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Doyle Brunson

1933 - 2023

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Doyle Frank Brunson (August 10, 1933 – May 14, 2023) was an American poker player who played professionally for over 60 years. He was a two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion, a Poker Hall of Fame inductee, and the author of several books on poker. Brunson was the first player to win $1 million in poker tournaments. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Doyle Brunson has received more than 2,185,979 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 27 in 2019). Doyle Brunson is the most popular poker player, the 3,727th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,849th in 2019) and the most popular American Poker Player.

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  • 2.2M

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  • 53.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POKER PLAYERS

Among poker players, Doyle Brunson ranks 1 out of 15. After him are Dan Harrington, Dan Bilzerian, Johnny Moss, Phil Hellmuth, Johnny Chan, Daniel Negreanu, Gus Hansen, Chris Ferguson, Phil Ivey, Scotty Nguyen, and Tom Dwan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Doyle Brunson ranks 201. Before him are Ilya Kabakov, Stuart Roosa, Meena Kumari, Syd Mead, Jesús Gil, and Maximilian, Margrave of Baden. After him are Sergio Endrigo, Juzo Itami, Robert Shavlakadze, Ron Wyatt, Robert Blake, and Gloria Foster. Among people deceased in 2023, Doyle Brunson ranks 258. Before him are Ilya Kabakov, Elmar Wepper, Slim Borgudd, Chuck Feeney, Ian Hacking, and Yuri Manin. After him are Patricia Bredin, Jerry Springer, Cēzars Ozers, Klas Lestander, Alexei Starobinsky, and Robert Blake.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Doyle Brunson ranks 3,727 out of 20,380. Before him are Tiffany Trump (1993), Tracy Chapman (1964), Leo Ryan (1925), Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1847), Anna Gunn (1968), and Vincent Gigante (1928). After him are Frederick Wiseman (1930), George Ellery Hale (1868), L. L. Langstroth (1810), Catherine Wolfe Bruce (1816), Thomas E. Dewey (1902), and Dan Sullivan (1964).

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Among POKER PLAYERS In United States

Among poker players born in United States, Doyle Brunson ranks 1. After him are Dan Harrington (1945), Dan Bilzerian (1980), Johnny Moss (1907), Phil Hellmuth (1964), Chris Ferguson (1963), Phil Ivey (1977), Tom Dwan (1986), and Joe Cada (1987).

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