HANDBALL PLAYER

Mikkel Hansen

1987 - Today

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Mikkel Hansen (born 22 October 1987) is a Danish professional handball player for Aalborg Håndbold and the Danish national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest handball players of all time, Hansen has won the IHF World Player of the Year a record-tying three times. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mikkel Hansen has received more than 631,952 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Mikkel Hansen is the 4th most popular handball player, the 362nd most popular biography from Denmark (down from 349th in 2019) and the most popular Danish Handball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 630k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Mikkel Hansens by language

Over the past year Mikkel Hansen has had the most page views in the with 137,340 views, followed by Danish (94,381), and English (88,768). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are German (132.58%), Basque (71.85%), and Icelandic (66.39%)

Among HANDBALL PLAYERS

Among handball players, Mikkel Hansen ranks 4 out of 420. Before him are Veselin Vujović, Talant Duyshebaev, and Nikola Karabatić. After him are Gheorghe Gruia, Magnus Wislander, Ivano Balić, Abaz Arslanagić, Staffan Olsson, Franz Brunner, Branislav Pokrajac, and Zinaida Turchyna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Mikkel Hansen ranks 31. Before him are Elliot Page, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Jamie Vardy, Andy Murray, Ji Chang-wook, and Marouane Fellaini. After him are Han Hyo-joo, Pedro, Blaise Matuidi, Oleksandr Usyk, Liu Yifei, and Gervinho.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Mikkel Hansen ranks 362 out of 1,032. Before him are Thorkild Hansen (1927), Johnny Hansen (1943), Agner Krarup Erlang (1878), Johannes Jørgensen (1866), Bernhard Severin Ingemann (1789), and Johan Otto von Spreckelsen (1929). After him are Peter Wilhelm Lund (1801), Karen Harup (1924), Hilmar Baunsgaard (1920), Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1584), Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1791), and Prince Aage, Count of Rosenborg (1887).

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Among HANDBALL PLAYERS In Denmark

Among handball players born in Denmark, Mikkel Hansen ranks 1. After him are Niklas Landin Jacobsen (1988), Anja Andersen (1969), Lars Christiansen (1972), Hans Lindberg (1981), Henrik Toft Hansen (1986), Mathias Gidsel (1999), Rasmus Lauge Schmidt (1991), Lene Rantala (1968), René Toft Hansen (1984), Mads Mensah Larsen (1991), and Jannick Green (1988).

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