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Johnny Moss

1907 - 1995

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Johnny Moss (May 14, 1907 – December 16, 1995) was a gambler and professional poker player. He was the first winner of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, at the time a cash game event in which he was awarded the title by the vote of his peers in 1970. He also twice won the current tournament format of the WSOP Main Event in 1971 and 1974. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johnny Moss has received more than 382,214 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Johnny Moss is the 4th most popular poker player (down from 3rd in 2019), the 9,712th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,124th in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Poker Player.

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  • 380k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POKER PLAYERS

Among poker players, Johnny Moss ranks 4 out of 15. Before him are Doyle Brunson, Dan Harrington, and Dan Bilzerian. After him are Phil Hellmuth, Johnny Chan, Daniel Negreanu, Gus Hansen, Chris Ferguson, Phil Ivey, Scotty Nguyen, and Tom Dwan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Johnny Moss ranks 354. Before him are Policarpo Ribeiro de Oliveira, Grahame Clark, Toni Frissell, Art Babbitt, Albert Ammons, and Vladimirs Petrovs. After him are Aldo Donelli, Isabel Jewell, Roy Welensky, Jean Louis, Klaes Karppinen, and Mike Mazurki. Among people deceased in 1995, Johnny Moss ranks 286. Before him are Godfrey Brown, Art Mollner, George Rodger, Grahame Clark, Achmad Nawir, and Patsy Ruth Miller. After him are Dorothy Poynton-Hill, Trevor Blokdyk, Red Amick, Hideko Maehata, Todor Diev, and Víctor Peralta.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Johnny Moss ranks 9,712 out of 20,380. Before him are John Nelson (1791), Nia Long (1970), Lester Bird (1938), Edward Stevens (1932), Gene Ammons (1925), and Les Brown (1912). After him are Mary L. Good (1931), Lawrence Tibbett (1896), Lola Glaudini (1971), Faran Tahir (1963), John Sullivan (1740), and Charles Sibley (1917).

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Among POKER PLAYERS In United States

Among poker players born in United States, Johnny Moss ranks 4. Before him are Doyle Brunson (1933), Dan Harrington (1945), and Dan Bilzerian (1980). After him are Phil Hellmuth (1964), Chris Ferguson (1963), Phil Ivey (1977), Tom Dwan (1986), and Joe Cada (1987).

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