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Roger Bannister

1929 - 2018

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Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister (23 March 1929 – 3 March 2018) was an English neurologist and middle-distance athlete who ran the first sub-4-minute mile. At the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Bannister set a British record in the 1500 metres and finished in fourth place. This achievement strengthened his resolve to become the first athlete to finish the mile run in under four minutes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roger Bannister has received more than 2,292,809 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Roger Bannister is the 167th most popular athlete (down from 128th in 2019), the 2,116th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,158th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Roger Bannister ranks 167 out of 6,025. Before him are Naoto Tajima, Angela Voigt, Berit Mørdre, Barbara Jones, Ole Ellefsæter, and Myer Prinstein. After him are Robert Hennet, Ken McArthur, Naim Süleymanoğlu, John Carlos, Silvio Cator, and Carlos Lopes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Roger Bannister ranks 201. Before him are James R. Schlesinger, Petr Shelokhonov, Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia, Selim Hoss, Mariama Bâ, and Alexis Weissenberg. After him are Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Lee Hazlewood, Fazil Iskander, Julinho, Liz Sheridan, and Anastasios of Albania. Among people deceased in 2018, Roger Bannister ranks 164. Before him are Walter Laqueur, Sinan Sakić, David Ogden Stiers, Ara Güler, Vitaliy Masol, and Robert Indiana. After him are Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Avicii, Serge Dassault, Antonio Valentín Angelillo, Lewis Gilbert, and Nicolas Roeg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Roger Bannister ranks 2,116 out of 8,785. Before him are Miriam Margolyes (1941), Jodie Whittaker (1982), Peter Hammill (1948), William Bayliss (1860), William Blackstone (1723), and Caratacus (15). After him are Michael Byrne (1943), Thomas Fairfax (1612), Michael Bond (1926), Edmund Crouchback (1245), Liam Gallagher (1972), and Samantha Eggar (1939).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Roger Bannister ranks 6. Before him are Bruno (null), Mark Phillips (1948), Sebastian Coe (1956), Robert Hichens (1882), and Thomas Hicks (1876). After him are Ken McArthur (1881), George S. Robertson (1872), Harold Abrahams (1899), Dorian Yates (1962), Robert Kerr (1882), and Jonathan Edwards (1966).

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