POLITICIAN

Ralph Metcalfe

1910 - 1978

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Ralph Harold Metcalfe Sr. (May 29, 1910 – October 10, 1978) was an American track and field sprinter and politician. He jointly held the world record in the 100-meter dash and placed second in that event in two Olympics, first to Eddie Tolan in 1932 at Los Angeles and then to Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ralph Metcalfe has received more than 368,046 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Ralph Metcalfe is the 14,931st most popular politician (down from 14,379th in 2019), the 7,346th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,808th in 2019) and the 475th most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 370k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ralph Metcalfe ranks 14,931 out of 19,576. Before him are José Joaquín Trejos Fernández, James Wilson, Axel Nordlander, Giorgio La Pira, Aristeidis Moraitinis, and Antonio Cubillo. After him are Anahita Ratebzad, Artur Văitoianu, Merav Michaeli, Ján Kubiš, Itti-Marduk-balatu, and Charles Booth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Ralph Metcalfe ranks 289. Before him are Adri van Male, György Faludy, Josef Hassmann, Jane Wyatt, Mario Alborta, and Gjorgji Abadžiev. After him are Glenn Hardin, Miquel Crusafont i Pairó, Hua Luogeng, Ji Pengfei, Al Harker, and Áttila. Among people deceased in 1978, Ralph Metcalfe ranks 191. Before him are Ivan Kavaleridze, Mladen Ramljak, František Šterc, George Moscone, Edgar Bergen, and Vasili Merkuryev. After him are Greta Johansson, Maurice Carême, Paul Yü Pin, Oscar Homolka, Isidro Ayora, and Gregor Wentzel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ralph Metcalfe ranks 7,346 out of 20,380. Before him are Wally Pfister (1961), Coleen Gray (1922), Phil Heath (1979), Tony Lo Bianco (1936), David Tudor (1926), and Marni Nixon (1930). After him are Eve Ensler (1953), George Underwood (1884), Christina Milian (1981), Stubby Kaye (1918), Riley Reid (1991), and Alan Ball (1957).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Ralph Metcalfe ranks 475. Before him are Lucy Webb Hayes (1831), Oliver Ellsworth (1745), William J. Casey (1913), Jane Pierce (1806), Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876), and James Spriggs Payne (1819). After him are Robert A. Taft (1889), Joe Manchin (1947), Charles Lang (1902), Benjamin Butler (1818), Patrick Leahy (1940), and Greg Louganis (1960).

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