POLITICIAN

Larry O'Brien

1917 - 1990

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Lawrence Francis O'Brien Jr. (July 7, 1917 – September 28, 1990) was an American politician and basketball commissioner. He was one of the United States Democratic Party's leading electoral strategists for more than two decades. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Larry O'Brien has received more than 1,234,374 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Larry O'Brien is the 14,773rd most popular politician (down from 13,091st in 2019), the 7,101st most popular biography from United States (down from 6,049th in 2019) and the 463rd most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Larry O'Briens by language

Over the past year Larry O'Brien has had the most page views in the with 176,401 views, followed by Spanish (10,795), and Chinese (9,328). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Southern Azerbaijani (41.44%), Chinese (33.03%), and Egyptian Arabic (19.05%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Larry O'Brien ranks 14,773 out of 19,576Before him are Jan Dobraczyński, Thaddeus Stevens, Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter, Corneliu Mănescu, Yolanda Díaz, and Archibald Sayce. After him are Fayez Tarawneh, Manuel Franco, Yuriy Lutsenko, Margaret Beckett, Helmut Zilk, and Rudolf Gnägi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Larry O'Brien ranks 261Before him are Tony Cliff, Richard Boone, Pavel Solovyov, Luigi Cantone, Freddie Francis, and Nils Karlsson. After him are José Luis Sampedro, Rudolf Gnägi, Kusuo Kitamura, Tofig Guliyev, Earl Cameron, and Albert Mol. Among people deceased in 1990, Larry O'Brien ranks 217Before him are Concha Piquer, Heitor Canalli, Manuel Anatol, Frédéric Rossif, Rosario Livatino, and Ludwig von Moos. After him are An Wang, Lotte Jacobi, Adri van Male, Gary Merrill, Chiara Badano, and Gino Cappello.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Larry O'Brien ranks 7,101 out of 20,380Before him are Curly Howard (1903), Roy Thomas (1940), Doris Humphrey (1895), Krysten Ritter (1981), Regis Philbin (1931), and John C. Slater (1900). After him are Larry Lieber (1931), Walter J. Ong (1912), Peter S. Beagle (1939), Bruce Glover (1932), Kay Sage (1898), and Jerry Van Dyke (1931).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Larry O'Brien ranks 463Before him are Joshua Chamberlain (1828), Gary Locke (1950), Lewis Cass (1782), Gavin Newsom (1967), William M. Tweed (1823), and Thaddeus Stevens (1792). After him are Lucien Carr (1925), Little Crow (1810), Richard H. Truly (1937), Harry Reid (1939), Bob Menendez (1954), and Lucy Webb Hayes (1831).