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Rowdy Gaines

1959 - Today

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Ambrose "Rowdy" Gaines IV (born February 17, 1959) is an American former competitive swimmer, U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame member, three-time Olympic gold medalist, and member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame. He is a swimming analyst for television network NBC. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rowdy Gaines has received more than 688,668 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Rowdy Gaines is the 363rd most popular swimmer (down from 238th in 2019), the 17,488th most popular biography from United States (down from 15,879th in 2019) and the 121st most popular American Swimmer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 690k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 30.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Rowdy Gaines by language

Over the past year Rowdy Gaines has had the most page views in the with 46,589 views, followed by Italian (1,946), and Chinese (1,057). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Italian (155.38%), Ukrainian (75.37%), and Egyptian Arabic (52.14%)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Rowdy Gaines ranks 363 out of 709. Before him are Amaury Leveaux, Thiago Pereira, Cameron van der Burgh, Filippo Magnini, Liu Zige, and Shayne Reese. After him are Domenico Fioravanti, Yannick Agnel, Camille Lacourt, Arno Kamminga, Natalie du Toit, and Gregorio Paltrinieri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Rowdy Gaines ranks 785. Before him are Victoria Jackson, Judith Collins, Andy Holmes, Christin Cooper, Owen Gleiberman, and Kazuhiro Koso. After him are Godeliève Mukasarasi, Neal Broten, Phil Brown, Ken Buck, Keith Olbermann, and Lorrie Morgan.

Others Born in 1959

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rowdy Gaines ranks 17,488 out of 20,380. Before him are India Arie (1975), Zack Steffen (1995), Emily Rios (1989), Flying Lotus (1983), Luther Strange (1953), and Jerami Grant (1994). After him are Paula Vogel (1951), Rosalynn Sumners (1964), Austin Reaves (1998), Ed Perlmutter (1953), Ron Wright (1953), and Brian Christopher (1972).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Rowdy Gaines ranks 121. Before him are David Berkoff (1966), Mary T. Meagher (1964), Gary Hall Jr. (1974), Sharon Wichman (1952), Brendan Hansen (1981), and Rick Carey (1963). After him are Amy Van Dyken (1973), Steve Lundquist (1961), Nathan Adrian (1988), Nicole Haislett (1972), Ian Crocker (1982), and Tom Malchow (1976).

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