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Tommy Kono

1930 - 2016

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Tamio "Tommy" Kono (Japanese: 高野 民夫, June 27, 1930 – April 24, 2016) was a Japanese American weightlifter in the 1950s and 1960s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tommy Kono has received more than 496,592 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Tommy Kono is the 1,436th most popular athlete (down from 820th in 2019), the 10,441st most popular biography from United States (down from 8,865th in 2019) and the 267th most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 500k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Tommy Kono ranks 1,436 out of 3,059Before him are George Saling, Prosper Bruggeman, Edward Barrett, Nikolay Zimyatov, Arthur Wint, and Otis Davis. After him are Károly Levitzky, Sabine Busch, Bengt Nilsson, Jozef Pribilinec, Josiah McCracken, and Ken Matthews.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Tommy Kono ranks 515Before him are Patricia Jones, Sándor Csoóri, Joan Sims, Lorraine Hansberry, Mike Gravel, and Maureen Forrester. After him are Wendy Beckett, Marie Senghor Basse, Frank Perry, Muhal Richard Abrams, Don L. Lind, and M. Balamuralikrishna. Among people deceased in 2016, Tommy Kono ranks 466Before him are Sharon Jones, Sándor Csoóri, Velimir Sombolac, Donald E. Williams, Gardnar Mulloy, and Gloria DeHaven. After him are Lou Pearlman, Sydney Schanberg, Elizaveta Glinka, Kōji Wada, Heinz Ulzheimer, and Vince Boryla.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tommy Kono ranks 10,441 out of 18,182Before him are Kristen Connolly (1980), Debbi Peterson (1961), Johnny Ace (1929), Jake Johnson (1978), Richard Long (1927), and Otis Davis (1932). After him are Jolene Blalock (1975), Aimee Mann (1960), Saundra Santiago (1957), Meg White (1974), Charles Olson (1910), and Thomas Mifflin (1744).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Tommy Kono ranks 267Before him are Nathaniel Cartmell (1883), Gwen Torrence (1965), Thane Baker (1931), Ivan Fuqua (1909), George Saling (1909), and Otis Davis (1932). After him are Josiah McCracken (1874), Vincent Matthews (1947), Frank Hussey (1905), Tom Courtney (1933), Randy Matson (1945), and Wesley Coe (1879).