TABLE TENNIS PLAYER
Jan-Ove Waldner
1965 - Today
Jan-Ove Waldner
Jan-Ove Waldner (Swedish: [ˈjɑːn uːvɛ ˈvǎldnɛr]; born 3 October 1965), in Sweden commonly J-O Waldner (Swedish: [ˈjiː uː]), is a Swedish former professional table tennis player. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan-Ove Waldner has received more than 765,577 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Jan-Ove Waldner is the 2nd most popular table tennis player (down from 1st in 2019), the 263rd most popular biography from Sweden (up from 294th in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Table Tennis Player.
Memorability Metrics
770k
Page Views (PV)
63.25
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
36
Languages Editions (L)
10.06
Effective Languages (L*)
2.15
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among TABLE TENNIS PLAYERS
Among table tennis players, Jan-Ove Waldner ranks 2 out of 107. Before him are Angelica Rozeanu. After him are Roland Jacobi, Mária Mednyánszky, Timo Boll, Zhuang Zedong, Jörgen Persson, Richard Bergmann, Miklós Szabados, Zoltán Mechlovits, Anna Sipos, and Zoltán Berczik.
Most Popular Table Tennis Players in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsAngelica Rozeanu
1921 - 2006
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 1
Jan-Ove Waldner
1965 - Present
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 2
Roland Jacobi
1893 - 1951
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 3
Mária Mednyánszky
1901 - 1978
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 4
Timo Boll
1981 - Present
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 5
Zhuang Zedong
1940 - 2013
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 6
Jörgen Persson
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 7
Richard Bergmann
1919 - Present
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 8
Miklós Szabados
1912 - 1962
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 9
Zoltán Mechlovits
1891 - 1951
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 10
Anna Sipos
1908 - 1988
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 11
Zoltán Berczik
1937 - 2011
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 12
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1965, Jan-Ove Waldner ranks 46. Before him are Jürgen Kohler, Chris Rock, The Undertaker, Andrea M. Ghez, Lucinda Riley, and Elizabeth Hurley. After him are Connie Nielsen, Lennox Lewis, Raí, Vahide Perçin, Fumihito, Prince Akishino, and Vinnie Jones.
Others Born in 1965
Go to all RankingsJürgen Kohler
SOCCER PLAYER
1965 - Present
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 40
Chris Rock
COMEDIAN
1965 - Present
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 41
The Undertaker
WRESTLER
1965 - Present
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 42
Andrea M. Ghez
ASTRONOMER
1965 - Present
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 43
Lucinda Riley
WRITER
1965 - 2021
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 44
Elizabeth Hurley
ACTOR
1965 - Present
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 45
Jan-Ove Waldner
TABLE TENNIS PLAYER
1965 - Present
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 46
Connie Nielsen
ACTOR
1965 - Present
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 47
Lennox Lewis
BOXER
1965 - Present
HPI: 63.07
Rank: 48
Raí
SOCCER PLAYER
1965 - Present
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 49
Vahide Perçin
ACTOR
1965 - Present
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 50
Fumihito, Prince Akishino
NOBLEMAN
1965 - Present
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 51
Vinnie Jones
ACTOR
1965 - Present
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 52
In Sweden
Among people born in Sweden, Jan-Ove Waldner ranks 263 out of 1,879. Before him are Elizabeth Stride (1843), Göran Persson (1949), Stig Anderson (1931), Ove Kindvall (1943), Blot-Sweyn (1001), and Stefan Edberg (1966). After him are Håkan Nesser (1950), Björn Waldegård (1943), Johann Patkul (1660), Carl Adolph Agardh (1785), Gideon Sundback (1880), and Torsten Wiesel (1924).
Others born in Sweden
Go to all RankingsElizabeth Stride
CELEBRITY
1843 - 1888
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 257
Göran Persson
POLITICIAN
1949 - Present
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 258
Stig Anderson
MUSICIAN
1931 - 1997
HPI: 63.46
Rank: 259
Ove Kindvall
SOCCER PLAYER
1943 - Present
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 260
Blot-Sweyn
POLITICIAN
1001 - 1087
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 261
Stefan Edberg
TENNIS PLAYER
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 262
Jan-Ove Waldner
TABLE TENNIS PLAYER
1965 - Present
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 263
Håkan Nesser
WRITER
1950 - Present
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 264
Björn Waldegård
RACING DRIVER
1943 - 2014
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 265
Johann Patkul
POLITICIAN
1660 - 1707
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 266
Carl Adolph Agardh
POLITICIAN
1785 - 1859
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 267
Gideon Sundback
INVENTOR
1880 - 1954
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 268
Torsten Wiesel
PHYSICIAN
1924 - Present
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 269
Among TABLE TENNIS PLAYERS In Sweden
Among table tennis players born in Sweden, Jan-Ove Waldner ranks 1. After him are Jörgen Persson (1966), Stellan Bengtsson (1952), Kjell Johansson (1946), Mikael Appelgren (1961), Erik Lindh (1964), Ulf Bengtsson (1960), Peter Karlsson (1969), and Kristian Karlsson (1991).
Jan-Ove Waldner
1965 - Present
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 1
Jörgen Persson
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 2
Stellan Bengtsson
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 3
Kjell Johansson
1946 - 2011
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 4
Mikael Appelgren
1961 - Present
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 5
Erik Lindh
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 6
Ulf Bengtsson
1960 - 2019
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 7
Peter Karlsson
1969 - Present
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 8
Kristian Karlsson
1991 - Present
HPI: 40.75
Rank: 9