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Dave Cowens

1948 - Today

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David William Cowens ( COW-ənz; born October 25, 1948) is an American former professional basketball player and NBA head coach. At 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m), he played the center position and occasionally played power forward. Cowens spent most of his playing career with the Boston Celtics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dave Cowens has received more than 1,161,606 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Dave Cowens is the 121st most popular basketball player (down from 119th in 2019), the 6,842nd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,167th in 2019) and the 75th most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Dave Cowens ranks 121 out of 1,268. Before him are Dave Bing, James Worthy, Dolph Schayes, Alexander Belov, Vlade Divac, and Carmelo Anthony. After him are Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade, Jason Kidd, Marc Gasol, K. C. Jones, and Joe Bryant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Dave Cowens ranks 416. Before him are Nikola Šainović, Carole Laure, Telma Hopkins, Ang Rita, Mohammad Mirmohammadi, and Patrick Moraz. After him are Richard Simmons, Kim Hwang-sik, Jozef Čapkovič, Geoff Nicholls, Johan De Muynck, and Manfred Kokot.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dave Cowens ranks 6,842 out of 18,182. Before him are Reginald Rose (1920), Gavin MacLeod (1931), Karl Patterson Schmidt (1890), Vondie Curtis-Hall (1950), Jonelle Allen (1944), and Mary Martin (1913). After him are Giuseppe Enrici (1896), Gary Lockwood (1937), Art Buchwald (1925), John Schneider (1960), Rebecca Miller (1962), and Alan Hovhaness (1911).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Dave Cowens ranks 75. Before him are Chris Andersen (1978), Russell Westbrook (1988), Dave Bing (1943), James Worthy (1961), Dolph Schayes (1928), and Carmelo Anthony (1984). After him are Chris Paul (1985), Dwyane Wade (1982), Jason Kidd (1973), K. C. Jones (1932), Joe Bryant (1954), and Hal Greer (1936).

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