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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 161,238 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Whitney Smith is the 14,592nd most popular politician (down from 14,095th in 2019), the 8,093rd most popular biography from United States (up from 9,815th in 2019) and the 491st most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Whitney Smith ranks 14,592 out of 15,577. Before him are Valentín Canalizo, Atje Keulen-Deelstra, Nicolas Alfonsi, Aksel Berg, Andrea Casiraghi, and Adel al-Jubeir. After him are Irena Degutienė, Dimitrios Valvis, Felipe Molas López, Ahmad Samani, Hannibal Muammar Gaddafi, and Hu Chunhua.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Whitney Smith ranks 437. Before him are Grigory Kriss, Ernő Solymosi, Barbara Boxer, Danilo Astori, Friedel Rausch, and Marcel Aubour. After him are Leonid Osyka, Mike Beuttler, Thomas Köhler, Nicolae Martinescu, Eladio Silvestre, and Dmitri Prigov. Among people deceased in 2016, Whitney Smith ranks 388. Before him are Tapio Mäkelä, Mariano Mores, Guillaume Bieganski, Bobby Hutcherson, Tim LaHaye, and Terence Bayler. After him are Douglas Slocombe, Allan Williams, Silvano Piovanelli, Gurdial Singh, Ronit Elkabetz, and Rita Gam.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Whitney Smith ranks 8,093 out of 18,182. Before him are Ricky Jay (1946), Amy Tan (1952), Elaine Stritch (1925), Haskell Wexler (1922), Frank Benford (1883), and Billy Corgan (1967). After him are Peter Orlovsky (1933), Herbert Jamison (1875), James Rumbaugh (1947), Paul Bostaph (1964), Professor Longhair (1918), and Jesse Plemons (1988).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Whitney Smith ranks 491. Before him are Alphonso Taft (1810), Bill Richardson (1947), Adriano Directo Emperado (1926), Lloyd Bentsen (1921), Orrin Hatch (1934), and Barbara Boxer (1940). After him are George Ariyoshi (1926), Charles Foster (1828), William H. Crawford (1772), Rebecca Latimer Felton (1835), Debbie Rowe (1958), and John Armstrong Jr. (1758).

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