ATHLETE
Yvette Williams
1929 - 2019
Yvette Williams
Dame Yvette Winifred Corlett (née Williams; 25 April 1929 – 13 April 2019) was a New Zealand track-and-field athlete who was the first woman from her country to win an Olympic gold medal and to hold the world record in the women's long jump. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yvette Williams has received more than 123,538 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Yvette Williams is the 1,104th most popular athlete (down from 658th in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 59th in 2019) and the 4th most popular New Zealander Athlete.
Memorability Metrics
120k
Page Views (PV)
45.64
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
28
Languages Editions (L)
4.70
Effective Languages (L*)
3.27
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among ATHLETES
Among athletes, Yvette Williams ranks 1,104 out of 6,025. Before her are Käthe Krauss, Finn Haunstoft, Thomas Munkelt, Tore Berger, Willie Davenport, and Cliff Bourland. After her are Willie Steele, Irina Beglyakova, Carl Goßler, Inha Babakova, Béla Békessy, and Imre Harangi.
Most Popular Athletes in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsKäthe Krauss
1906 - 1970
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 1,098
Finn Haunstoft
1928 - 2008
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 1,099
Thomas Munkelt
1952 - Present
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 1,100
Tore Berger
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 1,101
Willie Davenport
1943 - 2002
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 1,102
Cliff Bourland
1921 - 2018
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 1,103
Yvette Williams
1929 - 2019
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 1,104
Willie Steele
1923 - 1989
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 1,105
Irina Beglyakova
1933 - 2018
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 1,106
Carl Goßler
1885 - 1914
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 1,107
Inha Babakova
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 1,108
Béla Békessy
1875 - 1916
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 1,109
Imre Harangi
1913 - 1979
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 1,110
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1929, Yvette Williams ranks 440. Before her are Arturo Fernández Rodríguez, Eugène Parlier, Pentti Hämäläinen, Frans Andriessen, Raymond Bellot, and Mario Francesco Pompedda. After her are Saeed Jaffrey, Keijo Liinamaa, Olga Tass, Hal Blaine, Giacomo Capuzzi, and Alfredo Pérez. Among people deceased in 2019, Yvette Williams ranks 411. Before her are Ben Pon, Frans Andriessen, D. M. Jayaratne, Raymond Bellot, Sara Danius, and Judith Krantz. After her are King Kong Bundy, Klara Guseva, Stefan Angelov, Carlos Squeo, Hal Blaine, and Frank Robinson.
Others Born in 1929
Go to all RankingsArturo Fernández Rodríguez
ACTOR
1929 - 2019
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 434
Eugène Parlier
SOCCER PLAYER
1929 - 2017
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 435
Pentti Hämäläinen
ATHLETE
1929 - 1984
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 436
Frans Andriessen
POLITICIAN
1929 - 2019
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 437
Raymond Bellot
SOCCER PLAYER
1929 - 2019
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 438
Mario Francesco Pompedda
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1929 - 2006
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 439
Yvette Williams
ATHLETE
1929 - 2019
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 440
Saeed Jaffrey
ACTOR
1929 - 2015
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 441
Keijo Liinamaa
POLITICIAN
1929 - 1980
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 442
Olga Tass
GYMNAST
1929 - 2020
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 443
Hal Blaine
MUSICIAN
1929 - 2019
HPI: 45.54
Rank: 444
Giacomo Capuzzi
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1929 - 2021
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 445
Alfredo Pérez
SOCCER PLAYER
1929 - 1994
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 446
Others Deceased in 2019
Go to all RankingsBen Pon
RACING DRIVER
1936 - 2019
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 405
Frans Andriessen
POLITICIAN
1929 - 2019
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 406
D. M. Jayaratne
POLITICIAN
1931 - 2019
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 407
Raymond Bellot
SOCCER PLAYER
1929 - 2019
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 408
Sara Danius
PHILOSOPHER
1962 - 2019
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 409
Judith Krantz
WRITER
1928 - 2019
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 410
Yvette Williams
ATHLETE
1929 - 2019
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 411
King Kong Bundy
WRESTLER
1955 - 2019
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 412
Klara Guseva
SKATER
1937 - 2019
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 413
Stefan Angelov
WRESTLER
1947 - 2019
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 414
Carlos Squeo
SOCCER PLAYER
1948 - 2019
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 415
Hal Blaine
MUSICIAN
1929 - 2019
HPI: 45.54
Rank: 416
Frank Robinson
BASEBALL PLAYER
1935 - 2019
HPI: 45.51
Rank: 417
In New Zealand
Among people born in New Zealand, Yvette Williams ranks 64 out of 303. Before her are Vaughan Jones (1952), Lee Tamahori (1950), John Dew (1948), Martin Henderson (1974), Murray Halberg (1933), and Michael Hardie Boys (1931). After her are Jed Brophy (1963), John Key (1961), Andrew Adamson (1966), Hugh Walpole (1884), John Gorton (1911), and Silvia Cartwright (1943).
Others born in New Zealand
Go to all RankingsVaughan Jones
MATHEMATICIAN
1952 - 2020
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 58
Lee Tamahori
FILM DIRECTOR
1950 - Present
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 59
John Dew
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.44
Rank: 60
Martin Henderson
ACTOR
1974 - Present
HPI: 46.41
Rank: 61
Murray Halberg
ATHLETE
1933 - 2022
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 62
Michael Hardie Boys
POLITICIAN
1931 - 2023
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 63
Yvette Williams
ATHLETE
1929 - 2019
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 64
Jed Brophy
ACTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 65
John Key
POLITICIAN
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 66
Andrew Adamson
FILM DIRECTOR
1966 - Present
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 67
Hugh Walpole
WRITER
1884 - 1941
HPI: 45.38
Rank: 68
John Gorton
POLITICIAN
1911 - 2002
HPI: 45.31
Rank: 69
Silvia Cartwright
POLITICIAN
1943 - Present
HPI: 45.18
Rank: 70
Among ATHLETES In New Zealand
Among athletes born in New Zealand, Yvette Williams ranks 4. Before her are Peter Snell (1938), Hugh Anderson (1936), and Murray Halberg (1933). After her are Jack Lovelock (1910), Ross Collinge (1944), John Hunter (1943), Tony Hurt (1946), Trevor Coker (1949), John Walker (1952), Dudley Storey (1939), and Simon Dickie (1951).
Peter Snell
1938 - 2019
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 1
Hugh Anderson
1936 - Present
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 2
Murray Halberg
1933 - 2022
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 3
Yvette Williams
1929 - 2019
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 4
Jack Lovelock
1910 - 1949
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 5
Ross Collinge
1944 - Present
HPI: 42.35
Rank: 6
John Hunter
1943 - Present
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 7
Tony Hurt
1946 - Present
HPI: 41.60
Rank: 8
Trevor Coker
1949 - 1981
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 9
John Walker
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.52
Rank: 10
Dudley Storey
1939 - 2017
HPI: 40.34
Rank: 11
Simon Dickie
1951 - 2017
HPI: 40.22
Rank: 12