HOCKEY PLAYER

Mario Lemieux

1965 - Today

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Mario Lemieux (; French: [ləmjø]; born October 5, 1965) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played parts of 17 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Pittsburgh Penguins between 1984 and 2005, and he assumed ownership of the franchise in 1999. Nicknamed "The Magnificent One", "Le Magnifique", and "Super Mario", his combination of size, strength, athleticism, and creativity made him one of the greatest players of all time.Drafted first overall by the Penguins in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft, Lemieux led Pittsburgh to consecutive Stanley Cup championships in 1991 and 1992. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mario Lemieux has received more than 4,034,224 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Mario Lemieux is the 17th most popular hockey player (down from 16th in 2019), the 263rd most popular biography from Canada (down from 232nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Canadian Hockey Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Mario Lemieuxes by language

Over the past year Mario Lemieux has had the most page views in the with 465,540 views, followed by Russian (58,952), and French (31,746). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (140.74%), Malagasy (116.25%), and Vietnamese (89.49%)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Mario Lemieux ranks 17 out of 676. Before him are Jaromír Jágr, Sergei Makarov, Stan Mikita, Phil Esposito, Vladimir Petrov, and Viacheslav Fetisov. After him are Henri Richard, Bobby Orr, Jiří Holík, Jari Kurri, Igor Larionov, and Roman Čechmánek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Mario Lemieux ranks 153. Before him are Joely Richardson, Lennie James, Uwe Boll, Amanda Tapping, Jocelyn Angloma, and Sergi López. After him are Tommy Flanagan, Ice MC, Sunita Williams, Cem Özdemir, Mazinho Oliveira, and Suge Knight.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Mario Lemieux ranks 263 out of 1,622. Before him are Walter Pidgeon (1897), Edward Routh (1831), Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879), Alan Thicke (1947), Anne Hébert (1916), and Guy Laliberté (1959). After him are Louis St. Laurent (1882), Percy Faith (1908), Agnes Martin (1912), Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (1661), Albert S. Ruddy (1930), and Anna Paquin (1982).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Canada

Among hockey players born in Canada, Mario Lemieux ranks 7. Before him are Wayne Gretzky (1961), Maurice Richard (1921), Gordie Howe (1928), Georges Vézina (1887), Bobby Hull (1939), and Phil Esposito (1942). After him are Henri Richard (1936), Bobby Orr (1948), Guy Lafleur (1951), Marcel Dionne (1951), Howie Morenz (1902), and Herb Drury (1896).

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