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Sim Iness

1930 - 1996

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Simeon "Sim" Garland Iness (July 9, 1930 – May 23, 1996) was an American discus thrower who won a gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics, breaking the Olympic record several times in the process. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sim Iness has received more than 44,871 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Sim Iness is the 2,386th most popular athlete (down from 1,962nd in 2019), the 12,512th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,206th in 2019) and the 410th most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 45k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Sim Iness ranks 2,386 out of 6,025. Before him are Guido Kratschmer, Tatyana Kolpakova, Stefan Junge, Gabriella Dorio, Yves Delacour, and Joachim Mattern. After him are Dudley Storey, Markus Ryffel, Yelena Nikolayeva, Jochen Schümann, Madeline Manning, and Jenn Suhr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Sim Iness ranks 605. Before him are Lajos Für, Louis Meznarie, Norman Podhoretz, John Arden, Nicholas F. Brady, and Yves Delacour. After him are Arlen Specter, Booker Ervin, Wayne Frye, Marie Corridon, Don L. Lind, and Allison Hayes. Among people deceased in 1996, Sim Iness ranks 340. Before him are Aldo Montano, Audrey Meadows, Benny Brown, Silk Smitha, Gulab Bai, and Allenby Chilton. After him are Vince Edwards, Juliet Prowse, Virginia Christine, V. N. Janaki, Jacquetta Hawkes, and Dana Hill.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sim Iness ranks 12,512 out of 20,380. Before him are John Huchra (1948), Becki Newton (1978), John F. Seitz (1892), Brian Geraghty (1975), Marcelo Balboa (1967), and M. Shadows (1981). After him are Sinnamon Love (1973), Katherine Maher (1983), Robert F. Stockton (1795), Ann B. Davis (1926), Reggie Fils-Aimé (1961), and Mary-Kate Olsen (1986).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Sim Iness ranks 410. Before him are Norman Taber (1891), Charles King (1880), August Rodenberg (1873), Dan O'Brien (1966), Jack Yerman (1939), and Lorenzo Wright (1926). After him are Madeline Manning (1948), Jenn Suhr (1982), Wayne Frye (1930), Ryan Crouser (1992), Nate Brooks (1933), and Marshall Wayne (1912).

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