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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 266,144 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Ron Clarke is the 200th most popular athlete (up from 234th in 2019), the 107th most popular biography from Australia (up from 125th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Australian Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ron Clarke ranks 200 out of 3,059. Before him are Kipchoge Keino, Birgit Fischer, Nina Ponomaryova, Harry Hillman, Alfred Tysoe, and Silvio Cator. After him are Ivanka Khristova, Nándor Dáni, Johnny Hayes, Meriones, Charley Paddock, and František Pospíšil.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Ron Clarke ranks 239. Before him are Una Stubbs, Boris Yegorov, Milutin Šoškić, Joe Henderson, Jeannot Szwarc, and Mitsuo Kamata. After him are Joseph Estrada, Gianni Celati, Gustavo Noboa, Gyula Zsivótzky, Johnny Dorelli, and Jiří Dienstbier. Among people deceased in 2015, Ron Clarke ranks 191. Before him are Slavko Avsenik, Sergio Sollima, Fred Anton Maier, Ján Chryzostom Korec, Yogi Berra, and Movita Castaneda. After him are Guy Béart, Ahmed Chalabi, Gheorghe Gruia, Bernard Maris, Tignous, and Robert Manzon.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Ron Clarke ranks 107 out of 925. Before him are Peter C. Doherty (1940), Terence Tao (1975), Alex O'Loughlin (1976), Jack Crawford (1908), Elle Macpherson (1964), and Bruce Beresford (1940). After him are Peter Cosgrove (1947), Baz Luhrmann (1962), Julian McMahon (1968), Phillip Noyce (1950), Yvonne Strahovski (1982), and Malcolm Turnbull (1954).

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Among ATHLETES In Australia

Among athletes born in Australia, Ron Clarke ranks 3. Before him are Peter Norman (1942) and Bobby Pearce (1905). After him are Nick Winter (1894), John Landy (1930), Betty Cuthbert (1938), John Winter (1924), George Parker (1896), Shirley Strickland (1925), Stan Rowley (1876), Norma Croker (1934), and Cathy Freeman (1973).

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