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Anne Donovan

1961 - 2018

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Anne Theresa Donovan (November 1, 1961 – June 13, 2018) was an American women's basketball player and coach. From 2013 to 2015, she was the head coach of the Connecticut Sun. In her playing career, Donovan won a national championship with Old Dominion University, won two Olympic gold medals, and went to three Final Fours overall. She was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1995, and became a member of the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2015. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Anne Donovan is the 570th most popular basketball player (down from 422nd in 2024), the 15,360th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,446th in 2019) and the 316th most popular American Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Anne Donovan ranks 570 out of 1,757Before her are Sani Bečirovič, Roy Tarpley, Leandro Barbosa, Amar'e Stoudemire, Stéphane Risacher, and Brian Scalabrine. After her are Gilbert Arenas, Nicolò Melli, Gintaras Einikis, Stephon Marbury, Gabe Vincent, and Nikola Vučević.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Anne Donovan ranks 881Before her are Jorge Guasch, Gary Winick, Ali Hussein Shihab, Werner Koch, Bruce Cohen, and Gustav Weder. After her are Tomislav Paškvalin, Carlo Rota, Robert William Fisher, José Luíz Barbosa, Dale Frail, and Ronald Florijn. Among people deceased in 2018, Anne Donovan ranks 601Before her are Terry A. Davis, Chelsi Smith, Annapurna Devi, Jimmy McIlroy, Stan Anderson, and Zell Miller. After her are Paul Laxalt, Peggy McCay, Pamela Gidley, Reggie Lucas, Takayuki Fujikawa, and Roland Baar.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Anne Donovan ranks 15,366 out of 20,380Before her are Zell Miller (1932), Deborah S. Jin (1968), Rachel Starr (1983), Diane Schuur (1953), The Sandman (1963), and Betsy Nagelsen (1956). After her are Ann Leckie (1966), Mark C. Lee (1952), Marion Barry (1936), Winona LaDuke (1959), Mark Deklin (1967), and Sam Esmail (1977).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Anne Donovan ranks 316Before her are Ja Morant (1999), Jermaine O'Neal (1978), Tom Chambers (1959), Roy Tarpley (1964), Amar'e Stoudemire (1982), and Brian Scalabrine (1978). After her are Gilbert Arenas (1982), Stephon Marbury (1977), Gabe Vincent (1996), Jack Sikma (1955), Draymond Green (1990), and De'Andre Hunter (1997).