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Maurice Stokes

1933 - 1970

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Maurice Stokes (June 17, 1933 – April 6, 1970) was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Cincinnati/Rochester Royals of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1955 to 1958. Stokes was a three-time NBA All-Star, a three-time All-NBA Second Team member and the 1956 NBA Rookie of the Year. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maurice Stokes has received more than 474,209 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Maurice Stokes is the 255th most popular basketball player (down from 191st in 2019), the 10,408th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,109th in 2019) and the 152nd most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 470k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Maurice Stokes ranks 255 out of 1,268. Before him are Juan Antonio Corbalán, Tiit Sokk, Ralph Sampson, Nicolas Batum, George Karl, and Alex English. After him are Rasheed Wallace, Nando de Colo, Sabit Hadžić, Art Mollner, Petar Naumoski, and Arijan Komazec.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Maurice Stokes ranks 446. Before him are Sándor Sára, Frank Murkowski, Chita Rivera, Penelope Lively, Michael Novak, and Pete Wilson. After him are John Cannon, Tom Courtney, Jeffrey Goldstone, Renato Pirocchi, Jerry Pournelle, and Chris Lawrence. Among people deceased in 1970, Maurice Stokes ranks 232. Before him are Marjorie Rambeau, Booker Ervin, John T. Scopes, Earl Hooker, William Daniels, and Máirtín Ó Cadhain. After him are Charles Olson, Preston Foster, William Beaudine, Earl Eby, Chester Morris, and Feroz Khan Noon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Maurice Stokes ranks 10,408 out of 18,182. Before him are Carmen Barth (1912), Bebel Gilberto (1966), Charles Eastman (1858), Eytan Fox (1964), Josh Groban (1981), and Andy Timmons (1963). After him are John Adams Dix (1798), William Bolcom (1938), Ivan Fuqua (1909), Nicole Krauss (1974), Tyler Bates (1965), and Tom Wolf (1948).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Maurice Stokes ranks 152. Before him are Chris Bosh (1984), Dean Smith (1931), Rick Adelman (1946), Ralph Sampson (1960), George Karl (1951), and Alex English (1954). After him are Rasheed Wallace (1974), Art Mollner (1912), Vince Boryla (1927), Tom Thibodeau (1958), Adrian Smith (1936), and Alex Hannum (1923).

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