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Ron Clarke

1937 - 2015

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Ronald William Clarke, AO, MBE (21 February 1937 – 17 June 2015) was an Australian athlete, writer, and the Mayor of the Gold Coast from 2004 to 2012. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ron Clarke has received more than 293,972 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Ron Clarke is the 136th most popular athlete (up from 200th in 2019), the 80th most popular biography from Australia (up from 107th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Australian Athlete.

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  • 290k

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  • 60.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ron Clarke ranks 136 out of 6,025. Before him are Sherm Clark, Eric Liddell, Michel Jazy, Alajos Szokolyi, Jim Thorpe, and Aleksandr Privalov. After him are Friedrich Traun, Esther Brand, Rudolf Bauer, Tilly Fleischer, Galina Chistyakova, and Igor Ter-Ovanesyan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Ron Clarke ranks 181. Before him are Igor Volk, Gaston Roelants, Aleksandr Demyanenko, Lusine Zakaryan, Geki, and Mikheil Meskhi. After him are Mitsuo Kamata, Ron Carter, John Hume, Birju Maharaj, Ted Nelson, and Trini Lopez. Among people deceased in 2015, Ron Clarke ranks 133. Before him are Anne Meara, Aleksei Gubarev, Nigel Terry, Edgar Froese, Vicente Aranda, and Lesley Gore. After him are Harald Nielsen, Esther Brand, Doris Hart, Ernst Fuchs, Roberto M. Levingston, and Robert Conquest.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Ron Clarke ranks 80 out of 1,143. Before him are Elizabeth von Arnim (1866), Diane Cilento (1933), Howard Florey (1898), David Helfgott (1947), Toni Collette (1972), and David Bruce (1855). After him are Judy Davis (1955), Nick Vujicic (1982), Mark Evans (1956), David Wenham (1965), Helen Reddy (1941), and Roger Donaldson (1945).

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Among ATHLETES In Australia

Among athletes born in Australia, Ron Clarke ranks 2. Before him are Mara (null). After him are Peter Norman (1942), William Jones (null), Camila (null), John Winter (1924), Betty Cuthbert (1938), Stan Rowley (1876), Norma Croker (1934), Shirley Strickland (1925), George Parker (1896), and Fleur Mellor (1936).

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