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Kim Peek

1951 - 2009

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Laurence Kim Peek (November 11, 1951 – December 19, 2009) was an American savant. Known as a "megasavant", he had an exceptional memory, but he also experienced social difficulties, possibly resulting from a developmental disability related to congenital brain abnormalities. He was the inspiration for the character Raymond Babbitt in the 1988 movie Rain Man. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kim Peek has received more than 3,439,437 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Kim Peek is the 49th most popular celebrity (down from 44th in 2019), the 2,012th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,770th in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Celebrity.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CELEBRITIES

Among celebrities, Kim Peek ranks 49 out of 265. Before him are Mary Mallon, Sultan Kösen, Armi Kuusela, Chandra Bahadur Dangi, Stańczyk, and Isabel Preysler. After him are Elizabeth Stride, María Capovilla, Joseph Meister, Emilie Louise Flöge, Alice Keppel, and Titus van Rijn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Kim Peek ranks 88. Before him are Gustavo Santaolalla, James Newton Howard, Joe Lynn Turner, Karekin II, Hilda Heine, and Isabel Preysler. After him are Jack Unterweger, Jackie Jackson, Joe Pantoliano, Samuel Doe, Alexander Bortnikov, and Emmanuel Todd. Among people deceased in 2009, Kim Peek ranks 73. Before him are Gaafar Nimeiry, Ricardo Montalbán, Arne Næss, Sydney Chaplin, Philip José Farmer, and Oleg Yankovsky. After him are Brittany Murphy, Luís Cabral, Meir Amit, Robert Enke, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, and Tavo Burat.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kim Peek ranks 2,012 out of 20,380. Before him are Alan Menken (1949), Marion Ramsey (1947), James Avery (1945), Vernon L. Smith (1927), Jennifer Garner (1972), and Darren Aronofsky (1969). After him are Thomas Mitchell (1892), Gore Vidal (1925), Robert Trujillo (1964), Bill Tilden (1893), Olympia Dukakis (1931), and Bob Saget (1956).

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Among CELEBRITIES In United States

Among celebrities born in United States, Kim Peek ranks 18. Before him are Margaret Brown (1867), Peggy Guggenheim (1898), Rosemary Kennedy (1918), Don King (1931), Rodney King (1965), and Sarah Knauss (1880). After him are Paris Hilton (1981), Lizzie Borden (1860), Annie Oakley (1860), Edie Sedgwick (1943), Dan Inosanto (1936), and Florence Owens Thompson (1903).

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