1911 - 1993
Joe Cephis Fortenberry (April 1, 1911 – June 3, 1993) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was a captain of the American basketball team, which won the gold medal in the first Olympics to include basketball. After college, Fortenberry played for the Ogden Boosters in Utah, and then with the McPherson Oilers in McPherson, Kansas. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Fortenberry has received more than 74,302 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Joe Fortenberry is the 297th most popular basketball player (down from 260th in 2019), the 11,271st most popular biography from United States (down from 9,989th in 2019) and the 179th most popular American Basketball Player.
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Among basketball players, Joe Fortenberry ranks 297 out of 1,268. Before him are Sam Balter, Greg Oden, Nikola Mirotić, Satch Sanders, John Paxson, and Marko Jarić. After him are Jimmy Butler, Serge Ibaka, Boris Diaw, Danny Ainge, LaMarcus Aldridge, and Nikola Jokić.
1909 - 1998
HPI: 39.61
Rank: 291
1988 - Present
HPI: 39.57
Rank: 292
1991 - Present
HPI: 39.53
Rank: 293
1938 - Present
HPI: 39.52
Rank: 294
1960 - Present
HPI: 39.46
Rank: 295
1978 - Present
HPI: 39.41
Rank: 296
1911 - 1993
HPI: 39.41
Rank: 297
1989 - Present
HPI: 39.40
Rank: 298
1989 - Present
HPI: 39.29
Rank: 299
1982 - Present
HPI: 39.28
Rank: 300
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.26
Rank: 301
1985 - Present
HPI: 39.22
Rank: 302
1995 - Present
HPI: 39.17
Rank: 303
Among people born in 1911, Joe Fortenberry ranks 349. Before him are Foy Draper, Hugh Marlowe, Ruth Ford, Joseph Pevney, Maribel Vinson, and Vaughn Monroe. After him are Jean Muir, Fe del Mundo, Anthony Boucher, Ben Alexander, Gail Patrick, and Martin Gabel. Among people deceased in 1993, Joe Fortenberry ranks 266. Before him are Irene Sharaff, Clifford Jordan, Hap Sharp, Karl Gordon Henize, Ruby Keeler, and Viola Myers. After him are Charles Adkins, Bob Crosby, Archie Williams, Penaia Ganilau, Jón Páll Sigmarsson, and Agnes de Mille.
1911 - 1943
HPI: 40.25
Rank: 343
1911 - 1982
HPI: 40.14
Rank: 344
1911 - 2009
HPI: 40.07
Rank: 345
1911 - 2008
HPI: 40.02
Rank: 346
1911 - 1961
HPI: 39.85
Rank: 347
1911 - 1973
HPI: 39.81
Rank: 348
1911 - 1993
HPI: 39.41
Rank: 349
1911 - 1996
HPI: 39.40
Rank: 350
1911 - 2011
HPI: 38.84
Rank: 351
1911 - 1968
HPI: 38.77
Rank: 352
1911 - 1969
HPI: 38.25
Rank: 353
1911 - 1980
HPI: 37.96
Rank: 354
1911 - 1986
HPI: 37.13
Rank: 355
1910 - 1993
HPI: 40.51
Rank: 260
1931 - 1993
HPI: 40.37
Rank: 261
1928 - 1993
HPI: 40.16
Rank: 262
1926 - 1993
HPI: 40.12
Rank: 263
1909 - 1993
HPI: 40.07
Rank: 264
1927 - 1993
HPI: 39.93
Rank: 265
1911 - 1993
HPI: 39.41
Rank: 266
1932 - 1993
HPI: 39.16
Rank: 267
1913 - 1993
HPI: 38.67
Rank: 268
1915 - 1993
HPI: 38.20
Rank: 269
1918 - 1993
HPI: 38.13
Rank: 270
1960 - 1993
HPI: 38.13
Rank: 271
1905 - 1993
HPI: 37.88
Rank: 272
Among people born in United States, Joe Fortenberry ranks 11,271 out of 18,182. Before him are E. Allen Emerson (1954), Butch Reynolds (1964), Faith Evans (1973), Gene Fullmer (1931), Tony Ferguson (1984), and Virginia Brown Faire (1904). After him are Norman Podhoretz (1930), Shepard Fairey (1970), Wayne Kramer (1948), Robb Flynn (1967), Charlie Ruggles (1886), and Susan Saint James (1946).
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.41
Rank: 11,265
1964 - Present
HPI: 39.41
Rank: 11,266
1973 - Present
HPI: 39.41
Rank: 11,267
1931 - 2015
HPI: 39.41
Rank: 11,268
1984 - Present
HPI: 39.41
Rank: 11,269
1904 - 1980
HPI: 39.41
Rank: 11,270
1911 - 1993
HPI: 39.41
Rank: 11,271
1930 - Present
HPI: 39.40
Rank: 11,272
1970 - Present
HPI: 39.40
Rank: 11,273
1948 - Present
HPI: 39.40
Rank: 11,274
1967 - Present
HPI: 39.40
Rank: 11,275
1886 - 1970
HPI: 39.40
Rank: 11,276
1946 - Present
HPI: 39.40
Rank: 11,277
Among basketball players born in United States, Joe Fortenberry ranks 179. Before him are Mitch Richmond (1965), Anthony Davis (1993), Sam Balter (1909), Greg Oden (1988), Satch Sanders (1938), and John Paxson (1960). After him are Jimmy Butler (1989), Danny Ainge (1959), LaMarcus Aldridge (1985), Connie Hawkins (1942), Glen Rice (1967), and Cliff Barker (1921).
1965 - Present
HPI: 39.70
Rank: 173
1993 - Present
HPI: 39.67
Rank: 174
1909 - 1998
HPI: 39.61
Rank: 175
1988 - Present
HPI: 39.57
Rank: 176
1938 - Present
HPI: 39.52
Rank: 177
1960 - Present
HPI: 39.46
Rank: 178
1911 - 1993
HPI: 39.41
Rank: 179
1989 - Present
HPI: 39.40
Rank: 180
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.26
Rank: 181
1985 - Present
HPI: 39.22
Rank: 182
1942 - 2017
HPI: 39.10
Rank: 183
1967 - Present
HPI: 39.08
Rank: 184
1921 - 1998
HPI: 39.04
Rank: 185