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Robert Paul

1937 - 2024

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Robert Paul (June 2, 1937 – December 19, 2024) was a Canadian pair skater. He teamed up with Barbara Wagner in 1952. They became the 1960 Olympic champions, four-time World champions, and five-time Canadian national champions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Paul has received more than 39,850 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Robert Paul is the 163rd most popular skater (down from 132nd in 2019), the 686th most popular biography from Canada (down from 545th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Canadian Skater.

Memorability Metrics

  • 40k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Robert Paul ranks 163 out of 483. Before him are Aljona Savchenko, Natalia Bestemianova, Hayes Alan Jenkins, Irving Jaffee, Oksana Baiul, and Carry Geijssen. After him are Alexander Zhulin, Alexei Yagudin, Jozef Sabovčík, Emese Hunyady, Maribel Vinson, and Steven Bradbury.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Robert Paul ranks 525. Before him are George Steele, Peter Kreeft, Oleg Kopayev, Tony Waiters, Peter Ueberroth, and Maryvonne Dupureur. After him are Farooq Abdullah, Judy Tegart-Dalton, David Seidler, Del Harris, Elinor Donahue, and Bruce Johnstone. Among people deceased in 2024, Robert Paul ranks 438. Before him are Andrew Davis, José Carlos de Almeida, Steve Albini, Terry Griffiths, Göran Hagberg, and Emilio Correa. After him are Bernard Baudoux, Hugo Villanueva, Jan Furtok, Emi Shinohara, Phil Lesh, and Peter Lundgren.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Robert Paul ranks 686 out of 1,622. Before him are Ken Dryden (1947), Hilda Cameron (1912), Devon Sawa (1978), Walter Byron (1894), Jessica Steen (1965), and Sarah Gadon (1987). After him are Severn Cullis-Suzuki (1979), Hayley Wickenheiser (1978), Leonard Peikoff (1933), Shawn Drover (1966), Christophe Beck (1972), and John Ralston Saul (1947).

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Among SKATERS In Canada

Among skaters born in Canada, Robert Paul ranks 8. Before him are Brian Orser (1961), Barbara Ann Scott (1928), Barbara Wagner (1938), Alexander Hurd (1910), Suzanne Morrow Francis (1930), and Toller Cranston (1949). After him are Montgomery Wilson (1909), Cindy Klassen (1979), Karen Magnussen (1952), Jeremy Wotherspoon (1976), Patrick Chan (1990), and Tessa Virtue (1989).

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