RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Jacques Plante

1929 - 1986

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Joseph Jacques Omer Plante (French pronunciation: [ʒɑk plɑ̃t]; January 17, 1929 – February 27, 1986) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. During a career lasting from 1947 to 1975, he was considered to be one of the most important innovators in hockey. He played for the Montreal Canadiens from 1953 to 1963; during his tenure, the team won the Stanley Cup six times, including five consecutive wins. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Plante has received more than 915,507 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Jacques Plante is the 2,582nd most popular religious figure (down from 2,256th in 2019), the 335th most popular biography from Canada (down from 305th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Canadian Religious Figure.

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  • 920k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Jacques Plante ranks 2,582 out of 3,187. Before him are Domenico Agostini, Mother Angelica, Pope Agrippinus of Alexandria, Reza Hosseini Nassab, Emmanuel Célestin Suhard, and Adalbero of Reims. After him are Carlo Acutis, Michel Aupetit, Eric of Friuli, François Marty, Vilmos Apor, and Giuseppe Caprio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Jacques Plante ranks 348. Before him are John Hejduk, Avet Terterian, Elizabeth Roemer, Naima Akef, David Doyle, and Vyacheslav Ivanov. After him are Richard Lewontin, Mithat Bayrak, Harry Blanchard, John Julius Norwich, Otar Patsatsia, and Bazilio Olara-Okello. Among people deceased in 1986, Jacques Plante ranks 190. Before him are Kunio Maekawa, Aleksei Arbuzov, Hyman G. Rickover, Ludwig Biermann, Leif Erickson, and Reinhold Münzenberg. After him are André Tassin, Herbert Runge, Eino Leino, Constantin Stanciu, John Alcott, and Gerhard Rohlfs.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Jacques Plante ranks 335 out of 1,622. Before him are David Suzuki (1936), Susan Clark (1943), Mary Harron (1953), Rick Danko (1943), Carole Laure (1948), and Jacques Villeneuve (1953). After him are Harriet Brooks (1876), Michael Sarrazin (1940), George London (1920), Mary Pierce (1975), Samuel Cunard (1787), and George Chuvalo (1937).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Canada

Among religious figures born in Canada, Jacques Plante ranks 4. Before him are Marc Ouellet (1944), Gaëtan Dugas (1952), and André Bessette (1845). After him are Jean-Claude Turcotte (1936), Aimee Semple McPherson (1890), Gérald Lacroix (1957), Thomas Christopher Collins (1947), Paul Grégoire (1911), Charles Scicluna (1959), Hilarion Kapral (1948), and Charles Coughlin (1891).

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