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Ray Ewry

1873 - 1937

Ray Ewry

Raymond "Ray" Clarence Ewry (October 14, 1873 – September 29, 1937) was an American track and field athlete who won eight gold medals at the Olympic Games and two gold medals at the Intercalated Games (1906 in Athens). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ray Ewry has received more than 148,109 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Ray Ewry is the 23rd most popular athlete (down from 14th in 2019), the 1,644th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,150th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Athlete.

Ray Ewry was most famous for being the first person to break the one minute mile.

Memorability Metrics

150k
Page Views (PV)
58.77
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
30
Languages Editions (L)
7.99
Effective Languages (L*)
2.54
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ray Ewry ranks 23 out of 3,059. Before him are Yuriy Sedykh, Iolanda Balaș, Stanisława Walasiewicz, Javier Sotomayor, Mike Powell, and Tamara Press. After him are Thomas Burke, Fanny Blankers-Koen, Lasse Virén, Aladár Gerevich, Marita Koch, and Larry Scott.

Most Popular Athletes in Wikipedia

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Yuriy Sedykh
1955 - 2021
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 17
Iolanda Balaș
1936 - 2016
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 18
Stanisława Walasiewicz
1911 - 1980
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 19
Javier Sotomayor
1967 - Present
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 20
Mike Powell
1963 - Present
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 21
Tamara Press
1937 - 2021
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 22
Ray Ewry
1873 - 1937
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 23
Thomas Burke
1875 - 1929
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 24
Fanny Blankers-Koen
1918 - 2004
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 25
Lasse Virén
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 26
Aladár Gerevich
1910 - 1991
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 27
Marita Koch
1957 - Present
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 28
Larry Scott
1938 - 2014
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 29

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Ray Ewry ranks 38. Before him are Alexander Bogdanov, Ma Barker, Constantin Carathéodory, Lee de Forest, Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, and Charles Péguy. After him are Tullio Levi-Civita, Melitta Bentz, Hayim Nahman Bialik, Liang Qichao, Otto Wels, and Jakob Wassermann. Among people deceased in 1937, Ray Ewry ranks 42. Before him are Edith Wharton, Pavel Florensky, Louis Vierne, Georgy Pyatakov, Keke Geladze, and Bessie Smith. After him are Chūya Nakahara, Vincenzo Lancia, Andrés Nin Pérez, Abd al-Hafid of Morocco, Max Adler, and Akhmet Baitursynov.

Others Born in 1873

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Alexander Bogdanov
1873 - 1928
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 32
Ma Barker
1873 - 1935
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 33
Constantin Carathéodory
1873 - 1950
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 34
Lee de Forest
1873 - 1961
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 35
Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi
1873 - 1933
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 36
Charles Péguy
1873 - 1914
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 37
Ray Ewry
1873 - 1937
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 38
Tullio Levi-Civita
1873 - 1941
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 39
Melitta Bentz
1873 - 1950
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 40
Hayim Nahman Bialik
1873 - 1934
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 41
Liang Qichao
1873 - 1929
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 42
Otto Wels
1873 - 1939
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 43
Jakob Wassermann
1873 - 1934
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 44