TENNIS PLAYER

Arthur Ashe

1943 - 1993

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Arthur Robert Ashe Jr. (July 10, 1943 – February 6, 1993) was an American professional tennis player. He won three Grand Slam titles in singles and two in doubles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Ashe has received more than 6,727,252 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Arthur Ashe is the 15th most popular tennis player, the 1,095th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,142nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Tennis Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 56

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Arthur Ashe ranks 15 out of 1,569. Before him are Jimmy Connors, Boris Becker, Roger Federer, Martina Navratilova, Suzanne Lenglen, and Steffi Graf. After him are Ivan Lendl, Rafael Nadal, John McEnroe, Charlotte Cooper, Andre Agassi, and Stan Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Arthur Ashe ranks 77. Before him are Johann Deisenhofer, Jerry Bruckheimer, Antonio Inoki, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Yohji Yamamoto, and David Soul. After him are Roy Andersson, Joni Mitchell, Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, Chantal Mouffe, Sam Shepard, and John Denver. Among people deceased in 1993, Arthur Ashe ranks 31. Before him are Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Dizzy Gillespie, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, W. Edwards Deming, Lillian Gish, and Cantinflas. After him are Robert W. Holley, Vincent Price, Alexandra of Yugoslavia, Severo Ochoa, Jean Negulesco, and Masahiko Kimura.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Arthur Ashe ranks 1,095 out of 20,380. Before him are E. Donnall Thomas (1920), Carl Woese (1928), Edward B. Lewis (1918), Betty Ford (1918), Jon Bon Jovi (1962), and Brendan Fraser (1968). After him are Joanne Woodward (1930), Betty White (1922), Stephen Covey (1932), Dean Reed (1938), Linda McCartney (1941), and Richard Thaler (1945).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In United States

Among tennis players born in United States, Arthur Ashe ranks 3. Before him are Billie Jean King (1943), and Jimmy Connors (1952). After him are Andre Agassi (1970), Stan Smith (1946), Serena Williams (1981), Chris Evert (1954), Bill Tilden (1893), Pete Sampras (1971), Venus Williams (1980), Don Budge (1915), and Pancho Gonzales (1928).

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