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Whitney Smith

1940 - 2016

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Whitney Smith Jr. (February 26, 1940 – November 17, 2016) was an American vexillologist. He coined the term vexillology, which refers to the scholarly analysis of all aspects of flags. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Whitney Smith has received more than 172,578 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Whitney Smith is the 14,697th most popular politician (down from 14,543rd in 2019), the 7,034th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,077th in 2019) and the 455th most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Whitney Smith ranks 14,697 out of 19,576. Before him are Frederick IV, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Gennaios Kolokotronis, Abdul Kabir, Azim Isabekov, Igor Plotnitsky, and Federico Errázuriz Echaurren. After him are Otto Rühle, Luc Ferry, Licinianus, Dilara Aliyeva, Julie Payette, and Miguel Ángel Revilla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Whitney Smith ranks 387. Before him are Jean-Paul Proust, Jimmy Ellis, Richard Marcinko, Pauli Nevala, Viktor Pavlov, and Richard Corben. After him are Helma Sanders-Brahms, Robert Budzynski, Eladio Silvestre, Werner Krämer, Roy Thomas, and Arlette Laguiller. Among people deceased in 2016, Whitney Smith ranks 350. Before him are Hugh O'Brian, Gilbert Kaplan, Suat Mamat, Terence Bayler, Tom Hayden, and Solomon W. Golomb. After him are Arthur Harnden, Raúl Cárdenas, Adolf Born, Eliseo Prado, Bobby Vee, and Hermann Kant.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Whitney Smith ranks 7,034 out of 20,380. Before him are George Winston (1949), Elisha Cook Jr. (1903), Mary Travers (1936), Dorothea Dix (1802), Mary J. Blige (1971), and Sheryl Sandberg (1969). After him are Roman Reigns (1985), Sidney Howard (1891), Lois Weber (1879), William S. Hart (1864), Dick Savitt (1927), and Ron DeSantis (1978).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Whitney Smith ranks 455. Before him are Bill de Blasio (1961), Roger B. Taney (1777), Ignatius L. Donnelly (1831), Tom Hayden (1939), Lee Friedlander (1934), and Norman Mineta (1931). After him are Ron DeSantis (1978), Joshua Chamberlain (1828), Gary Locke (1950), Lewis Cass (1782), Gavin Newsom (1967), and William M. Tweed (1823).

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