RUGBY PLAYER

Shane Williams

1977 - Today

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Shane Mark Williams, (born 26 February 1977) is a Welsh former rugby union player most famous for his long and successful tenure as a wing for the Ospreys and the Wales national team. He also played scrum-half on occasion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shane Williams has received more than 633,610 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Shane Williams is the 21st most popular rugby player (down from 17th in 2019), the 6,999th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,641st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Rugby Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 630k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 33.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Shane Williams by language

Over the past year Shane Williams has had the most page views in the with 52,262 views, followed by French (11,294), and Spanish (2,723). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (102.69%), French (74.40%), and Galician (54.72%)

Among RUGBY PLAYERS

Among rugby players, Shane Williams ranks 21 out of 35. Before him are Sonny Bill Williams, Beauden Barrett, Eben Etzebeth, Cheslin Kolbe, Mike Tindall, and Keith Wood. After him are Brodie Retallick, Siya Kolisi, Kieran Read, Brian O'Driscoll, Owen Farrell, and Josua Tuisova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Shane Williams ranks 738. Before him are Jordana Spiro, Tania Khalill, Hayden Foxe, Ronny Ackermann, Anne-Caroline Chausson, and Will Kemp. After him are Jyothika, Steven Price, Gustavo Morínigo, Ville Nieminen, Wardy Alfaro, and Sofia Bekatorou.

Others Born in 1977

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Shane Williams ranks 6,999 out of 8,785. Before him are Alfred E. Goodey (1878), Matthew Tuck (1980), Roy Aitken (1958), David Fairclough (1957), Corinne Bailey Rae (1979), and Will Kemp (1977). After him are Meera Syal (1961), John Herdman (1975), Steven Davis (1985), Mark Ravenhill (1966), Gethin Anthony (1983), and Tom Holland (1968).

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Among RUGBY PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among rugby players born in United Kingdom, Shane Williams ranks 3. Before him are Jonny Wilkinson (1979), and Mike Tindall (1978). After him are Owen Farrell (1991), Dan Biggar (1989), and George North (1992).

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