1945 - 2014
Gheorghe "Ghiţă" Licu (1 December 1945 – 8 April 2014) was a Romanian handball pivot player. Between 1966 and 1976 he capped 197 times for the national team and scored 328 goals, winning world titles in 1970 and 1974 and Olympic medals in 1972 and 1976. Domestically he played his entire career from 1964 to 1980 for Dinamo Bucuresti, winning the national titles in 1965, 1966 and 1978 and the Romanian Cup in 1979. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ghiță Licu has received more than 9,011 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ghiță Licu is the 1,304th most popular athlete, the 430th most popular biography from Romania and the 15th most popular Romanian Athlete.
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Among athletes, Ghiță Licu ranks 1,304 out of 3,059. Before him are Leroy Burrell, Mark Midler, Aladár Kovácsi, Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu, James Rector, and Marjorie Clark. After him are Lidiya Alfeyeva, Vincenzo Cuccia, Kurt Wires, Bob Richards, Tiina Lillak, and Joseph Stadler.
1967 - Present
HPI: 41.72
Rank: 1,298
1931 - 2012
HPI: 41.69
Rank: 1,299
1932 - 2010
HPI: 41.68
Rank: 1,300
1962 - Present
HPI: 41.68
Rank: 1,301
1884 - 1949
HPI: 41.68
Rank: 1,302
1909 - 1993
HPI: 41.67
Rank: 1,303
1945 - 2014
HPI: 41.66
Rank: 1,304
1946 - 2022
HPI: 41.65
Rank: 1,305
1892 - 1979
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 1,306
1919 - 1992
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 1,307
1926 - 2023
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 1,308
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.62
Rank: 1,309
1880 - 1950
HPI: 41.62
Rank: 1,310
Among people born in 1945, Ghiță Licu ranks 500. Before him are Roger C. Field, Cliff DeYoung, Uri Rosenthal, Christian Noël, Daniel Ona Ondo, and César Maluco. After him are Rick Berman, Ousmane Issoufi Maïga, Henrik Nordbrandt, Ewa Lipska, Terence Davies, and Avi Shlaim. Among people deceased in 2014, Ghiță Licu ranks 418. Before him are Jan Werner, Don Keefer, André Buffière, Stanisław Barańczak, Iñaki Azkuna, and Rinnat Safin. After him are Efua Dorkenoo, Fyodor Cherenkov, Mae Young, L'Wren Scott, Kate O'Mara, and Akkineni Nageswara Rao.
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.89
Rank: 494
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.88
Rank: 495
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 496
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.81
Rank: 497
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.67
Rank: 498
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.66
Rank: 499
1945 - 2014
HPI: 41.66
Rank: 500
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.52
Rank: 501
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 502
1945 - 2023
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 503
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 504
1945 - 2023
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 505
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.34
Rank: 506
1946 - 2014
HPI: 42.15
Rank: 412
1916 - 2014
HPI: 42.14
Rank: 413
1922 - 2014
HPI: 42.13
Rank: 414
1946 - 2014
HPI: 42.10
Rank: 415
1943 - 2014
HPI: 42.10
Rank: 416
1940 - 2014
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 417
1945 - 2014
HPI: 41.66
Rank: 418
1949 - 2014
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 419
1959 - 2014
HPI: 41.57
Rank: 420
1923 - 2014
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 421
1964 - 2014
HPI: 41.32
Rank: 422
1939 - 2014
HPI: 41.29
Rank: 423
1923 - 2014
HPI: 41.23
Rank: 424
Among people born in Romania, Ghiță Licu ranks 430 out of 665. Before him are Gabriel Popescu (1973), Dorin Mateuț (1965), Ștefan Rusu (1956), Pavel Badea (1967), Alexandru Cuedan (1910), and Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu (1962). After him are Paula Ivan (1963), Gabriela Szabo (1975), Vasile Andrei (1955), Sorin Grindeanu (1973), Constantin Alexandru (1953), and Ion Negoițescu (1921).
1973 - Present
HPI: 42.35
Rank: 424
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 425
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 426
1967 - Present
HPI: 42.13
Rank: 427
1910 - 1976
HPI: 42.12
Rank: 428
1962 - Present
HPI: 41.68
Rank: 429
1945 - 2014
HPI: 41.66
Rank: 430
1963 - Present
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 431
1975 - Present
HPI: 41.39
Rank: 432
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.37
Rank: 433
1973 - Present
HPI: 41.24
Rank: 434
1953 - 2014
HPI: 41.12
Rank: 435
1921 - 1993
HPI: 40.99
Rank: 436
Among athletes born in Romania, Ghiță Licu ranks 15. Before him are Argentina Menis (1948), Ileana Silai (1941), Valeriu Bularca (1931), Valeria Bufanu (1946), Leon Rotman (1934), and Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu (1962). After him are Paula Ivan (1963), Gabriela Szabo (1975), Constantin Alexandru (1953), Vali Ionescu (1960), Toma Simionov (1955), and Elena Horvat (1958).
1948 - 2023
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 9
1941 - Present
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 10
1931 - 2017
HPI: 43.47
Rank: 11
1946 - Present
HPI: 42.51
Rank: 12
1934 - Present
HPI: 42.47
Rank: 13
1962 - Present
HPI: 41.68
Rank: 14
1945 - 2014
HPI: 41.66
Rank: 15
1963 - Present
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 16
1975 - Present
HPI: 41.39
Rank: 17
1953 - 2014
HPI: 41.12
Rank: 18
1960 - Present
HPI: 38.48
Rank: 19
1955 - Present
HPI: 38.44
Rank: 20
1958 - Present
HPI: 38.37
Rank: 21