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Bob Lanier

1948 - 2022

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Robert Jerry Lanier Jr. (September 10, 1948 – May 10, 2022) was an American professional basketball player. He played center for the Detroit Pistons and the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bob Lanier has received more than 491,094 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Bob Lanier is the 270th most popular basketball player (down from 229th in 2019), the 10,701st most popular biography from United States (down from 9,320th in 2019) and the 160th most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 490k

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  • 40.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Bob Lanier ranks 270 out of 1,268Before him are Adrian Smith, Željko Rebrača, Zoran Savić, Alex Hannum, Bob Kenney, and Ramūnas Šiškauskas. After him are Cliff Hagan, Anatoli Polivoda, Angelė Rupšienė, Rudy Fernández, Theodoros Papaloukas, and Pierluigi Marzorati.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Bob Lanier ranks 597Before him are Stephen Schwartz, Gerrit Graham, Ted Lange, Tom Scott, Oinikhol Bobonazarova, and Viktor Krovopuskov. After him are Lester Bangs, Eliud Williams, Richard Tandy, Pedro Morenés, Rubén Glaria, and Sue Monk Kidd. Among people deceased in 2022, Bob Lanier ranks 394Before him are Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga, Robert Gordon, David Brenner, Georgi Yartsev, Don L. Lind, and Steinar Amundsen. After him are Fabián O'Neill, David McCullough, Ronnie Hawkins, Don Young, Taylor Hawkins, and Werner Israel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob Lanier ranks 10,701 out of 18,182Before him are Barbara Anderson (1945), Peter Kreeft (1937), Michael Beach (1963), Curtis Armstrong (1953), Zebulon Pike (1779), and Helen Wagner (1918). After him are David Gerrold (1944), Kitty Carlisle (1910), Lester Bangs (1948), Jessica Meir (1977), Wendy Schaal (1954), and Julie Bishop (1914).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Bob Lanier ranks 160Before him are Art Mollner (1912), Vince Boryla (1927), Tom Thibodeau (1958), Adrian Smith (1936), Alex Hannum (1923), and Bob Kenney (1931). After him are Cliff Hagan (1931), Paul Westphal (1950), Teresa Edwards (1964), Chauncey Billups (1976), Bob Kurland (1924), and Duane Swanson (1913).