SKATER

Toller Cranston

1949 - 2015

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Toller Shalitoe Montague Cranston (April 20, 1949 – January 24, 2015) was a Canadian figure skater and painter. He won the 1971–1976 Canadian national championships, the 1974 World bronze medal and the 1976 Olympic bronze medal. Despite never winning at the World Figure Skating Championships due to his poor compulsory figures, he won the small medal for free skating at the 1972 and 1974 championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Toller Cranston has received more than 294,529 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Toller Cranston is the 148th most popular skater (down from 114th in 2019), the 648th most popular biography from Canada (down from 496th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Canadian Skater.

Memorability Metrics

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Toller Cranston ranks 148 out of 483. Before him are Janet Lynn, Andrei Bukin, Bjørg Eva Jensen, Sheila Young, John Curry, and Dick Button. After him are Bam Margera, Annie Borckink, Anett Pötzsch, Alv Gjestvang, Edgar Syers, and Beatrix Loughran.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Toller Cranston ranks 651. Before him are Pat Rice, Aleksandr Salnikov, Paul Shaffer, Warwick Brown, Bwanga Tshimen, and John Curry. After him are Atanas Mihaylov, Walter Corbo, Adrian Alston, Ayşe Erzan, Griselda Pollock, and Ludwig Schick. Among people deceased in 2015, Toller Cranston ranks 452. Before him are Francis George, Bobbi Kristina Brown, Ferenc Juhász, Abu Anas al-Libi, Darren Shahlavi, and Colette Marchand. After him are Jiří Hledík, Miroslav Poljak, Kim Fowley, Josefa Francisco, Justin Wilson, and Abdelhamid Abaaoud.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Toller Cranston ranks 648 out of 1,622. Before him are Elmer Clifton (1890), Gilles Duceppe (1947), Sarah McLachlan (1968), Diego Klattenhoff (1979), Brad Armstrong (1965), and Harry Watson (1898). After him are Stéphane Dion (1955), Devin Townsend (1972), Kevin Zegers (1984), Brad Wright (1961), JR Bourne (1970), and June Havoc (1912).

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Among SKATERS In Canada

Among skaters born in Canada, Toller Cranston ranks 7. Before him are Debbi Wilkes (1946), Brian Orser (1961), Barbara Ann Scott (1928), Barbara Wagner (1938), Alexander Hurd (1910), and Suzanne Morrow Francis (1930). After him are Robert Paul (1937), Montgomery Wilson (1909), Cindy Klassen (1979), Karen Magnussen (1952), Jeremy Wotherspoon (1976), and Patrick Chan (1990).

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