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Henri Richard

1936 - 2020

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Joseph Henri Richard (February 29, 1936 – March 6, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played centre with the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1955 to 1975. He was nicknamed "Pocket Rocket" after his older brother, Canadiens' legend and fellow Hockey Hall of Famer Maurice "Rocket" Richard. Henri won the Stanley Cup 11 times as a player, the most in NHL history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henri Richard has received more than 822,085 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Henri Richard is the 18th most popular hockey player (up from 20th in 2019), the 277th most popular biography from Canada (down from 270th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Canadian Hockey Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 820k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Henri Richard ranks 18 out of 676. Before him are Sergei Makarov, Stan Mikita, Phil Esposito, Vladimir Petrov, Viacheslav Fetisov, and Mario Lemieux. After him are Bobby Orr, Jiří Holík, Jari Kurri, Igor Larionov, Roman Čechmánek, and Guy Lafleur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Henri Richard ranks 306. Before him are Eva Hesse, Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, Robert Langlands, Zdeněk Mácal, Norman Manea, and Ivo Brešan. After him are Oreste Corbatta, Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim, Jan Němec, Susana Duijm, Ihor Turchyn, and Edward Gibson. Among people deceased in 2020, Henri Richard ranks 324. Before him are Robert Herbin, Mark Blum, Kuniwo Nakamura, Jack Sherman, Tony Allen, and Guido Messina. After him are Paula Kelly, Princess María Teresa of Bourbon-Parma, Rajendra K. Pachauri, Leon Fleisher, Goyo Benito, and Mirza Khazar.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Henri Richard ranks 277 out of 1,622. Before him are Robert Langlands (1936), Roberta Bondar (1945), John Draper (1943), Paul Haggis (1953), Gordon Lightfoot (1938), and Lothaire Bluteau (1957). After him are Marie-Claire Blais (1939), Deborah Kara Unger (1966), David Johnston (1941), Patricia Churchland (1943), Bobby Orr (1948), and André Bessette (1845).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Canada

Among hockey players born in Canada, Henri Richard ranks 8. Before him are Maurice Richard (1921), Gordie Howe (1928), Georges Vézina (1887), Bobby Hull (1939), Phil Esposito (1942), and Mario Lemieux (1965). After him are Bobby Orr (1948), Guy Lafleur (1951), Marcel Dionne (1951), Howie Morenz (1902), Herb Drury (1896), and Ross Cuthbert (1892).

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