 18,182. Before him are Ben Adams (1890), John J. McCloy (1895), Janice Dickinson (1955), Norman Spinrad (1940), Jon Huntsman Jr. (1960), and Nicholas Pileggi (1933). After him are William Guarnere (1923), Anna Louise Strong (1885), Boz Scaggs (1944), Forrest Smithson (1884), Van Johnson (1916), and Roy Thinnes (1938).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Rafer Johnson ranks 70. Before him are Harry Stenqvist (1893), Marcus Hurley (1883), Betty Robinson (1911), Walter Tewksbury (1876), Arthur Blake (1872), and Ben Adams (1890). After him are Forrest Smithson (1884), Mel Sheppard (1883), Charles Moore (1929), Eddie Tolan (1908), Tyson Gay (1982), and Henry Russell (1904).

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