HOCKEY PLAYER

Brendan Shanahan

1969 - Today

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Brendan Frederick Shanahan (born January 23, 1969) is a Canadian professional ice hockey executive and former player who currently serves as the president and alternate governor for the Toronto Maple Leafs, having previously served as the director of player safety for the National Hockey League (NHL). Originally drafted by the New Jersey Devils second overall in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft, Shanahan played in the NHL with the New Jersey Devils (two stints), St. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brendan Shanahan has received more than 1,381,829 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Brendan Shanahan is the 220th most popular hockey player (down from 158th in 2019), the 1,019th most popular biography from Canada (down from 866th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Canadian Hockey Player.

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  • 34.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Brendan Shanahan ranks 220 out of 676. Before him are Marcel Hossa, Lal Bokhari, Július Hudáček, Olaf Kölzig, Nikita Kucherov, and Pat LaFontaine. After him are Randhir Singh Gentle, Maxim Afinogenov, Niko Kapanen, Oleg Tverdovsky, Kimmo Timonen, and Alexei Morozov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Brendan Shanahan ranks 840. Before him are Julio Borges, Steve Staunton, Sergei Golubitsky, Marian Ivan, Kellita Smith, and Jenji Kohan. After him are David Nyathi, Íñigo Cuesta, Bhagyashree, Bison Dele, Stephanie Romanov, and Annarita Sidoti.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Brendan Shanahan ranks 1,019 out of 1,622. Before him are G.NA (1987), Dan Levy (1983), Sami Zayn (1984), Scott Moir (1987), Lisa Ray (1972), and Chelan Simmons (1982). After him are Jill Hetherington (1964), Dwayne De Rosario (1978), Karol-Ann Canuel (1988), Test (1975), Joannie Rochette (1986), and Aaron Douglas (1971).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Canada

Among hockey players born in Canada, Brendan Shanahan ranks 46. Before him are Bryan Trottier (1956), Joe Thornton (1979), Hooley Smith (1903), Dale Hawerchuk (1963), Glenn Anderson (1960), and Grant Fuhr (1962). After him are Scott Stevens (1964), Cam Neely (1965), Scott Niedermayer (1973), Doug Gilmour (1963), Pierre Turgeon (1969), and Patrick Marleau (1979).

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