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Dennis Johnson

1954 - 2007

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Dennis Wayne Johnson (September 18, 1954 – February 22, 2007), nicknamed "DJ", was an American professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Seattle SuperSonics, Phoenix Suns, and Boston Celtics. He was a coach of the Los Angeles Clippers and an alumnus of Dominguez High School, Los Angeles Harbor College and Pepperdine University.A prototypical late bloomer, Johnson overcame early struggles and had a successful NBA playing career. Drafted 29th overall in 1976 by the Seattle SuperSonics, Johnson began his professional career as a shooting guard. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dennis Johnson has received more than 1,770,961 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Dennis Johnson is the 150th most popular basketball player (up from 151st in 2019), the 8,016th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,061st in 2019) and the 93rd most popular American Basketball Player.

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  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Dennis Johnson ranks 150 out of 1,268Before him are Rodolfo Choperena, Mark Eaton, Earl Monroe, Maigonis Valdmanis, Cesare Rubini, and Dwight Howard. After him are Valdemaras Chomičius, Stojko Vranković, Horace Grant, Lamar Odom, Michel Bonnevie, and Ben Wallace.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Dennis Johnson ranks 371Before him are Rafael Orozco Maestre, Eva Brunne, Dietrich Thurau, Aleksandr Aksinin, Robert Menasse, and Tahar Djaout. After him are Andrei Sannikov, Andrzej Lepper, Oleg Romantsev, J. Michael Straczynski, Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle, and Guy Gavriel Kay. Among people deceased in 2007, Dennis Johnson ranks 292Before him are Pief Panofsky, Bohdan Paczyński, Jerry Falwell, Heinz Schiller, Ray Evans, and Pascal Yoadimnadji. After him are Elisabeth Eybers, Joseph Nérette, Roscoe Lee Browne, Toshikatsu Matsuoka, Florea Dumitrache, and Maria Kwaśniewska.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dennis Johnson ranks 8,016 out of 18,182Before him are Larry Kramer (1935), Dwight Howard (1985), Lucy Hale (1989), June Gable (1945), Bobby Hutcherson (1941), and Randy Pausch (1960). After him are Joseph Nicolosi (1947), Mark Rydell (1929), Edgar Kennedy (1890), William F. Buckley Jr. (1925), Lloyd Bentsen (1921), and Troian Bellisario (1985).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Dennis Johnson ranks 93Before him are Tom Heinsohn (1934), Dave DeBusschere (1940), Jason Williams (1975), Mark Eaton (1957), Earl Monroe (1944), and Dwight Howard (1985). After him are Horace Grant (1965), Lamar Odom (1979), Ben Wallace (1974), Rudy Tomjanovich (1948), John Kundla (1916), and Paul Pierce (1977).