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William Porter

1926 - 2000

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William "Bill" Franklin Porter III (March 24, 1926 – March 10, 2000) was an American track and field athlete, gold medal winner of the 110-meter hurdles at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Born in Jackson, Michigan, Porter attended the Jackson High School, but did not compete in any sport there. He took up hurdle running while attending The Hill School in Pennsylvania. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Porter has received more than 24,619 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. William Porter is the 331st most popular athlete (down from 191st in 2019), the 5,200th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,459th in 2019) and the 76th most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 25k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, William Porter ranks 331 out of 6,025. Before him are Archon of Pella, Olga Gyarmati, George Horine, Leonid Zhabotinsky, Xenia Stad-de Jong, and Márta Rudas. After him are Ludvík Daněk, Bill Nieder, Albert Gutterson, Viktor Tsybulenko, Renate Boy, and Alfred Tysoe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, William Porter ranks 265. Before him are Pascual Pérez, Lino Aldani, Shinichi Hoshi, Ian Paisley, Carl Adam Petri, and Maneca. After him are Ri Kun-mo, Ljubiša Spajić, Ludvík Vaculík, Gurgen Dalibaltayan, Christine Jorgensen, and James Krüss. Among people deceased in 2000, William Porter ranks 180. Before him are Rinaldo Martino, Johannes Virolainen, Herbert Friedman, Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, Robert Dienst, and Đorđe Martinović incident. After him are Rodolfo Pini, Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky, Pote Sarasin, Jacqueline Auriol, Henck Arron, and Charles Antenen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Porter ranks 5,200 out of 20,380. Before him are Sean S. Cunningham (1941), Sonia Sotomayor (1954), Reba McEntire (1955), Tony Visconti (1944), Ken Walsh (1945), and Andrew Davis (1946). After him are Alan Ruck (1956), Harry Cohn (1891), Ernest B. Schoedsack (1893), Frankie Avalon (1940), Gustave Gilbert (1911), and Gary Cole (1956).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, William Porter ranks 76. Before him are Don Bragg (1935), Bob King (1906), Arthur Blake (1872), Evelyn Ashford (1957), Frank Foss (1895), and George Horine (1890). After him are Bill Nieder (1933), Albert Gutterson (1887), Dexter Jackson (1969), Richard Sheldon (1878), Pat McCormick (1930), and Morgan Taylor (1903).

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