1953 - Today
Jean-Marie Pfaff (born 4 December 1953) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper who spent most of his professional career with Beveren and Bayern Munich. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Marie Pfaff has received more than 321,114 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Jean-Marie Pfaff is the 174th most popular soccer player (down from 130th in 2019), the 136th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 117th in 2019) and the most popular Belgian Soccer Player.
Jean-Marie Pfaff is most famous for his contributions to the field of molecular biology, specifically his work on the study of DNA and RNA.
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Among soccer players, Jean-Marie Pfaff ranks 174 out of 16,880. Before him are Masao Nozawa, Karim Benzema, Luis Monti, Luís Figo, Edgar Davids, and Laurent Blanc. After him are Samuel Eto'o, Sergio Ramos, Kevin Keegan, Harald Schumacher, Helmut Schön, and David Villa.
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 168
1987 - Present
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 169
1901 - 1983
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 170
1972 - Present
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 171
1973 - Present
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 172
1965 - Present
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 173
1953 - Present
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 174
1981 - Present
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 175
1986 - Present
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 176
1951 - Present
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 177
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 178
1915 - 1996
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 179
1981 - Present
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 180
Among people born in 1953, Jean-Marie Pfaff ranks 48. Before him are Ron Jeremy, Bill Pullman, Tess Gerritsen, Felix Magath, Paul Krugman, and Alisher Usmanov. After him are Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia, Roberto Bolaño, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Lenín Moreno, David Morse, and Valery Gergiev.
1953 - Present
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 42
1953 - Present
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 43
1953 - Present
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 44
1953 - Present
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 45
1953 - Present
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 46
1953 - Present
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 47
1953 - Present
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 48
1953 - Present
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 49
1953 - 2003
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 50
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 51
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 52
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 53
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 54
Among people born in Belgium, Jean-Marie Pfaff ranks 136 out of 1,019. Before him are Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (1903), David Teniers the Younger (1610), Joseph Plateau (1801), André Grétry (1741), Petrus Plancius (1552), and Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502). After him are Marc Dutroux (1956), Marie of Brabant, Queen of France (1254), Lara Fabian (1970), Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne (1735), Louis II, Count of Flanders (1330), and Chantal Mouffe (1943).
1903 - 1983
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 130
1610 - 1690
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 131
1801 - 1883
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 132
1741 - 1813
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 133
1552 - 1622
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 134
1502 - 1550
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 135
1953 - Present
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 136
1956 - Present
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 137
1254 - 1322
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 138
1970 - Present
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 139
1735 - 1814
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 140
1330 - 1384
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 141
1943 - Present
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 142
Among soccer players born in Belgium, Jean-Marie Pfaff ranks 1. After him are Michel Preud'homme (1959), Paul Van Himst (1943), Jan Ceulemans (1957), Wilfried Van Moer (1945), Romelu Lukaku (1993), Herbert Wimmer (1944), Thibaut Courtois (1992), Eden Hazard (1991), Enzo Scifo (1966), Marc Wilmots (1969), and Jean-Marc Bosman (1964).
1953 - Present
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 1
1959 - Present
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 2
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 3
1957 - Present
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 4
1945 - 2021
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 5
1993 - Present
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 6
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 7
1992 - Present
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 8
1991 - Present
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 9
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 10
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 11
1964 - Present
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 12