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Don Barksdale

1923 - 1993

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Donald Argee Barksdale (March 31, 1923 – March 8, 1993) was an American professional basketball player. He was a pioneer as an African-American basketball player, becoming the first to be named NCAA All-American, the first to play on a United States men's Olympic basketball team, and the first to play in a National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Don Barksdale has received more than 129,067 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Don Barksdale is the 409th most popular basketball player (down from 292nd in 2019), the 12,720th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,469th in 2019) and the 241st most popular American Basketball Player.

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  • 130k

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  • 36.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Don Barksdale ranks 409 out of 1,268Before him are John Johnson, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, JaVale McGee, Facundo Campazzo, Ersan İlyasova, and Joel Embiid. After him are Derek Harper, Anne Donovan, A. C. Green, Rick Fox, Igor Rakočević, and Shawn Marion.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Don Barksdale ranks 421Before him are Nicholas Parsons, Anne Jeffreys, Gene Reynolds, Jimmy Mullen, Balbir Singh Sr., and Adele Mara. After him are Moira Lister, Kenny Rollins, Anthony Bevilacqua, John Mortimer, Hugh Shearer, and Norman Kirk. Among people deceased in 1993, Don Barksdale ranks 277Before him are Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Agnes de Mille, Adelaide Hall, Criss Oliva, David Brian, and Brandon Teena. After him are Divya Bharti, Reggie Lewis, Nan Grey, Leslie Thorne, Claire Du Brey, and Ray Sharkey.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Don Barksdale ranks 12,720 out of 18,182Before him are Bob Burns (1950), Adam DeVine (1983), Jim Butcher (1971), Jenn Suhr (1982), D. B. Weiss (1971), and Richard Libertini (1933). After him are Sarah Lancaster (1980), Jeph Loeb (1958), Zoey Deutch (1994), Erik Per Sullivan (1991), Carla Gallo (1975), and Claudia Goldin (1946).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Don Barksdale ranks 241Before him are Sidney Moncrief (1957), Roy Tarpley (1964), Joe Arlauckas (1965), John Johnson (1947), Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (1969), and JaVale McGee (1988). After him are Derek Harper (1961), Anne Donovan (1961), A. C. Green (1963), Shawn Marion (1978), Kyle Lowry (1986), and Earl Boykins (1976).