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Leônidas

1913 - 2004

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Leônidas da Silva (Portuguese pronunciation: [leˈõnidɐz dɐ ˈsiwvɐ]; 6 September 1913 – 24 January 2004) was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward. He is regarded as one of the most important players of the first half of the 20th century. At the height of his career, Leônidas da Silva was very popular amongst the people of Brazil and Rio de Janeiro. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leônidas has received more than 280,241 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia. Leônidas is the 75th most popular soccer player (down from 61st in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 38th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Leonidas is most famous for leading the 300 Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Leônidas ranks 75 out of 16,880. Before him are Matthias Sindelar, Gheorghe Hagi, Gianluigi Buffon, Nándor Hidegkuti, Gabriel Batistuta, and Hristo Stoichkov. After him are Andriy Shevchenko, Alisha Lehmann, Rivaldo, Gordon Banks, Francesco Totti, and Kazuyoshi Miura.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Leônidas ranks 34. Before him are Jimmy Hoffa, Werner Mölders, Erich Priebke, Frances Farmer, Silvio Piola, and Witold Lutosławski. After him are Carmen Amaya, Stanford Moore, Artur Axmann, Wolfgang Paul, Roger Wolcott Sperry, and René Clément. Among people deceased in 2004, Leônidas ranks 25. Before him are Akhmad Kadyrov, Maurice Wilkins, Helmut Newton, Janet Leigh, Stieg Larsson, and Renata Tebaldi. After him are Carlos Kleiber, Estée Lauder, Laura Branigan, Jerry Goldsmith, Ingrid Thulin, and Sune Bergström.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Leônidas ranks 40 out of 2,067. Before him are Djalma Santos (1929), Jairzinho (1944), Sebastião Salgado (1944), Nílton Santos (1925), Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873), and Arthur Friedenreich (1892). After him are Rivaldo (1972), Bebeto (1964), Gylmar dos Santos Neves (1930), Juscelino Kubitschek (1902), Roberto Carlos (1941), and Paulo Roberto Falcão (1953).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Leônidas ranks 18. Before him are Romário (1966), Roberto Carlos (1973), Djalma Santos (1929), Jairzinho (1944), Nílton Santos (1925), and Arthur Friedenreich (1892). After him are Rivaldo (1972), Bebeto (1964), Gylmar dos Santos Neves (1930), Paulo Roberto Falcão (1953), Zito (1932), and Neymar (1992).

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