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Sid Atkinson

1901 - 1977

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Sidney James Montford Atkinson (14 March 1901 – 31 August 1977) was a South African athlete, winner of 110 m hurdles at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Atkinson came onto the international athletics scene in 1922, when he ran the 110 m hurdles in 15.2 and the 400 m hurdles in 56.5. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sid Atkinson has received more than 16,765 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Sid Atkinson is the 503rd most popular athlete (down from 448th in 2019), the 99th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 96th in 2019) and the 4th most popular South African Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Sid Atkinson ranks 503 out of 6,025. Before her are Elżbieta Krzesińska, George Rhoden, Klaus Bonsack, Fauja Singh, Ioannis Theodoropoulos, and Roger de Barbarin. After her are Percy Williams, Henry Macintosh, Carlo Airoldi, Fred Kelly, František Janda-Suk, and Eino Penttilä.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Sid Atkinson ranks 229. Before her are Mark Donskoy, Harry Partch, Rudolf Wetzer, Oleksiy Fedorov, Bebe Daniels, and Joseph Wendel. After her are Ondino Viera, Gérard Blitz, Norah Borges, Otto Heckmann, Aleksandrs Čaks, and Sergey Obraztsov. Among people deceased in 1977, Sid Atkinson ranks 177. Before her are Peter Carl Goldmark, Arnold Bode, Rodolfo Walsh, Robert Lowell, Oğuz Atay, and Ibrahim al-Hamdi. After her are Georges Grignard, Zero Mostel, Gary Gilmore, André Labatut, Roberto Emílio da Cunha, and Franco Albini.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Sid Atkinson ranks 99 out of 454. Before her are Ingrid Jonker (1933), Chris Hani (1942), Ted Moore (1914), Peter de Klerk (1935), Jan de Klerk (1903), and Mpande kaSenzangakhona (1798). After her are Jim Fouché (1898), Navi Pillay (1941), Trevor Rabin (1954), Max Gluckman (1911), David Bailie (1937), and Ted Grant (1913).

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Among ATHLETES In South Africa

Among athletes born in South Africa, Sid Atkinson ranks 4. Before her are Esther Brand (1922), Reggie Walker (1889), and Oscar Pistorius (1986). After her are Bevil Rudd (1894), Marjorie Clark (1909), Cecil McMaster (1895), Lillian Board (1948), Lawrence Stevens (1913), Christian Gitsham (1888), Clarence Walker (1898), and Wayde van Niekerk (1992).

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