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Carlos Loyzaga

1930 - 2016

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Carlos "Caloy" Loyzaga y Matute (August 29, 1930 – January 27, 2016) was a Filipino basketball player, coach and politician. He was the most dominant basketball player of his era in the Philippines and is considered as the greatest Filipino basketball player of all time. As a member of the Philippine national team. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carlos Loyzaga has received more than 255,051 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Carlos Loyzaga is the 751st most popular basketball player (down from 737th in 2019), the 115th most popular biography from Philippines (down from 105th in 2019) and the most popular Filipino Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 34.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Carlos Loyzaga ranks 751 out of 1,757. Before him are Marques Johnson, Mario Kasun, Ronny Turiaf, Yekaterina Lisina, Caldwell Jones, and Avery Johnson. After him are Otis Thorpe, Nikola Prkačin, Fernando Arcega, Romain Sato, Paulius Jankūnas, and Jabari Parker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Carlos Loyzaga ranks 650. Before him are Adebayo Adedeji, Kenny Ball, Charles Rangel, Terry Nation, Olene Walker, and Grace Ogot. After him are Richie Benaud, Andreas Makris, and William Bender. Among people deceased in 2016, Carlos Loyzaga ranks 618. Before him are René Marsiglia, Deborah S. Jin, David Hahn, Frank Kelly, Rémy Vogel, and Rose Mofford. After him are Ananias Eloi Castro Monteiro, Rob Ford, Shahram Amiri, Pat Summitt, Conrad Burns, and Santi Duangsawang.

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In Philippines

Among people born in Philippines, Carlos Loyzaga ranks 115 out of 155. Before him are Dolly de Leon (1969), Arturo Tolentino (1910), Julio Rosales (1906), Leila de Lima (1959), Jake Zyrus (1992), and Billy Crawford (1982). After him are Karen Moe (1953), José Villanueva (1913), Teófilo Yldefonso (1903), Regine Velasquez (1970), Kris Aquino (1971), and Satine Phoenix (1980).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Philippines

Among basketball players born in Philippines, Carlos Loyzaga ranks 1. 

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