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William Stevenson

1900 - 1985

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William Edwards Stevenson (October 25, 1900 – April 2, 1985) was an American track and field athlete, lawyer and diplomat, who won the gold medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1924 Summer Olympics, and later served as the president of Oberlin College. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Stevenson has received more than 14,613 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). William Stevenson is the 671st most popular athlete (down from 533rd in 2019), the 6,922nd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,838th in 2019) and the 149th most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 47.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, William Stevenson ranks 671 out of 6,025. Before him are Mike Larrabee, Bill Roberts, František Čapek, Anfisa Reztsova, Nelson Prudêncio, and Saverio Ragno. After him are Bud Houser, Chūhei Nambu, Bärbel Wöckel, Harriet Bland, Hartmut Briesenick, and Siiri Rantanen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, William Stevenson ranks 228. Before him are Ludovico Bidoglio, Zinaida Aksentyeva, Hélène Prévost, Józef Kowalski, Carlos Raúl Villanueva, and Mildred Gillars. After him are István Fekete, Richard Hughes, Marta Abba, Pierre Braine, Konrad Granström, and John C. Slater. Among people deceased in 1985, William Stevenson ranks 188. Before him are Rudolf Burkert, Jo Jones, Ina Claire, Augusto Hamann Rademaker Grünewald, Carmen Barth, and Paul Peter Ewald. After him are Roger Maris, Hilding Rosenberg, Rudolf Gnägi, Ilka Gedő, Uku Masing, and Božo Broketa.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Stevenson ranks 6,922 out of 20,380. Before him are Dana Reeve (1961), Charles H. Bennett (1943), Gary Rossington (1951), Alan Shugart (1930), Gilbert Kaplan (1941), and Frances Spence (1922). After him are Bud Houser (1901), Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (1892), John L. Hennessy (1952), Mary Lou Williams (1910), Steve Miller (1943), and Benjamin Banneker (1731).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, William Stevenson ranks 149. Before him are Marc Wright (1890), Wyomia Tyus (1945), Maurice Greene (1974), Charles Greene (1945), Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston (1903), and Mike Larrabee (1933). After him are Bud Houser (1901), Harriet Bland (1915), Lillian Copeland (1904), James Juvenal (1874), Arthur Harnden (1924), and Edwin Hedley (1864).

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