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Ralph Boston

1939 - 2023

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Ralph Harold Boston (May 9, 1939 – April 30, 2023) was an American track athlete who received three Olympic medals and became the first person to break the 27 feet (8.2 m) barrier in the long jump. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ralph Boston has received more than 180,095 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Ralph Boston is the 159th most popular athlete (up from 182nd in 2019), the 4,178th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,303rd in 2019) and the 38th most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ralph Boston ranks 159 out of 3,059. Before him are Galina Chistyakova, Juan Carlos Zabala, Vera Krepkina, Viggo Jensen, Bob King, and Vladimir Kuts. After him are Esther Brand, Gunnar Höckert, Margitta Gummel, Imre Németh, Bobby Pearce, and Eugen Schmidt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Ralph Boston ranks 229. Before him are Sid Haig, Judy Chicago, Yves Meyer, Janusz Gajos, Vladimir Durković, and Bobby Hull. After him are Adam Osborne, Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Viorica Viscopoleanu, Chris Dickerson, Al Unser, and Giulio Angioni. Among people deceased in 2023, Ralph Boston ranks 165. Before him are Torben Ulrich, Ian Hacking, Walter Cunningham, Vera Krepkina, Ilya Kabakov, and Bobby Hull. After him are Joss Ackland, Inna Churikova, Rita Lee, Ignacio López Tarso, Carmen Sevilla, and Ray Stevenson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ralph Boston ranks 4,178 out of 18,182. Before him are Jeannette Rankin (1880), Lucretia Mott (1793), Bill Goldberg (1966), Albert Ayler (1936), Eddie Slovik (1920), and Anna Elizabeth Klumpke (1856). After him are Anna Coleman Ladd (1878), Kerry King (1964), Kathy Baker (1950), Moses Finley (1912), Robert N. Bellah (1927), and Steven Hill (1922).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Ralph Boston ranks 38. Before him are Carlos Lopes (1947), Thomas Curtis (1873), Lee Evans (1947), John Carlos (1945), Harrison Dillard (1923), and Bob King (1906). After him are William Hoyt (1875), Charles Dvorak (1878), Chris Dickerson (1939), Helen Stephens (1918), Harry Porter (1882), and Ralph Rose (1885).

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