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Jean Béliveau

1931 - 2014

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Joseph Jean Arthur Béliveau (August 31, 1931 – December 2, 2014) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played parts of 20 seasons with the National Hockey League's (NHL) Montreal Canadiens from 1950 to 1971. Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1972, "Le Gros Bill" Béliveau is widely regarded as one of the ten greatest NHL players of all time. Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Béliveau first played professionally in the Quebec Major Hockey League (QMHL). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Béliveau has received more than 650,893 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Jean Béliveau is the 11,568th most popular politician (down from 10,468th in 2019), the 201st most popular biography from Canada (down from 185th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Canadian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 650k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Jean Béliveau has had the most page views in the with 71,914 views, followed by French (22,580), and Russian (9,046). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Scots (138.28%), Simple English (49.61%), and Hungarian (47.45%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jean Béliveau ranks 11,568 out of 19,576. Before him are Cædwalla of Wessex, Sayed Morad Khan, Meskalamdug, Avetis Aharonian, Isaac Komnenos, and Margaritus of Brindisi. After him are Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, Tallis Obed Moses, Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin, Edzard I, Count of East Frisia, Park Won-soon, and Polydorus of Sparta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Jean Béliveau ranks 248. Before him are Ingvar Wixell, Dino da Costa, Moira Orfei, Nílton de Sordi, Mustafa Dağıstanlı, and Lê Khả Phiêu. After him are Ruy Guerra, Bernard Francis Law, Bruno Mattei, David Eddings, Hana Brady, and Tosiwo Nakayama. Among people deceased in 2014, Jean Béliveau ranks 174. Before him are Michael Sata, Carmelo Simeone, Josep Seguer, Sulejman Tihić, Marinho Chagas, and Valeriya Novodvorskaya. After him are Ante Žanetić, Paul Mazursky, On Kawara, Harun Farocki, Pierre Bec, and Christophe de Margerie.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Jean Béliveau ranks 201 out of 1,622. Before him are Oliver Platt (1960), René Lévesque (1922), Cindy Breakspeare (1954), Harold Innis (1894), Tommy Chong (1938), and Peter North (1957). After him are Maud Menten (1879), Chris Benoit (1967), Henry Clinton (1730), Philip Guston (1913), Joanna Shimkus (1943), and Ethel Smith (1907).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, Jean Béliveau ranks 15. Before him are William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874), Louis Riel (1844), Wilfrid Laurier (1841), Brian Mulroney (1939), Stephen Harper (1959), and René Lévesque (1922). After him are John T. Dunlap (1957), Kim Campbell (1947), Louis St. Laurent (1882), David Johnston (1941), Joe Clark (1939), and Terry Sawchuk (1929).

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