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Tom Simpson

1937 - 1967

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Thomas Simpson (30 November 1937 – 13 July 1967) was one of Britain's most successful professional cyclists. He was born in Haswell, County Durham, and later moved to Harworth, Nottinghamshire. Simpson began road cycling as a teenager before taking up track cycling, specialising in pursuit races. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Simpson has received more than 704,704 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Tom Simpson is the 9th most popular cyclist (down from 6th in 2019), the 1,120th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 840th in 2019) and the most popular British Cyclist.

Tom Simpson is most famous for being the first British cyclist to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France.

Memorability Metrics

  • 700k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Tom Simpson ranks 9 out of 1,214. Before him are Jacques Anquetil, Maurice Garin, Gino Bartali, Lance Armstrong, Bernard Hinault, and Raymond Poulidor. After him are Rik Van Looy, Felice Gimondi, Miguel Induráin, Alfredo Binda, François Faber, and Charly Gaul.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Tom Simpson ranks 82. Before him are Rafael Moneo, Yoshirō Mori, Thomas Nagel, Maryse Condé, Shirley Bassey, and Tony Burton. After him are Billy Dee Williams, Boris Pugo, Keizō Obuchi, Song Hye-rim, Dragoslav Šekularac, and Cornelius A. Smith. Among people deceased in 1967, Tom Simpson ranks 63. Before him are Zinaida Serebriakova, Julien Duvivier, Vladimir Bartol, Julius Schaub, Paul Muni, and Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont. After him are Günther Blumentritt, Dorothy Parker, Woody Guthrie, Primo Carnera, Géza Lakatos, and Roger B. Chaffee.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tom Simpson ranks 1,120 out of 7,765. Before him are Robert Faurisson (1929), Joan Robinson (1903), Emily Blunt (1983), Tim Staffell (1948), Arthur Drewry (1891), and Robert Stirling (1790). After him are Edward Gordon Craig (1872), Marty Feldman (1934), Joseph Bell (1837), John Fisher (1469), Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803), and John Stewart Bell (1928).

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Among CYCLISTS In United Kingdom

Among cyclists born in United Kingdom, Tom Simpson ranks 1. After him are Benjamin Jones (1882), Leonard Meredith (1882), Georges Passerieu (1885), Frederick Keeping (1867), Lloyd Hildebrand (1870), Charles Henry Bartlett (1885), Victor Johnson (1883), Clarence Kingsbury (1882), Gordon Thomas (1921), Ronald Stretton (1930), and Phil Anderson (1958).

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