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Michael Jordan

1963 - Today

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Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials MJ, is an American businessman and former professional basketball player. He played fifteen seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) between 1984 and 2003, winning six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls. He was integral in popularizing basketball and the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s, becoming a global cultural icon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Jordan has received more than 83,073,860 page views. His biography is available in 103 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 99 in 2019). Michael Jordan is the most popular basketball player, the 230th most popular biography from United States (up from 267th in 2019) and the most popular American Basketball Player.

Michael Jordan is most famous for being a professional basketball player. He played for the Chicago Bulls from 1984 to 1993 and for the Washington Wizards from 2001 to 2003.

Memorability Metrics

  • 83M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 103

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Michael Jordan ranks 1 out of 1,268After him are Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Shaquille O'Neal, Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant, Dennis Rodman, Larry Bird, Clyde Drexler, Oscar Robertson, and Jerry West.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Michael Jordan ranks 5Before him are Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, Whitney Houston, and Quentin Tarantino. After him are José Mourinho, Jet Li, George Michael, Garry Kasparov, Viktor Orbán, Ronald Koeman, and Sergey Bubka.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Jordan ranks 230 out of 18,182Before him are Patti Smith (1946), Charles Sanders Peirce (1839), Tommy Lee Jones (1946), Orson Welles (1915), Colonel Sanders (1890), and Cameron Diaz (1972). After him are Spencer Tracy (1900), Peter Falk (1927), Robert E. Lee (1807), Henry Miller (1891), Robert F. Kennedy (1925), and J. Edgar Hoover (1895).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Michael Jordan ranks 1After him are Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1947), Shaquille O'Neal (1972), Wilt Chamberlain (1936), Bill Russell (1934), Magic Johnson (1959), Kobe Bryant (1978), Dennis Rodman (1961), Larry Bird (1956), Clyde Drexler (1962), Oscar Robertson (1938), and Jerry West (1938).