HOCKEY PLAYER

Gordie Howe

1928 - 2016

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Gordon Howe (March 31, 1928 – June 10, 2016) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. From 1946 to 1980, he played 26 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) and six seasons in the World Hockey Association (WHA); his first 25 seasons were spent with the Detroit Red Wings. Nicknamed "Mr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gordie Howe has received more than 4,771,897 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Gordie Howe is the 6th most popular hockey player (down from 3rd in 2019), the 130th most popular biography from Canada (down from 80th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Canadian Hockey Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.8M

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  • 55.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Gordie Howe ranks 6 out of 676. Before him are Wayne Gretzky, Maurice Richard, Vladislav Tretiak, Valeri Kharlamov, and Viktor Tikhonov. After him are Václav Nedomanský, Georges Vézina, Jiří Holeček, Bobby Hull, Jaromír Jágr, and Sergei Makarov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Gordie Howe ranks 183. Before him are Wolfhart Pannenberg, Cécile Aubry, Édouard Molinaro, Emilio Pericoli, Jo Schlesser, and Arnfinn Bergmann. After him are Aleksey Batalov, Bob Cousy, Jack Tramiel, Helen Frankenthaler, Jean Vanier, and Lorna Wing. Among people deceased in 2016, Gordie Howe ranks 139. Before him are Carmen Pereira, Gato Barbieri, Fredrik Barth, Neville Marriner, Maurice White, and Loris Francesco Capovilla. After him are Roger Y. Tsien, Arthur Hiller, Chus Lampreave, Piet de Jong, Anker Jørgensen, and Silvana Pampanini.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Gordie Howe ranks 130 out of 1,622. Before him are Steven Pinker (1954), William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874), Lorne Greene (1915), John Stanley Plaskett (1865), William Osler (1849), and Evangeline Lilly (1979). After him are Arthur Hiller (1923), Ian Stevenson (1918), Joseph Wiseman (1918), Katheryn Winnick (1977), Louis Riel (1844), and Rocky Johnson (1944).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Canada

Among hockey players born in Canada, Gordie Howe ranks 3. Before him are Wayne Gretzky (1961), and Maurice Richard (1921). After him are Georges Vézina (1887), Bobby Hull (1939), Phil Esposito (1942), Mario Lemieux (1965), Henri Richard (1936), Bobby Orr (1948), Guy Lafleur (1951), Marcel Dionne (1951), and Howie Morenz (1902).

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