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Willie Applegarth

1890 - 1958

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William Reuben Applegarth (11 May 1890 – 5 December 1958) was a British track and field athlete, and winner of a gold medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1912 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willie Applegarth has received more than 38,013 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Willie Applegarth is the 1,690th most popular athlete (down from 1,195th in 2019), the 5,390th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,131st in 2019) and the 61st most popular British Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 38k

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  • 38.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Willie Applegarth ranks 1,690 out of 3,059Before him are Ron Freeman, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Jutta Kirst, Naoko Takahashi, Jefferson Pérez, and Dagmar Käsling. After him are Wilson Kiprugut, Yelena Nikolayeva, Ryszard Parulski, Leif Jenssen, Christine Arron, and Randy Williams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Willie Applegarth ranks 221Before him are Clara Kimball Young, Frank Forde, Harry Pollitt, Marjorie Main, Marc Connelly, and Edmund Lowe. After him are Wheeler Oakman, Frank Murphy, Charlotte Greenwood, Euphemia Haynes, Conrad Richter, and Sherman Minton. Among people deceased in 1958, Willie Applegarth ranks 169Before him are Sam Zimbalist, Mary Ritter Beard, James Branch Cabell, Émile Delchambre, David Jack, and Daniel Norling. After him are Charles F. Kettering, Friedrich Maurer, Clarence DeMar, Virginia Pearson, Barbara Bennett, and Dunc Munro.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Willie Applegarth ranks 5,390 out of 7,765Before him are R. D. Blackmore (1825), Ken Bates (1931), Andy Powell (1950), James Callis (1971), Karl Shuker (1959), and Coventry Patmore (1823). After him are Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill (1772), Ronnie Allen (1929), Henry Watson Fowler (1858), Tony Pulis (1958), Naomi Mitchison (1897), and Anohni (1971).

Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Willie Applegarth ranks 61Before him are David Jacobs (1888), Queenie Newall (1854), Allan Wells (1952), Fiona May (1969), Mary Rand (1940), and Lynn Davies (1942). After him are Adrian Metcalfe (1942), Barbara Burke (1917), Janet Simpson (1944), Ann Packer (1942), Thelma Hopkins (1936), and Paula Radcliffe (1973).