INSPIRATION

George Floyd

1973 - 2020

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George Perry Floyd Jr. (October 14, 1973 – May 25, 2020) was an African-American man who was murdered by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during an arrest made after a store clerk suspected Floyd might have used a counterfeit twenty-dollar bill, on May 25, 2020. Derek Chauvin, one of four police officers who arrived on the scene, knelt on Floyd's neck and back for over nine minutes, fatally asphyxiating him. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Floyd has received more than 14,623,344 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). George Floyd is the 6th most popular inspiration (up from 8th in 2019), the 2,228th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,848th in 2019) and the most popular American Inspiration.

Memorability Metrics

  • 15M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INSPIRATIONS

Among inspirations, George Floyd ranks 6 out of 10. Before him are Vlad the Impaler, Eugène François Vidocq, Johann Georg Faust, Alice Liddell, and Joseph Bell. After him are Jack LaLanne, Andrew Wakefield, and Mahsa Amini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, George Floyd ranks 32. Before him are Jim Parsons, Jay-Jay Okocha, Vera Farmiga, Ruslana, Lena Headey, and Robert Pires. After him are Christian Vieri, Varg Vikernes, Monica Seles, Stacey Abrams, Mos Def, and Yorgos Lanthimos. Among people deceased in 2020, George Floyd ranks 119. Before him are John Horton Conway, David Prowse, Bill Withers, Jack Charlton, Benjamin Mkapa, and Daniel arap Moi. After him are Ilija Petković, Wilford Brimley, James Randi, Alejandro Sabella, Harry Gregg, and Mario Bunge.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Floyd ranks 2,228 out of 20,380. Before him are Jonathan Edwards (1703), Glenn Frey (1948), Fredric March (1897), Robert Todd Lincoln (1843), Carly Simon (1945), and Martin Kove (1946). After him are Ray Conniff (1916), Mary Parker Follett (1868), Albert King (1923), Jason Momoa (1979), Terry Riley (1935), and James Tolkan (1931).

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Among INSPIRATIONS In United States

Among inspirations born in United States, George Floyd ranks 1. After him are Jack LaLanne (1914).

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