Baseball Player

Joe DiMaggio

American baseball player

1914 - 1999

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Joe DiMaggio

His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2024). Joe DiMaggio is the most popular baseball player (up from 2nd in 2024), the 827th most popular biography from United States (down from 782nd in 2019) and the most popular American Baseball Player.

Joe DiMaggio is most famous for being a member of the New York Yankees and for his 56-game hitting streak in 1941.

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1.3M

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Past 12 months

71.22

HPI

Historical Popularity Index

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Joe DiMaggio is the top-ranked of all 162 Baseball Players in Pantheon worldwide.

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Joe DiMaggio's biography appears in 45 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 96% of all Baseball Players.

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Among Baseball Players

Among baseball players, Joe DiMaggio ranks 1 out of 162. After him are Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Lou Gehrig, Sadaharu Oh, Cy Young, Hank Aaron, Alexander Cartwright, Ty Cobb, Ichiro Suzuki, Willie Mays, and Ted Williams.

Most Popular Baseball Players in Wikipedia

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Joe DiMaggio
1914 - 1999
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 1
Babe Ruth
1895 - 1948
HPI: 70.10
Rank: 2
Jackie Robinson
1919 - 1972
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 3
Lou Gehrig
1903 - 1941
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 4
Sadaharu Oh
1940 - Present
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 5
Cy Young
1867 - 1955
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 6
Hank Aaron
1934 - 2021
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 7
Alexander Cartwright
1820 - 1892
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 8
Ty Cobb
1886 - 1961
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 9
Ichiro Suzuki
1973 - Present
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 10
Willie Mays
1931 - 2024
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 11
Ted Williams
1918 - 2002
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 12

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Joe DiMaggio ranks 28. Before him are William S. Burroughs, Karl Carstens, Willi Stoph, Bohumil Hrabal, Lída Baarová, and Abd al-Karim Qasim. After him are Joe Louis, Max Perutz, Aribert Heim, Demetrios I of Constantinople, William Vickrey, and Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover. Among people deceased in 1999, Joe DiMaggio ranks 24. Before him are Anatoliy Solovianenko, Robert Bresson, Willi Stoph, Glenn T. Seaborg, Wilt Chamberlain, and Georgios Papadopoulos. After him are Trygve Haavelmo, Oliver Reed, Gerhard Herzberg, Julius Nyerere, Iris Murdoch, and Jerzy Grotowski.

Others Born in 1914

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William S. Burroughs
WRITER
1914 - 1997
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 22
Karl Carstens
POLITICIAN
1914 - 1992
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 23
Willi Stoph
POLITICIAN
1914 - 1999
HPI: 71.80
Rank: 24
Bohumil Hrabal
WRITER
1914 - 1997
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 25
Lída Baarová
ACTOR
1914 - 2000
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 26
Abd al-Karim Qasim
POLITICIAN
1914 - 1963
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 27
Joe DiMaggio
BASEBALL PLAYER
1914 - 1999
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 28
Joe Louis
BOXER
1914 - 1981
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 29
Max Perutz
CHEMIST
1914 - 2002
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 30
Aribert Heim
PHYSICIAN
1914 - 1992
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 31
Demetrios I of Constantinople
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1914 - 1991
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 32
William Vickrey
ECONOMIST
1914 - 1996
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 33
Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover
POLITICIAN
1914 - 1987
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 34