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Ken Dryden

1947 - Today

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Kenneth Wayne Dryden (born August 8, 1947) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender, politician, lawyer, businessman, and author. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada and a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. He was a Liberal Member of Parliament from 2004 to 2011 and Minister of Social Development from 2004 to 2006. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ken Dryden has received more than 985,926 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ken Dryden is the 17,246th most popular politician (down from 15,530th in 2019), the 678th most popular biography from Canada (down from 586th in 2019) and the 60th most popular Canadian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 990k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ken Dryden ranks 17,246 out of 19,576. Before him are Isabel Díaz Ayuso, Winston Peters, Chris Coons, Marisol Touraine, Nandini Satpathy, and Uddhav Thackeray. After him are Paul Bérenger, Gene Okerlund, Suhail Shaheen, Hilda Cameron, Peter Caruana, and Tulsi Giri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Ken Dryden ranks 781. Before him are Tom Carper, Finn Tveter, John Holt, Bernard Talvard, Rita Wilden, and Terry Griffiths. After him are Göran Hagberg, Peter Noone, Dana Rohrabacher, Manfred Klein, Tron Øgrim, and Dao Bandon.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Ken Dryden ranks 678 out of 1,622. Before him are Calvin Bricker (1884), Frank Amyot (1904), Brendan Fehr (1977), Lucile Wheeler (1935), Nicole de Boer (1970), and Vanity (1959). After him are Hilda Cameron (1912), Devon Sawa (1978), Walter Byron (1894), Jessica Steen (1965), Sarah Gadon (1987), and Robert Paul (1937).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, Ken Dryden ranks 60. Before him are Stéphane Dion (1955), William Cockburn (1902), Norman Lane (1919), Jean Charest (1958), Jack Layton (1950), and Chrystia Freeland (1968). After him are Hilda Cameron (1912), S. I. Hayakawa (1906), Georges Vanier (1888), Beattie Ramsay (1895), Ted Lindsay (1925), and Kathleen Wynne (1953).

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