BASKETBALL PLAYER

Oscar Schmidt

1958 - Today

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Oscar Daniel Bezerra Schmidt (born February 16, 1958), nicknamed Mão Santa (Holy Hand), is a Brazilian retired professional basketball player. Schmidt primarily played the power forward and small forward position, was 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) tall and weighed 109 kg (240 lbs). Along with his home country, Schmidt also played in Italy for JuveCaserta and Pavia, and Spain for Fórum Valladolid. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oscar Schmidt has received more than 1,293,169 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Oscar Schmidt is the 24th most popular basketball player (up from 59th in 2019), the 153rd most popular biography from Brazil (up from 292nd in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Oscar Schmidt ranks 24 out of 1,757. Before him are Arvydas Sabonis, Sergei Belov, Julius Erving, Oscar Robertson, Mirza Delibašić, and Dražen Dalipagić. After him are Uljana Semjonova, Elgin Baylor, John Havlicek, Scottie Pippen, Karl Malone, and Hakeem Olajuwon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Oscar Schmidt ranks 65. Before him are Sooronbay Jeenbekov, Adrian Newey, Elio de Angelis, Holly Hunter, Bernardo Arévalo, and Éric Zemmour. After him are Goran Hadžić, Pekka Haavisto, Giuseppe Baresi, Søren Lerby, Keigo Higashino, and Steve Guttenberg.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Oscar Schmidt ranks 153 out of 2,236. Before him are Roberto Burle Marx (1909), Pierre Clostermann (1921), Dondinho (1917), Milton Nascimento (1942), Félix Miélli Venerando (1937), and Princess Januária of Brazil (1822). After him are Hércules Brito Ruas (1939), Vera Fischer (1951), Tite (1961), Adriano (1982), Maria Bethânia (1946), and Waldemar de Brito (1913).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Brazil

Among basketball players born in Brazil, Oscar Schmidt ranks 1. After him are Ruy de Freitas (1916), Hortência Marcari (1959), Marcelo Huertas (1983), Leandro Barbosa (1982), Anderson Varejão (1982), Tiago Splitter (1985), Nenê (1982), Raul Neto (1992), Marcelinho Machado (1975), Bruno Caboclo (1995), and Lucas Nogueira (1992).

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