BASKETBALL PLAYER

Dražen Petrović

1964 - 1993

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Dražen Petrović (Croatian pronunciation: [drǎʒen pětroʋitɕ]; 22 October 1964 – 7 June 1993) was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he initially achieved success playing professional basketball in Europe in the 1980s with Cibona and Real Madrid before joining the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1989. A star on multiple international basketball stages, Petrović earned two silver medals (1988, 1992) and one bronze (1984) at the Summer Olympic Games, a gold (1990) and a bronze (1986) at the FIBA World Cup, and a gold (1989) and a bronze (1987) at the FIBA EuroBasket. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dražen Petrović has received more than 4,082,974 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Dražen Petrović is the 11th most popular basketball player (up from 16th in 2019), the 51st most popular biography from Croatia (up from 70th in 2019) and the most popular Croatian Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Dražen Petrović ranks 11 out of 1,757. Before him are Bill Russell, Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant, Dennis Rodman, Jerry West, and Clyde Drexler. After him are Larry Bird, Svetislav Pešić, LeBron James, Pat Riley, Radivoj Korać, and Krešimir Ćosić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Dražen Petrović ranks 40. Before him are Lenny Kravitz, Courtney Love, Gitanas Nausėda, Famke Janssen, Andy Serkis, and Mehriban Aliyeva. After him are Oleksandr Turchynov, Lady Sarah Chatto, Giuseppe Conte, Salvatore Schillaci, Chris Cornell, and C. C. Catch. Among people deceased in 1993, Dražen Petrović ranks 40. Before him are Alexandra of Yugoslavia, Severo Ochoa, Jean Negulesco, Masahiko Kimura, Léon Theremin, and Boris Christoff. After him are Stewart Granger, River Phoenix, Pat Nixon, Jimmy Doolittle, Don Ameche, and Horia Sima.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Dražen Petrović ranks 51 out of 700. Before him are Ante Gotovina (1955), Zoran Milanović (1966), Josip Juraj Strossmayer (1815), Ljudevit Gaj (1809), Pavle, Serbian Patriarch (1914), and Francis, Duke of Teck (1837). After him are Sylva Koscina (1933), Tereza Kesovija (1938), Matthias Flacius (1520), Ivo Josipović (1957), Vladimir Beara (1928), and Felix Weingartner (1863).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Croatia

Among basketball players born in Croatia, Dražen Petrović ranks 1. After him are Krešimir Ćosić (1948), Toni Kukoč (1968), Petar Skansi (1943), Velimir Perasović (1965), Dino Rađa (1967), Aleksandar Petrović (1959), Vinko Jelovac (1948), Andro Knego (1956), Damir Šolman (1948), Stojko Vranković (1964), and Željko Jerkov (1953).

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