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Sam Snead

1912 - 2002

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Samuel Jackson Snead (; May 27, 1912 – May 23, 2002) was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the world for the better part of four decades (having won PGA of America and Senior PGA Tour events over six decades) and widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. Snead was awarded a record 94 gold medallions, for wins in PGA of America (referred to by most as the PGA) Tour events and later credited with winning a record 82 PGA Tour events tied with Tiger Woods, including seven majors. He never won the U.S. Open, though he was runner-up four times. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sam Snead has received more than 2,098,230 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Sam Snead is the 11th most popular golfer, the 10,687th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,397th in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Golfer.

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GOLFERS

Among golfers, Sam Snead ranks 11 out of 71. Before him are Gary Player, Ben Hogan, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Bernhard Langer, Walter Hagen, and Lee Trevino. After him are Greg Norman, Tom Watson, Byron Nelson, Gene Sarazen, Old Tom Morris, and Annika Sörenstam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Sam Snead ranks 376. Before him are Eleazar de Carvalho, Dorothy Brookshaw, Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein, George Woodcock, Eva Dawes, and Richard Doll. After him are Henry M. Jackson, Hisakichi Toyoda, Elizaveta Mukasei, John Le Mesurier, Henry Jonsson, and Joan Hartigan. Among people deceased in 2002, Sam Snead ranks 317. Before him are W. T. Tutte, John James, Vladimir Romashkin, Charles Sheffield, Ward Kimball, and Ted Demme. After him are George Alec Effinger, Satish Dhawan, Tadeusz Rut, Pratima Barua Pandey, Tom Dowd, and Renato Pirocchi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sam Snead ranks 10,687 out of 20,380. Before him are Kathy Griffin (1960), Lisa Rinna (1963), Tamara E. Jernigan (1959), Alex Chilton (1950), Mike Godwin (1956), and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746). After him are Kevin Systrom (1983), Robert Lowery (1913), Cheryl Hines (1965), Dorothy Abbott (1920), Shirley Walker (1945), and Norman Z. McLeod (1898).

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Among GOLFERS In United States

Among golfers born in United States, Sam Snead ranks 8. Before him are Tiger Woods (1975), Arnold Palmer (1929), Ben Hogan (1912), Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1911), Walter Hagen (1892), and Lee Trevino (1939). After him are Tom Watson (1949), Byron Nelson (1912), Gene Sarazen (1902), Phil Mickelson (1970), John Daly (1966), and Fred Couples (1959).

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