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Jim "Bad News" Barnes

1941 - 2002

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Velvet James Barnes (April 13, 1941 – September 14, 2002), also known as Jim "Bad News" Barnes, was an American basketball player, who was an Olympic Gold Medalist and the No. 1 overall pick of the 1964 NBA draft. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jim "Bad News" Barnes has received more than 45,591 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Jim "Bad News" Barnes is the 419th most popular basketball player (down from 374th in 2019), the 12,812th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,628th in 2019) and the 248th most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 46k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Jim "Bad News" Barnes ranks 419 out of 1,268. Before him are Rick Fox, Igor Rakočević, Shawn Marion, Kyle Lowry, Danilo Gallinari, and Earl Boykins. After him are Tornike Shengelia, Dick Garmaker, John Wall, Marco Belinelli, Kenny Rollins, and Reggie Lewis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Jim "Bad News" Barnes ranks 521. Before him are Earl Young, Mel Winkler, Eddie Rabbitt, Frederick D. Gregory, Arun Shourie, and Ed Bradley. After him are James Clapper, Donna Shalala, Tommy Thompson, Elaine Showalter, Joe Caldwell, and Ben Nelson. Among people deceased in 2002, Jim "Bad News" Barnes ranks 318. Before him are Arthur Owen, Krishan Kant, Jim Crawford, Glenn Quinn, Boris Alexandrov, and Timothy Findley. After him are Jeff Astle, Dolores Gray, Byron White, Teresa Graves, Adele Jergens, and Virginia Hamilton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jim "Bad News" Barnes ranks 12,812 out of 18,182. Before him are Earl Boykins (1976), Callie Khouri (1957), Christopher Lawford (1955), Thomas Hart Benton (1782), Peter Hermann (1967), and Joy Behar (1942). After him are Barney Frank (1940), Joseph Atiyeh (1957), Shelley Fabares (1944), Eddie McClintock (1967), Scott Porter (1979), and Roy D. Bridges Jr. (1943).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Jim "Bad News" Barnes ranks 248. Before him are Derek Harper (1961), Anne Donovan (1961), A. C. Green (1963), Shawn Marion (1978), Kyle Lowry (1986), and Earl Boykins (1976). After him are Dick Garmaker (1932), John Wall (1990), Kenny Rollins (1923), Reggie Lewis (1965), Vinnie Johnson (1956), and Byron Scott (1961).

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