SOCCER PLAYER

Eudy Simelane

1977 - 2008

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Eudy Simelane (11 March 1977 – 28 April 2008) was a South African footballer who played for the South African national team and was an LGBT rights activist. She was one of the first lesbian women to live openly in KwaThema, Springs, Gauteng. Because of this, she was murdered on April 28, 2008. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eudy Simelane has received more than 249,748 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Eudy Simelane is the 9,443rd most popular soccer player (down from 9,358th in 2019), the 292nd most popular biography from South Africa (down from 260th in 2019) and the 20th most popular South African Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Eudy Simelane ranks 9,443 out of 21,273. Before her are Ró-Ró, René Marsiglia, José Luis Palomino, Felipe Jorge Loureiro, Kasper Bøgelund, and Gunnar Nielsen. After her are Dario Knežević, José Luis Carranza, Bakaye Traoré, Marko Grujić, Kim Yong-dae, and Ladislav Krejčí.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Eudy Simelane ranks 595. Before her are Randy Harrison, Marguerite Moreau, Makoto Sunakawa, Steve Francis, Nicolas Cazalé, and Felipe Jorge Loureiro. After her are Maria Cioncan, Yaki Kadafi, Tobias Lindholm, Haruko Momoi, Alexandra Holden, and Rinaldo Nocentini. Among people deceased in 2008, Eudy Simelane ranks 396. Before her are Alexey Prokurorov, Larry Norman, Hrvoje Ćustić, Karen Asrian, François Sterchele, and Malalai Kakar. After her are G. David Low, Es'kia Mphahlele, Tim Russert, György Kolonics, Bill Brown, and Jacob Lekgetho.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Eudy Simelane ranks 292 out of 454. Before her are Kandyse McClure (1980), Shaun Bartlett (1972), Josia Thugwane (1971), Kumi Naidoo (1965), Jonathan Liebesman (1976), and Eben Etzebeth (1991). After her are Kelsey-Lee Barber (1991), Ernie Els (1969), Zozibini Tunzi (1993), Neil Turok (1958), Hector Pieterson (1963), and Frantz Kruger (1975).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In South Africa

Among soccer players born in South Africa, Eudy Simelane ranks 20. Before her are Pierre Issa (1975), John Moshoeu (1965), Anele Ngcongca (1987), Matthew Booth (1977), Doctor Khumalo (1967), and Shaun Bartlett (1972). After her are Sibusiso Zuma (1975), Delron Buckley (1977), Mark Fish (1974), Siyabonga Nomvethe (1977), Percy Tau (1994), and Jacob Lekgetho (1974).

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