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William Grut

1914 - 2012

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William Oscar Guernsey Grut (17 September 1914 – 20 November 2012) was a Swedish modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he won the gold medal in modern pentathlon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Grut has received more than 21,076 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. William Grut is the 1,064th most popular athlete (down from 689th in 2019), the 918th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 779th in 2019) and the 64th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, William Grut ranks 1,064 out of 6,025. Before him are Masaru Furukawa, Harry DeBaecke, Carl Johnson, William Carr, Reinaldo Gorno, and Ellen Streidt. After him are Eeles Landström, René Guyot, Frank Forberger, Giorgio Anglesio, Jacques Sautereau, and Martin Strel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, William Grut ranks 319. Before him are Rolf Holmberg, Hank Snow, Leabua Jonathan, Hermann Pilnik, Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, and Tsuneko Sasamoto. After him are Armen Alchian, Michael Grant, Kaisa Parviainen, Thomas Watson Jr., Frankie Manning, and Sueo Ōe. Among people deceased in 2012, William Grut ranks 352. Before him are Valeri Vasiliev, Mehdi Hassan, J. Bernlef, Patrick Moore, Oswaldo Payá, and Clive Dunn. After him are Oscar Rossi, Sergey Nikolsky, András Szente, Lyudmila Kasatkina, Barbara Ann Scott, and Rufina Gasheva.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, William Grut ranks 918 out of 1,879. Before him are Nils Östensson (1918), Harry Bild (1936), Ulf Sterner (1941), Rolf Johnsson (1889), Andreas Granqvist (1985), and Kim Källström (1982). After him are Åke Borg (1901), Albert Engström (1869), Vanja Blomberg (1929), Arvid Thörn (1911), Anders Linderoth (1950), and Lars Hall (1927).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, William Grut ranks 64. Before him are Johan Edman (1875), Britt Strandberg (1934), Andreas Cervin (1888), Ragnar Malm (1893), Irma Johansson (1932), and Ulf Sterner (1941). After him are Lars Hall (1927), Bruno Söderström (1881), Birger Sörvik (1879), Gunnar Åkerlund (1923), Gustaf Jansson (1922), and Hans Wetterström (1923).

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