1942 - 2020
David Joel Stern (September 22, 1942 – January 1, 2020) was an American lawyer and business executive who was the commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1984 to 2014. Stern oversaw NBA basketball's growth into one of the world's most popular sports during the 1990s and 2000s. He is credited with developing and broadening the NBA's audience, especially internationally by setting up training camps, playing exhibition games, and recruiting more international players. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Stern has received more than 3,188,030 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). David Stern is the 287th most popular businessperson (down from 228th in 2019), the 3,352nd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,879th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular American Businessperson.
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Among businesspeople, David Stern ranks 287 out of 601. Before him are Chris Gardner, Oleg Deripaska, Siegfried Bing, Paul Rusesabagina, Arnold Rothstein, and Robert Monroe. After him are François-Henri Pinault, Chuck Feeney, Lazare Ponticelli, B. C. Forbes, Edward Colston, and Jimmy Lai.
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 281
1968 - Present
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 282
1838 - 1905
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 283
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 284
1882 - 1928
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 285
1915 - 1995
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 286
1942 - 2020
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 287
1962 - Present
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 288
1931 - 2023
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 289
1897 - 2008
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 290
1880 - 1954
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 291
1636 - 1721
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 292
1948 - Present
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 293
Among people born in 1942, David Stern ranks 230. Before him are Dennis Meadows, Jorge Ben, Eliso Virsaladze, Martin Rees, Shere Hite, and Edward Luttwak. After him are Clarence Clemons, Ivan Mládek, Heidi Brühl, Lawrence Weiner, Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, and Bill Nelson. Among people deceased in 2020, David Stern ranks 186. Before him are Vittorio Gregotti, Stanisław Kania, Flavio Cotti, Jack Charlton, John Hume, and McCoy Tyner. After him are Rhonda Fleming, Princess María Teresa of Bourbon-Parma, Fou Ts'ong, Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, Ken Robinson, and Samuel Little.
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 224
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 225
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 226
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 227
1942 - 2020
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 228
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 229
1942 - 2020
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 230
1942 - 2011
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 231
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 232
1942 - 1991
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 233
1942 - 2021
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 234
1942 - Present
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 235
1942 - Present
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 236
1927 - 2020
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 180
1927 - 2020
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 181
1939 - 2020
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 182
1935 - 2020
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 183
1937 - 2020
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 184
1938 - 2020
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 185
1942 - 2020
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 186
1923 - 2020
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 187
1933 - 2020
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 188
1934 - 2020
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 189
1940 - 2020
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 190
1950 - 2020
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 191
1940 - 2020
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 192
Among people born in United States, David Stern ranks 3,352 out of 18,182. Before him are Charles Bachman (1924), Ron Carter (1937), Tiger Woods (1975), Philip Michael Thomas (1949), Jeff Chandler (1918), and Bobby Brown (1969). After him are Walter Koenig (1936), Horace McCoy (1897), Clarence Clemons (1942), Jean Hagen (1923), Rosemary Clooney (1928), and George Washington Carver (1864).
1924 - 2017
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 3,346
1937 - Present
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 3,347
1975 - Present
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 3,348
1949 - Present
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 3,349
1918 - 1961
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 3,350
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 3,351
1942 - 2020
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 3,352
1936 - Present
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 3,353
1897 - 1955
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 3,354
1942 - 2011
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 3,355
1923 - 1977
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 3,356
1928 - 2002
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 3,357
1864 - 1943
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 3,358
Among businesspeople born in United States, David Stern ranks 93. Before him are Douglas Tompkins (1943), Arthur D. Levinson (1950), Alfred P. Sloan (1875), Chris Gardner (1954), Arnold Rothstein (1882), and Robert Monroe (1915). After him are Chuck Feeney (1931), Bruce Buck (1946), Allen Klein (1931), Dustin Moskovitz (1984), Paul Castellano (1915), and Bob Iger (1951).
1943 - 2015
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 87
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 88
1875 - 1966
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 89
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 90
1882 - 1928
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 91
1915 - 1995
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 92
1942 - 2020
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 93
1931 - 2023
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 94
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 95
1931 - 2009
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 96
1984 - Present
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 97
1915 - 1985
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 98
1951 - Present
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 99