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Reggie Walker

1889 - 1951

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Reginald Edgar Walker (16 March 1889 in Durban – 5 November 1951) was a South African athlete and the 1908 Olympic champion in the 100 metres.Born in the Colony of Natal, Walker, the 1907 South African Champion, was not among the big favourites for the 100 metres at the 1908 Summer Olympics. He even had trouble getting to London, as he lacked the necessary finances until a Natal sportswriter collected funds to support Walker's travel. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Reggie Walker has received more than 40,341 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Reggie Walker is the 199th most popular athlete (down from 190th in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 64th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South African Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 40k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Reggie Walkers by language

Over the past year Reggie Walker has had the most page views in the with 1,463 views, followed by Italian (932), and German (842). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Russian (100.96%), Egyptian Arabic (70.41%), and Catalan (69.62%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Reggie Walker ranks 199 out of 6,025. Before him are Edgar Aabye, Adhemar da Silva, Harold Abrahams, Harry Hillman, Eliud Kipchoge, and Helge Løvland. After him are Veniamin Soldatenko, Henrik Sjöberg, Peter Norman, Imre Németh, Renate Stecher, and Charlie Logg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Reggie Walker ranks 153. Before him are Alexander Vertinsky, Arnold Fanck, Claude Rains, Subhi Bey Barakat, Luo Yixiu, and Shōji Nishimura. After him are Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro, Antonio Caggiano, Robert Z. Leonard, Manuel Prado Ugarteche, Hans Tropsch, and Hulusi Behçet. Among people deceased in 1951, Reggie Walker ranks 96. Before him are Pedro Salinas, Robert Broom, José Enrique Varela, Selim Palmgren, André Gobert, and Mohammad-Taqi Bahar. After him are László Almásy, John Paine, Karl Koller, Henry Taylor, Gustave Sandras, and Angelos Sikelianos.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Reggie Walker ranks 57 out of 454. Before him are Frances Ames (1920), Piet Joubert (1834), Eugène Terre'Blanche (1941), Bruce Grobbelaar (1957), David Cooper (1931), and Trevor Jones (1949). After him are Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer (1907), Cyril Cusack (1910), Dave Matthews (1967), Abdullah Ibrahim (1934), Dingane kaSenzangakhona (1795), and Marlene Dumas (1953).

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Among ATHLETES In South Africa

Among athletes born in South Africa, Reggie Walker ranks 2. Before him are Esther Brand (1922). After him are Oscar Pistorius (1986), Sid Atkinson (1901), Bevil Rudd (1894), Marjorie Clark (1909), Cecil McMaster (1895), Lillian Board (1948), Lawrence Stevens (1913), Christian Gitsham (1888), Clarence Walker (1898), and Wayde van Niekerk (1992).

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