1944 - 2006
Ferenc Bene (17 December 1944 – 27 February 2006) was a Hungarian football player of Újpesti Dózsa, who was a member of the team that won the gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. A striker, he was the top scorer of the tournament (12 goals in 5 matches). Bene was born in Balatonújlak. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferenc Bene has received more than 107,476 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Ferenc Bene is the 542nd most popular soccer player (up from 596th in 2019), the 194th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 214th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Hungarian Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Ferenc Bene ranks 542 out of 16,923. Before him are Michihiro Ozawa, Mario Mandžukić, Takeo Takahashi, Yumi Umeoka, Miho Kaneda, and Shigemaru Takenokoshi. After him are Ricardo Quaresma, Edu Coimbra, Dino Sani, Carlos Bianchi, Juan Román Riquelme, and Carlos José Castilho.
1932 - Present
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 536
1986 - Present
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 537
1947 - Present
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 538
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 539
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 540
1906 - 1980
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 541
1944 - 2006
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 542
1983 - Present
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 543
1947 - Present
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 544
1932 - Present
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 545
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 546
1978 - Present
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 547
1927 - 1987
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 548
Among people born in 1944, Ferenc Bene ranks 152. Before him are Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Agnes Baltsa, Stockard Channing, Sirhan Sirhan, Salvador Sánchez Cerén, and Mary Robinson. After him are Gianfranco Ferré, Patrick Devedjian, Carlos Pace, Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, Peter Lindbergh, and John Newcombe. Among people deceased in 2006, Ferenc Bene ranks 93. Before him are Betty Friedan, Ali Farka Touré, Elias Hrawi, María Capovilla, Anna Moffo, and Rudolf Vrba. After him are Coretta Scott King, John Profumo, Prince George William of Hanover, Silva Kaputikyan, Peter Norman, and Billy Preston.
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 146
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 147
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 148
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 149
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 150
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 151
1944 - 2006
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 152
1944 - 2007
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 153
1944 - 2020
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 154
1944 - 1977
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 155
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 156
1944 - 2019
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 157
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 158
1921 - 2006
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 87
1939 - 2006
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 88
1926 - 2006
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 89
1889 - 2006
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 90
1932 - 2006
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 91
1924 - 2006
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 92
1944 - 2006
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 93
1927 - 2006
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 94
1915 - 2006
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 95
1915 - 2006
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 96
1919 - 2006
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 97
1942 - 2006
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 98
1946 - 2006
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 99
Among people born in Hungary, Ferenc Bene ranks 194 out of 696. Before him are Constance of Hungary (1180), Olga Tass (1929), Geraldine of Albania (1915), Ferenc Fricsay (1914), Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary (1817), and Franz Alexander (1891). After him are Adolph Zukor (1873), Géza Maróczy (1870), Lajos Portisch (1937), Nicholas Kaldor (1908), Paul Lukas (1894), and Rudolf E. Kálmán (1930).
1180 - 1240
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 188
1929 - 2020
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 189
1915 - 2002
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 190
1914 - 1963
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 191
1817 - 1867
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 192
1891 - 1964
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 193
1944 - 2006
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 194
1873 - 1976
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 195
1870 - 1951
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 196
1937 - Present
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 197
1908 - 1986
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 198
1894 - 1971
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 199
1930 - 2016
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 200
Among soccer players born in Hungary, Ferenc Bene ranks 18. Before him are Gyula Lóránt (1923), Imre Schlosser (1889), Gyula Zsengellér (1915), Jenő Buzánszky (1925), Mihály Lantos (1928), and László Budai (1928). After him are József Zakariás (1924), János Göröcs (1939), Lajos Tichy (1935), Pál Csernai (1932), Ferenc Plattkó (1898), and Géza Toldi (1909).
1923 - 1981
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 12
1889 - 1959
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 13
1915 - 1999
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 14
1925 - 2015
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 15
1928 - 1989
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 16
1928 - 1983
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 17
1944 - 2006
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 18
1924 - 1971
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 19
1939 - 2020
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 20
1935 - 1999
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 21
1932 - 2013
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 22
1898 - 1983
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 23
1909 - 1985
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 24