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Evel Knievel

1938 - 2007

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Robert Craig Knievel (October 17, 1938 – November 30, 2007), known professionally as Evel Knievel (), was an American stunt performer and entertainer. Throughout his career, he attempted more than 75 ramp-to-ramp motorcycle jumps. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Evel Knievel has received more than 10,295,437 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Evel Knievel is the 1,049th most popular painter (down from 978th in 2019), the 3,384th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,407th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular American Painter.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 53.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Evel Knievel ranks 1,049 out of 2,023Before him are Li Tang, Lucas van Valckenborch, Polidoro da Caravaggio, Iaia, Alberto Burri, and Jean-François Raffaëlli. After him are Aelbrecht Bouts, Jan Miense Molenaer, Niccolò Antonio Colantonio, Othon Friesz, Bartolomé Bermejo, and Wu Zhen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Evel Knievel ranks 200Before him are Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, Liya Akhedzhakova, Lindsay Kemp, Altair Gomes de Figueiredo, Zbigniew Religa, and Daniel Buren. After him are Nieves Navarro, Günter Brus, Chas Chandler, Ove Andersson, Tatsuya Shiji, and Ralph Bakshi. Among people deceased in 2007, Evel Knievel ranks 142Before him are Bauer, Ichiji Otani, Alfonso López Michelsen, Fons Rademakers, Antonio Puerta, and Andrej Kvašňák. After him are Soe Win, Holden Roberto, George Tabori, Marianne Fredriksson, Manuel Bento, and Reg Park.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Evel Knievel ranks 3,384 out of 20,380Before him are Adolphe Menjou (1890), Michael Cunningham (1952), David Riesman (1909), Josh Hartnett (1978), Mariska Hargitay (1964), and Matthew Fox (1966). After him are Douglas Tompkins (1943), Chris Tucker (1971), Ma Rainey (1886), George Pullman (1831), Tom Hulce (1953), and Philip Kaufman (1936).

Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Evel Knievel ranks 43Before him are James Turrell (1943), Lee Krasner (1908), Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823), Winslow Homer (1836), Franz Kline (1910), and Benjamin West (1738). After him are Barbara Kruger (1945), Gilbert Stuart (1755), Richard Estes (1932), Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (1844), Robert Motherwell (1915), and Sam Francis (1923).