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Dave Bing

1943 - Today

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David Bing (born November 24, 1943) is an American former professional basketball player, businessman, and politician who served as the 74th mayor of Detroit, Michigan from 2009 to 2014. He is a member of the Democratic Party. After starring at Syracuse University, Bing played 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a point guard for the Detroit Pistons (1966–1975), Washington Bullets (1975–1977), and Boston Celtics (1977–78). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dave Bing has received more than 877,413 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Dave Bing is the 141st most popular basketball player (down from 115th in 2019), the 7,461st most popular biography from United States (down from 6,619th in 2019) and the 77th most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 880k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Dave Bings by language

Over the past year Dave Bing has had the most page views in the with 108,558 views, followed by Chinese (4,959), and Russian (3,442). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Finnish (233.42%), Greek (104.19%), and Volapük (73.36%)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Dave Bing ranks 141 out of 1,757. Before him are David Blatt, Zurab Sakandelidze, Panagiotis Giannakis, Dikembe Mutombo, Maigonis Valdmanis, and Walt Bellamy. After him are Dennis Johnson, Dennis Schröder, Gary Payton, James Harden, Dwyane Wade, and Damir Šolman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Dave Bing ranks 504. Before him are Vitaliy Khmelnytskyi, Gerhard Auer, Viktor Sidyak, Gennadi Sosonko, Francisco Valdés, and Lajos Szűcs. After him are Milan Damjanović, Fabrizio Poletti, David Alexandre Winter, Marika Kilius, Robert Trivers, and Superstar Billy Graham.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dave Bing ranks 7,461 out of 20,380. Before him are Gladys George (1904), Wendy O. Williams (1949), Edie Adams (1927), Michael Behe (1952), Hassler Whitney (1907), and Philip Agee (1935). After him are Saoirse Ronan (1994), Dennis Johnson (1954), Lucy Parsons (1853), David Selby (1941), Karen Fukuhara (1992), and Rita Mae Brown (1944).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Dave Bing ranks 77. Before him are Marion Jones (1975), Kevin McHale (1957), Jo Jo White (1946), Doc Rivers (1961), David Blatt (1959), and Walt Bellamy (1939). After him are Dennis Johnson (1954), Gary Payton (1968), James Harden (1989), Dwyane Wade (1982), Russell Westbrook (1988), and Frank Lubin (1910).

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