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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 25,840 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Tommy Hampson is the 389th most popular athlete (down from 319th in 2019), the 3,237th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,004th in 2019) and the 18th most popular British Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Tommy Hampson ranks 389 out of 3,059. Before him are Jaroslav Holík, Charles Gmelin, Frank Foss, Nina Dumbadze, Edvin Wide, and Chi Cheng. After him are Pat McDonald, Carlo Airoldi, Géo André, Albert Ayat, Viktor Tsybulenko, and Duje Bonačić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Tommy Hampson ranks 231. Before him are Fritz Wotruba, Mascha Kaléko, Ernst Albrecht, Mark Krein, Chico Landi, and Germán Suárez Flamerich. After him are Antonín Vodička, Andrei Glanzmann, Henk Badings, Eugène Chaboud, Ludwig Biermann, and Heikki Savolainen. Among people deceased in 1965, Tommy Hampson ranks 132. Before him are E. E. Smith, Marion Jones Farquhar, Henry Travers, Margaret Dumont, Alan Freed, and Kōsaku Yamada. After him are Nancy Carroll, Ingrid Jonker, Louise Dresser, Jeanette MacDonald, Frederick Browning, and David Smith.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tommy Hampson ranks 3,237 out of 7,765. Before him are Eddie Marsan (1968), Michael Ball (1962), Timothy Laurence (1955), Thomas Moran (1837), Thomas Fuller (1608), and Mark Gatiss (1966). After him are Martin Brundle (1959), William Astbury (1898), Edwin Atherstone (1788), Kaya Scodelario (1992), Sydney Greenstreet (1879), and Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1914).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Tommy Hampson ranks 18. Before him are Arthur Russell (1886), George S. Robertson (1872), Robert Lindsay (1890), Wyndham Halswelle (1882), Robert Kerr (1882), and Edwin Flack (1873). After him are Albert Hill (1889), Bill Roberts (1912), Don Thompson (1933), John Rimmer (1878), Charles Bennett (1870), and George Larner (1875).

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