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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carlos Loyzaga has received more than 234,582 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Carlos Loyzaga is the 737th most popular basketball player (down from 541st in 2019), the 105th most popular biography from Philippines (down from 81st in 2019) and the most popular Filipino Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 31.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Carlos Loyzaga ranks 737 out of 1,268Before him are Ticha Penicheiro, Víctor Claver, Glenn Robinson, Xavier McDaniel, D'Angelo Russell, and James Jones. After him are Nick Nurse, Novica Veličković, Eric Gordon, Tony Allen, Gustavo Ayón, and Rashard Lewis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Carlos Loyzaga ranks 568Before him are Basu Chatterjee, Cathryn Damon, Terry Nation, Olene Walker, Lawton Chiles, and Tony Madigan.  Among people deceased in 2016, Carlos Loyzaga ranks 546Before him are Arthur Maia, Henry Worsley, John Disley, Rob Ford, Frank Kelly, and Deborah S. Jin. After him are Rémy Vogel, Dave Mirra, Santi Duangsawang, Victoria Wood, Ananias Eloi Castro Monteiro, and Phife Dawg.

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In Philippines

Among people born in Philippines, Carlos Loyzaga ranks 105 out of 126Before him are Jake Zyrus (1992), Nora Aunor (1953), Sayaka Akimoto (1988), Manny Villar (1949), Walden Bello (1945), and Teófilo Yldefonso (1903). After him are Wesley So (1993), Vanessa Lachey (1980), Arianne Caoili (1986), Leila de Lima (1959), Satine Phoenix (1980), and Regine Velasquez (1970).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Philippines

Among basketball players born in Philippines, Carlos Loyzaga ranks 1