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Jack Nicklaus

1940 - Today

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Jack William Nicklaus (; born January 21, 1940), nicknamed "the Golden Bear", is an American retired professional golfer and golf course designer. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest golfers of all time. He won 117 professional tournaments in his career. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Nicklaus has received more than 8,210,923 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Nicklaus is the most popular golfer, the 2,617th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,061st in 2019) and the most popular American Golfer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GOLFERS

Among golfers, Jack Nicklaus ranks 1 out of 71. After him are Tiger Woods, Arnold Palmer, Seve Ballesteros, Gary Player, Ben Hogan, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Bernhard Langer, Walter Hagen, Lee Trevino, Sam Snead, and Greg Norman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Jack Nicklaus ranks 149. Before him are Abbas El Fassi, Ruth Dreifuss, Pedro Rodríguez, Louis Pilot, James L. Brooks, and Enrico Bombieri. After him are John Grinder, Linda Gray, James Herbert Brennan, Jan Stráský, John Warnock, and Antonio Skármeta.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Nicklaus ranks 2,617 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Grant Aitken (1864), Billy Ray Cyrus (1961), Barry Nelson (1917), Adrian Smith (1944), Chester Carlson (1906), and Tod Browning (1880). After him are Melissa McCarthy (1970), Marvin Harris (1927), Eleanor F. Helin (1932), Lew Ayres (1908), Drew Barrymore (1975), and A. E. Waite (1857).

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Among GOLFERS In United States

Among golfers born in United States, Jack Nicklaus ranks 1. After him are Tiger Woods (1975), Arnold Palmer (1929), Ben Hogan (1912), Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1911), Walter Hagen (1892), Lee Trevino (1939), Sam Snead (1912), Tom Watson (1949), Byron Nelson (1912), Gene Sarazen (1902), and Phil Mickelson (1970).

American born Golfers

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