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Gary Player

1935 - Today

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Gary James Player (born 1 November 1935) is a South African retired professional golfer who is widely considered to be one of the greatest golfers of all time. During his career, Player won nine major championships on the regular tour and nine major championships on the Champions Tour. At the age of 29, Player won the 1965 U.S. Open and became the only non-American to win all four majors in a career, known as the career Grand Slam. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gary Player has received more than 3,234,898 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Gary Player is the 5th most popular golfer, the 93rd most popular biography from South Africa (down from 82nd in 2019) and the most popular South African Golfer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GOLFERS

Among golfers, Gary Player ranks 5 out of 71. Before him are Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Arnold Palmer, and Seve Ballesteros. After him are Ben Hogan, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Bernhard Langer, Walter Hagen, Lee Trevino, Sam Snead, and Greg Norman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Gary Player ranks 293. Before him are Hrvoje Šarinić, Paul Goma, Theodor Hoffmann, Bobby Morrow, John Patrick Foley, and Percy Adlon. After him are Don McCullin, Barbara Harris, Rosenda Monteros, Géza Alföldy, Alfrēds Rubiks, and Sandy Koufax.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Gary Player ranks 93 out of 454. Before him are Helen Suzman (1917), J. G. Strijdom (1893), Claude Chevalley (1909), Rudolph Lewis (1887), Basil van Rooyen (1939), and Breyten Breytenbach (1939). After him are Eben Dönges (1898), Deon Meyer (1958), Ingrid Jonker (1933), Chris Hani (1942), Ted Moore (1914), and Peter de Klerk (1935).

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Among GOLFERS In South Africa

Among golfers born in South Africa, Gary Player ranks 1. After him are Nick Price (1957), Ernie Els (1969), Justin Rose (1980), Louis Oosthuizen (1982), Charl Schwartzel (1984), and Trevor Immelman (1979).

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