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Sebastian Coe

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Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, (born 29 September 1956), often referred to as Seb Coe, is a British sports administrator, former politician and retired track and field athlete. As a middle-distance runner, Coe won four Olympic medals, including 1500 metres gold medals at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984. He set nine outdoor and three indoor world records in middle-distance track events – including, in 1979, setting three world records in the space of 41 days – and the world record he set in the 800 metres in 1981 remained unbroken until 1997. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sebastian Coe has received more than 2,641,381 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Sebastian Coe is the 97th most popular athlete (down from 50th in 2019), the 1,650th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,409th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Sebastian Coe ranks 97 out of 6,025. Before him are Ibolya Csák, Eric Lemming, Santos, Henri Eberhardt, Saïd Aouita, and Matti Järvinen. After him are Robert Garrett, Harry Porter, Maxie Long, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Josy Barthel, and Eddie Eagan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Sebastian Coe ranks 107. Before him are Yegor Gaidar, William J. Burns, El Risitas, Andoni Goikoetxea Olaskoaga, Horacio Cartes, and Kazuyo Sejima. After him are Mari Boine, John Lydon, Klaus Allofs, Georg Gänswein, Randy Rhoads, and Mircea Cărtărescu.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sebastian Coe ranks 1,650 out of 8,785. Before him are John Muir (1838), John Collier (1850), George Grenville (1712), Samuel Wallis (1728), Edward Fox (1937), and Rebecca West (1892). After him are Kate Moss (1974), Thomas Sydenham (1624), Jeanette (1951), Princess Augusta of Great Britain (1737), E. P. Thompson (1924), and Joseph Henry Blackburne (1841).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Sebastian Coe ranks 3. Before him are Bruno (null), and Mark Phillips (1948). After him are Robert Hichens (1882), Thomas Hicks (1876), Roger Bannister (1929), Ken McArthur (1881), George S. Robertson (1872), Harold Abrahams (1899), Dorian Yates (1962), Robert Kerr (1882), and Jonathan Edwards (1966).

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