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Tommy Hampson

1907 - 1965

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Thomas Hampson (28 October 1907 – 4 September 1965) was an English athlete, winner of the 800 metres at the 1932 Summer Olympics and the first man to run 800 metres in under 1 minute 50 seconds. Hampson, a native of Clapham (London), didn't take up running seriously until the last year of his studies at Oxford University. After completing his education, he became a teacher in 1930 (at St Albans School). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tommy Hampson has received more than 28,000 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Tommy Hampson is the 579th most popular athlete (down from 389th in 2019), the 3,478th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,229th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular British Athlete.

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  • 48.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Tommy Hampson ranks 579 out of 6,025. Before him are Rudolf Burkert, Ioannis Persakis, Eugen Schmidt, Norbert Schemansky, Eduardo Guerrero, and Patrick Ryan. After him are Karen Hoff, Anatoly Alyabyev, Valeri Popenchenko, Don Thompson, Émile Grumiaux, and Ray Barbuti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Tommy Hampson ranks 264. Before him are Sigmund Ruud, Roger Blin, Earl Tupper, Ramón Guzmán, Alberto Chividini, and Edward James. After him are Dan Duryea, Crisant Bosch, Andrei Glanzmann, Raymond Abellio, Walter Nausch, and George Baird. Among people deceased in 1965, Tommy Hampson ranks 152. Before him are Sonny Boy Williamson II, John Cregan, Johnny Hayes, Sonja Graf, Constance Bennett, and Giorgio Zampori. After him are Reino Kuuskoski, Eric Backman, Pietro Bianchi, Alan Freed, Edgar Barth, and Eric Brook.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tommy Hampson ranks 3,478 out of 8,785. Before him are John Wilkinson (1728), Neil Murray (1950), Ken Livingstone (1945), Hereward the Wake (1035), Margaret Mee (1909), and Theo James (1984). After him are Æthelthryth (636), Don Thompson (1933), Natascha McElhone (1969), Claire Foy (1984), John Mayhew (1947), and Bernard Sumner (1956).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Tommy Hampson ranks 23. Before him are Edwin Flack (1873), Willie Applegarth (1890), Albert Hill (1889), Arthur Russell (1886), Eddie Owen (1886), and Henry Macintosh (1892). After him are Don Thompson (1933), Wyndham Halswelle (1882), Bill Roberts (1912), Dorothy Tyler-Odam (1920), Robert Lindsay (1890), and Steve Redgrave (1962).

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