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Richmond Landon

1898 - 1971

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Richmond Wilcox "Dick" Landon (November 20, 1898 – June 13, 1971) was an American high jumper who won a gold medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics. Landon attended the Hotchkiss School in Connecticut and Yale University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richmond Landon has received more than 17,620 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Richmond Landon is the 563rd most popular athlete (down from 298th in 2019), the 6,969th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,439th in 2019) and the 117th most popular American Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Richmond Landon ranks 563 out of 3,059. Before him are Hermann Barrelet, Rudolf Harbig, Evelyn Furtsch, Ondina Valla, Ellen Braumüller, and Peter Frenkel. After him are Launceston Elliot, Eric Backman, Olga Fikotová, Ragnar Malm, Ilmar Kullam, and Betty Cuthbert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Richmond Landon ranks 203. Before him are Marilyn Miller, Luis Muñoz Marín, Ernst Ahl, Leila Denmark, Arthur Legat, and Antonio Urdinarán. After him are Eero Berg, Eero Lehtonen, Hisamuddin of Selangor, Carl Johnson, John Grierson, and Maria Klenova. Among people deceased in 1971, Richmond Landon ranks 159. Before him are Carl Blegen, Tor Johnson, Hjalmar Andersson, Mario Magnozzi, H. A. R. Gibb, and Giannino Castiglioni. After him are Lauro Amadò, Gioacchino Guaragna, Betty Bronson, Michael Rennie, Fernando Quiroga Palacios, and Martin Benka.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richmond Landon ranks 6,969 out of 18,182. Before him are Cleveland Abbe (1838), Irwin Winkler (1931), Kathy Acker (1947), McLean Stevenson (1927), Garrick Ohlsson (1948), and David E. Kelley (1956). After him are Ronda Rousey (1987), Alan Shugart (1930), Jocelyn Brando (1919), Bob Einstein (1942), Art Acord (1890), and John Varley (1947).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Richmond Landon ranks 117. Before him are Bob Kiesel (1911), Arthur Barnard (1929), Justin Gatlin (1982), Albert Gutterson (1887), Frank Wykoff (1909), and Evelyn Furtsch (1914). After him are Ragnar Malm (1893), Charles Reidpath (1889), Fred Alderman (1905), Morgan Taylor (1903), Fred Hansen (1940), and Hélène de Pourtalès (1868).

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