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Jaak Lipso

1940 - 2023

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Jaak Lipso (18 April 1940 – 3 March 2023) was an Estonian professional basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union. He is the only Estonian basketball player who has won two medals at the Olympic Games. Lipso also won two medals at the FIBA World Championship and was a three-time Eurobasket champion with the Soviet Union national basketball team. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jaak Lipso has received more than 27,899 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jaak Lipso is the 168th most popular basketball player (down from 132nd in 2019), the 160th most popular biography from Estonia (down from 131st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Estonian Basketball Player.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Jaak Lipso ranks 168 out of 1,268. Before him are John Kundla, Paul Pierce, Predrag Danilović, Panagiotis Giannakis, Rick Carlisle, and Spud Webb. After him are Klay Thompson, Raúl Fernández, Sasha Vujačić, Chuck Cooper, Chris Mullin, and Žan Tabak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Jaak Lipso ranks 451. Before him are K. J. Yesudas, James Gammon, Luis Ubiña, Alberto Fouilloux, Mariette Hartley, and Edmund White. After him are Willi Holdorf, Arthur Alexander, S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan, Wolfgang Paul, Dorrit Willumsen, and Daniel J. Travanti. Among people deceased in 2023, Jaak Lipso ranks 323. Before him are Jerónimo Saavedra, Friedel Lutz, Simone Segouin, Alexei Starobinsky, Juan Carlos Sarnari, and Superstar Billy Graham. After him are Charles W. Misner, Telesphore Toppo, Karol J. Bobko, Nikica Valentić, Cindy Williams, and Gérard Collomb.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Jaak Lipso ranks 160 out of 310. Before him are Erki Nool (1970), Silvi Vrait (1951), Heinrich Mark (1911), Viivi Luik (1946), Heino Kruus (1926), and August Gailit (1891). After him are Anne Veski (1956), Mihkel Veske (1843), Paul-Eerik Rummo (1942), Juhan Parts (1966), Markko Märtin (1975), and Kalevi Kotkas (1913).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Estonia

Among basketball players born in Estonia, Jaak Lipso ranks 3. Before him are Joann Lõssov (1921) and Heino Kruus (1926). After him are Tiit Sokk (1964), Martin Müürsepp (1974), and Kristjan Kangur (1982).

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