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Vasily Alekseyev

1942 - 2011

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Vasily Ivanovich Alekseyev (Russian: Василий Иванович Алексеев; 7 January 1942 – 25 November 2011) was a Soviet weightlifter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vasily Alekseyev has received more than 537,761 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Vasily Alekseyev is the 36th most popular athlete (up from 38th in 2019), the 526th most popular biography from Russia (up from 570th in 2019) and the most popular Russian Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 540k

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  • 58.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Vasily Alekseyev ranks 36 out of 6,025. Before him are Jānis Lūsis, Ville Ritola, Mark Phillips, Lasse Virén, Larry Scott, and Max Emmerich. After him are Aladár Gerevich, Tom Courtney, Alberto Juantorena, Leonidas of Rhodes, Albin Lermusiaux, and Louis Zamperini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Vasily Alekseyev ranks 135. Before him are Mitch McConnell, Jean-Pierre Jabouille, Evaristo Carvalho, Geneviève Bujold, Robert H. Grubbs, and Muslim Magomayev. After him are Christopher A. Sims, Silvia Federici, Gottfried John, Carole King, John McLaughlin, and Tasuku Honjo. Among people deceased in 2011, Vasily Alekseyev ranks 76. Before him are Johannes Heesters, Ferenc Mádl, Tom Gehrels, Masahiro Hamazaki, Michael Gough, and Paul Baran. After him are Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, Michael Cacoyannis, Sergei Bagapsh, Ali Saibou, Raúl Ruiz, and Jimmy Savile.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vasily Alekseyev ranks 526 out of 3,761. Before him are Helena of Moscow (1476), Rodion Shchedrin (1932), Mathilde Kschessinska (1872), Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark (1888), Hadji Murad (1795), and Igor Ivanov (1945). After him are Sergei Bulgakov (1871), Simeon Bekbulatovich (1600), Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia (1869), Dmitry Merezhkovsky (1866), Sergey Biryuzov (1904), and Werner Ostendorff (1903).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Vasily Alekseyev ranks 1. After him are Valeriy Brumel (1942), Yuriy Sedykh (1955), Yelena Isinbayeva (1982), Vera Krepkina (1933), Irena Szewińska (1946), Elvīra Ozoliņa (1939), Viktor Mamatov (1937), Pyotr Bolotnikov (1930), Aleksandr Privalov (1933), Galina Zybina (1931), and Vsevolod Bobrov (1922).

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