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John Havlicek

1940 - 2019

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John Joseph Havlicek ( HAV-lih-chek; April 8, 1940 – April 25, 2019) was an American professional basketball player who spent his entire career with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A swingman, Havlicek played collegiate basketball for the Ohio State Buckeyes from 1959 to 1962, winning an NCAA championship in 1960. He was drafted by the Celtics in 1962 and played with the team until his retirement in 1978. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Havlicek has received more than 2,714,148 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). John Havlicek is the 30th most popular basketball player (down from 20th in 2019), the 2,877th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,045th in 2019) and the 21st most popular American Basketball Player.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.51

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, John Havlicek ranks 30 out of 1,268. Before him are Sergei Belov, Elgin Baylor, Hakeem Olajuwon, John Stockton, Mirza Delibašić, and Sam Jones. After him are George Mikan, Derrick Rose, Charles Barkley, Bob Pettit, Dirk Nowitzki, and Patrick Ewing.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, John Havlicek ranks 161. Before him are Jill St. John, Leonard Susskind, Petru Lucinschi, Luis Cubilla, Sam Waterston, and Haing S. Ngor. After him are Jan Stráský, Abbas El Fassi, Víctor Erice, José van Dam, Chuck Close, and Nicola Di Bari. Among people deceased in 2019, John Havlicek ranks 129. Before him are Jacques Loussier, John C. Bogle, Harold Bloom, Jean Vanier, Judith Kerr, and Emanuel Ungaro. After him are France-Albert René, Jan Stráský, Peter Schreier, Keith Flint, Waldo Machado, and Paul Volcker.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Havlicek ranks 2,877 out of 18,182. Before him are Melvyn Douglas (1901), Noah Webster (1758), Ace Frehley (1951), Walter De Maria (1935), Hannibal Hamlin (1809), and Ed Sullivan (1901). After him are Robert Grant Aitken (1864), Stanley Schachter (1922), Jesse Douglas (1897), KRS-One (1965), Richard Ford (1944), and Bobby Riggs (1918).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, John Havlicek ranks 21. Before him are Julius Erving (1950), Karl Malone (1963), Bob Cousy (1928), Elgin Baylor (1934), John Stockton (1962), and Sam Jones (1933). After him are George Mikan (1924), Derrick Rose (1988), Charles Barkley (1963), Bob Pettit (1932), Isiah Thomas (1961), and Pat Riley (1945).

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