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Jānis Krūmiņš

1930 - 1994

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Jānis Krūmiņš (30 January 1930 – 20 November 1994) was a Soviet-Latvian professional basketball player. Helped by his height (about 220 cm, or 7'3"), he was the first giant center that dominated under European baskets, for years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jānis Krūmiņš has received more than 79,900 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Jānis Krūmiņš is the 85th most popular basketball player (up from 89th in 2019), the 107th most popular biography from Latvia (up from 118th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Latvian Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 80k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Jānis Krūmiņš ranks 85 out of 1,757. Before him are Len Bias, Lenny Wilkens, Pau Gasol, Kevin Durant, Dino Rađa, and Paul Arizin. After him are Modestas Paulauskas, Sergio Scariolo, Wes Unseld, Dino Meneghin, Nate Archibald, and Bob McAdoo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Jānis Krūmiņš ranks 315. Before him are Edward Woodward, James Coco, Dawn Addams, Marco Pannella, Yoshinori Shigematsu, and Bradford Dillman. After him are Yuri Rytkheu, Alevtina Kolchina, Albert S. Ruddy, Richard Montague, Wilferd Madelung, and Viktor Tsybulenko. Among people deceased in 1994, Jānis Krūmiņš ranks 191. Before him are Phoumi Vongvichit, Helen Stephens, Maximilian von Edelsheim, Erich Buschenhagen, Ștefan Dobay, and Carlos Lleras Restrepo. After him are Nicky Hopkins, Ralph Ellison, Grigol Abashidze, Lili Damita, Lilia Skala, and Norman Read.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Jānis Krūmiņš ranks 107 out of 323. Before him are Arvīds Jansons (1914), Anatoly Solovyev (1948), Alexander von Keyserling (1815), Morris Halle (1923), Hans-Diedrich von Tiesenhausen (1913), and Johann Gerhard König (1728). After him are Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer (1829), Balys Dvarionas (1904), Walter Zapp (1905), Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Württemberg (1802), Georg August Schweinfurth (1836), and Eduard Tisse (1897).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Latvia

Among basketball players born in Latvia, Jānis Krūmiņš ranks 2. Before him are Cēzars Ozers (1937). After him are Maigonis Valdmanis (1933), Valdis Muižnieks (1935), Valdis Valters (1957), Ainars Bagatskis (1967), Igors Miglinieks (1964), Kristaps Porziņģis (1995), Kaspars Kambala (1978), Dāvis Bertāns (1992), Dairis Bertāns (1989), and Jānis Timma (1992).

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