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Robert Lindsay

1890 - 1958

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Robert Alexander Lindsay (18 April 1890 – 21 October 1958) was a British sprinter who competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics. He reached the quarterfinals of 400 m and ran the second leg in the British 4 × 400 m relay team, which won the gold medal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Lindsay has received more than 32,556 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Robert Lindsay is the 705th most popular athlete (down from 314th in 2019), the 3,689th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,010th in 2019) and the 28th most popular British Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 33k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Robert Lindsays by language

Over the past year Robert Lindsay has had the most page views in the with 1,882 views, followed by Chinese (1,099), and Portuguese (1,083). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Portuguese (29.70%), Egyptian Arabic (28.13%), and Polish (26.25%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Robert Lindsay ranks 705 out of 6,025Before him are Ingrid Auerswald, Karl Johan Svensson, Akio Kaminaga, Doug Rogers, Petra Felke, and Arthur Harnden. After him are Mutaz Essa Barshim, Chi Cheng, Christa Stubnick, Zdeněk Pecka, Nina Dumbadze, and Gerd Wessig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Robert Lindsay ranks 186Before him are Maurice McLoughlin, Paul Whiteman, Marc Wright, Art Acord, Suniti Kumar Chatterji, and Klabund. After him are Hans Gál, Åge Lundström, Herbert Marshall, Robert Armstrong, Luís de Freitas Branco, and Paul Scherrer. Among people deceased in 1958, Robert Lindsay ranks 144Before him are Douglas Hartree, Peter Whitehead, Oscar Torp, Eddie Colman, Alexandre Schaumasse, and Arvid Holmberg. After him are Alfredo Zibechi, Doris Humphrey, Gustaf Söderström, Henri Béraud, Oreste Puliti, and José María Caro Rodríguez.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Lindsay ranks 3,689 out of 8,785Before him are Ian Hunter (1939), Tobias Menzies (1974), Gwyneth Jones (1936), C. V. Boys (1855), Margery Allingham (1904), and Pat Symonds (1953). After him are Harold Mahony (1867), Henry Litolff (1818), Calvin Harris (1984), Isabella Beeton (1836), John Lyons (1932), and Bob Houghton (1947).

Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Robert Lindsay ranks 28Before him are Henry Macintosh (1892), Tommy Hampson (1907), Don Thompson (1933), Wyndham Halswelle (1882), Bill Roberts (1912), and Dorothy Tyler-Odam (1920). After him are Steve Redgrave (1962), Victor d'Arcy (1887), Godfrey Rampling (1909), Cecil Griffiths (1900), Phyllis Johnson (1886), and Tommy Green (1894).