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Modestas Paulauskas

1945 - Today

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Modestas Paulauskas (19 March 1945) is a former Lithuanian professional basketball coach and basketball player. As a player, he was the youngest EuroBasket MVP in history, being only 20 years old at the time he won the award. He is known for having been one of the best Lithuanian basketball players of all time, and for having excellent dribbling ability. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Modestas Paulauskas has received more than 136,528 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Modestas Paulauskas is the 86th most popular basketball player (up from 110th in 2019), the 108th most popular biography from Lithuania (up from 134th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Lithuanian Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

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  • 57.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Modestas Paulauskas ranks 86 out of 1,757. Before him are Lenny Wilkens, Pau Gasol, Kevin Durant, Dino Rađa, Paul Arizin, and Jānis Krūmiņš. After him are Sergio Scariolo, Wes Unseld, Dino Meneghin, Nate Archibald, Bob McAdoo, and Pablo Laso.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Modestas Paulauskas ranks 334. Before him are Richard Hatch, Michael Blake, Tony Williams, Nils Torvalds, Geoff Emerick, and Nuruddin Farah. After him are Sam Anderson, Ken Walsh, Paul Kennedy, Zygmunt Maszczyk, Faina Melnik, and Roberta Bondar.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Modestas Paulauskas ranks 108 out of 328. Before him are Rimas Kurtinaitis (1960), Władysław Kozakiewicz (1953), Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė (1963), Virgilijus Alekna (1972), Meir Vilner (1918), and Yehuda Pen (1854). After him are Laurynas Gucevičius (1753), Yakov Smushkevich (1902), Irena Veisaitė (1928), Stanisław Witkiewicz (1851), Sigitas Tamkevičius (1938), and Mark Antokolsky (1843).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Lithuania

Among basketball players born in Lithuania, Modestas Paulauskas ranks 5. Before him are Arvydas Sabonis (1964), Uljana Semjonova (1952), Šarūnas Jasikevičius (1976), and Rimas Kurtinaitis (1960). After him are Jonas Kazlauskas (1954), Šarūnas Marčiulionis (1964), Valdemaras Chomičius (1959), Stepas Butautas (1925), Sergejus Jovaiša (1954), Ramūnas Šiškauskas (1978), and Angelė Rupšienė (1952).

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