BASKETBALL PLAYER

Dikembe Mutombo

1966 - 2024

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Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo (June 25, 1966 – September 30, 2024) was a Congolese-American professional basketball player. He played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "Mount Mutombo" for his defensive prowess, he is commonly regarded as one of the best shot-blockers and defensive players of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dikembe Mutombo has received more than 7,380,834 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Dikembe Mutombo is the 138th most popular basketball player (down from 108th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Democratic Republic of the Congo (down from 16th in 2019) and the most popular Congolese Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Dikembe Mutombo ranks 138 out of 1,757. Before him are Andro Knego, Otar Korkia, Detlef Schrempf, David Blatt, Zurab Sakandelidze, and Panagiotis Giannakis. After him are Maigonis Valdmanis, Walt Bellamy, Dave Bing, Dennis Johnson, Dennis Schröder, and Gary Payton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Dikembe Mutombo ranks 213. Before him are Marco Beltrami, Ana Torrent, Nuno Bettencourt, Alexandre Torres, Stéphane Demol, and Merav Michaeli. After him are Quorthon, Tihomir Orešković, Kevin Young, Dan Schneider, Petar Šegrt, and Tim Sköld. Among people deceased in 2024, Dikembe Mutombo ranks 320. Before him are Alex Salmond, Andrea Kékesy, Şerif Gören, Franciszek Smuda, Imerio Massignan, and Tony Lo Bianco. After him are Earl Holliman, Peter Schickele, Liang Guanglie, Yamini Krishnamurthy, Mahieddine Khalef, and Ray Reardon.

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In Democratic Republic of the Congo

Among people born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dikembe Mutombo ranks 27 out of 107. Before him are Sylvestre Ilunga (1947), Marie Myriam (1957), Jean-Pierre Bemba (1962), Franco Luambo (1938), Mwepu Ilunga (1949), and Koffi Olomide (1956). After him are Cyrille Adoula (1921), Sony Lab'ou Tansi (1947), José Bosingwa (1982), Kazadi Mwamba (1947), Mwanza Mukombo (1945), and Mavuba Mafuila (1949).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Democratic Republic of the Congo

Among basketball players born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dikembe Mutombo ranks 1. After him are D. J. Mbenga (1980), Bismack Biyombo (1992), Christian Eyenga (1989), Charles Kahudi (1986), Jonathan Tabu (1985), Jonathan Kuminga (2002), and Emmanuel Mudiay (1996).

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