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Roy Sullivan

1912 - 1983

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Roy Cleveland Sullivan (February 7, 1912 – September 28, 1983) was an American park ranger in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. Between 1942 And 1977, Sullivan was claimed to have been struck by lightning on seven occasions, surviving all of them. For this reason, he gained the nicknames "Human Lightning Conductor" and "Human Lightning Rod". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roy Sullivan has received more than 3,214,449 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Roy Sullivan is the 67th most popular celebrity (up from 79th in 2019), the 3,235th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,180th in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Celebrity.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CELEBRITIES

Among celebrities, Roy Sullivan ranks 67 out of 265. Before him are Lizzie Borden, Annie Oakley, Edie Sedgwick, Dan Inosanto, Florence Owens Thompson, and Christine Keeler. After him are Victor Kugler, Natascha Kampusch, Wil van Gogh, Daisy, Princess of Pless, Denise Perrier, and Ota Benga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Roy Sullivan ranks 143. Before him are Günther Lützow, Domingos da Guia, Marcel Camus, Svetozar Vukmanović, Vladimir Bakarić, and Michele Andreolo. After him are Hamengkubuwono IX, Henry Armstrong, Ichiji Otani, Melita Norwood, John Cheever, and Béla Király. Among people deceased in 1983, Roy Sullivan ranks 96. Before him are Grigori Aleksandrov, Hennes Weisweiler, Jerzy Andrzejewski, John Vorster, Vladimir Bakarić, and Eric Hoffer. After him are Juan López Fontana, Maurice Bishop, Antonin Magne, Ibrahim Abboud, Lina Radke, and Raymond Massey.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy Sullivan ranks 3,235 out of 20,380. Before him are Blake Lively (1987), Diane Venora (1952), Frederick Jackson Turner (1861), Rensis Likert (1903), Rue McClanahan (1934), and Vito Acconci (1940). After him are John Barth (1930), Jim Thorpe (1887), Sam Wood (1883), Barbara O'Neil (1910), Clifford Brown (1930), and Joel Asaph Allen (1838).

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Among CELEBRITIES In United States

Among celebrities born in United States, Roy Sullivan ranks 25. Before him are Paris Hilton (1981), Lizzie Borden (1860), Annie Oakley (1860), Edie Sedgwick (1943), Dan Inosanto (1936), and Florence Owens Thompson (1903). After him are Evelyn McHale (1923), Madeleine Astor (1893), Sally Hemings (1773), Ethel Kennedy (1928), Kourtney Kardashian (1979), and Tiffany Trump (1993).

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