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Garfield Sobers
1936 - Today
Garfield Sobers
Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers, AO, OCC (born 28 July 1936), also known as Sir Gary or Sir Garry Sobers, is a former Barbadian cricketer who played for the West Indies between 1954 and 1974. A highly skilled bowler, an aggressive batsman and an excellent fielder, he is widely considered to be cricket's greatest ever all-rounder and one of the greatest cricketers of all time. Born in Bridgetown, Barbados, Sobers made his first-class debut for the Barbados cricket team at the age of 16 in 1953, and his Test debut for the West Indies the following year. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Garfield Sobers has received more than 1,857,903 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Garfield Sobers is the 10th most popular cricketer (down from 8th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Barbados (down from 11th in 2019) and the most popular Barbadian Cricketer.
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Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
17
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1.18
Effective Languages (L*)
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Among CRICKETERS
Among cricketers, Garfield Sobers ranks 10 out of 68. Before her are W. G. Grace, MS Dhoni, Kapil Dev, Willie Watson, Alfred Bowerman, and Virat Kohli. After her are Viv Richards, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, Anil Kumble, Bishan Singh Bedi, and Brian Lara.
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W. G. Grace
1848 - 1915
HPI: 40.73
Rank: 4
MS Dhoni
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.47
Rank: 5
Kapil Dev
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.57
Rank: 6
Willie Watson
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HPI: 38.61
Rank: 7
Alfred Bowerman
1873 - 1947
HPI: 38.17
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Virat Kohli
1988 - Present
HPI: 37.83
Rank: 9
Garfield Sobers
1936 - Present
HPI: 35.19
Rank: 10
Viv Richards
1952 - Present
HPI: 34.80
Rank: 11
Rahul Dravid
1973 - Present
HPI: 34.24
Rank: 12
Sourav Ganguly
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.17
Rank: 13
Anil Kumble
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HPI: 32.79
Rank: 14
Bishan Singh Bedi
1946 - 2023
HPI: 31.17
Rank: 15
Brian Lara
1969 - Present
HPI: 30.50
Rank: 16
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1936, Garfield Sobers ranks 495. Before her are Jimmy Ruffin, Peter Swan, Saginaw Grant, Fleur Mellor, Virginia Hamilton, and Freddy Cannon. After her are Sushma Seth, Lucille Clifton, Sue Ane Langdon, John Danforth, Alcee Hastings, and Maurice Setters.
Others Born in 1936
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Jimmy Ruffin
1936 - 2014
HPI: 36.45
Rank: 489
Peter Swan
1936 - 2021
HPI: 36.39
Rank: 490
Saginaw Grant
1936 - 2021
HPI: 36.35
Rank: 491
Fleur Mellor
1936 - Present
HPI: 36.07
Rank: 492
Virginia Hamilton
1936 - 2002
HPI: 35.49
Rank: 493
Freddy Cannon
1936 - Present
HPI: 35.33
Rank: 494
Garfield Sobers
1936 - Present
HPI: 35.19
Rank: 495
Sushma Seth
1936 - Present
HPI: 34.08
Rank: 496
Lucille Clifton
1936 - 2010
HPI: 33.53
Rank: 497
Sue Ane Langdon
1936 - Present
HPI: 33.48
Rank: 498
John Danforth
1936 - Present
HPI: 32.99
Rank: 499
Alcee Hastings
1936 - 2021
HPI: 32.98
Rank: 500
Maurice Setters
1936 - 2020
HPI: 32.08
Rank: 501
In Barbados
Among people born in Barbados, Garfield Sobers ranks 13 out of 17. Before her are Clifford Husbands (1926), Freundel Stuart (1951), Elliott Belgrave (1931), Owen Arthur (1949), Errol Barrow (1920), and Obadele Thompson (1976). After her are Tom Adams (1931), Shontelle (1985), Ryan Brathwaite (1988), and Marita Payne (1960).
Others born in Barbados
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Clifford Husbands
1926 - 2017
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 7
Freundel Stuart
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 8
Elliott Belgrave
1931 - Present
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 9
Owen Arthur
1949 - 2020
HPI: 42.50
Rank: 10
Errol Barrow
1920 - 1987
HPI: 40.67
Rank: 11
Obadele Thompson
1976 - Present
HPI: 39.05
Rank: 12
Garfield Sobers
1936 - Present
HPI: 35.19
Rank: 13
Tom Adams
1931 - 1985
HPI: 34.46
Rank: 14
Shontelle
1985 - Present
HPI: 32.82
Rank: 15
Ryan Brathwaite
1988 - Present
HPI: 28.65
Rank: 16
Marita Payne
1960 - Present
HPI: 25.73
Rank: 17
Among CRICKETERS In Barbados
Among cricketers born in Barbados, Garfield Sobers ranks 1.
