Soccer Player

Pelé

1940 - 2022

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Pelé

His biography is available in 145 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 139 in 2024). Pelé is the most popular soccer player, the most popular biography from Brazil and the most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Pelé is most famous for being the youngest player to score a goal in the World Cup, the youngest player to win the World Cup, and the only person to be a three-time World Cup champion.

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Among Soccer Players

Among soccer players, Pelé ranks 1 out of 21,273. After him are Johan Cruyff, Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, Ferenc Puskás, Diego Maradona, Lev Yashin, Alfredo Di Stéfano, Eusébio, Garrincha, Giuseppe Meazza, and Santiago Bernabéu Yeste.

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Pelé
1940 - 2022
HPI: 87.93
Rank: 1
Johan Cruyff
1947 - 2016
HPI: 84.03
Rank: 2
Franz Beckenbauer
1945 - 2024
HPI: 83.54
Rank: 3
Gerd Müller
1945 - 2021
HPI: 83.25
Rank: 4
Ferenc Puskás
1927 - 2006
HPI: 82.61
Rank: 5
Diego Maradona
1960 - 2020
HPI: 82.55
Rank: 6
Lev Yashin
1929 - 1990
HPI: 82.39
Rank: 7
Alfredo Di Stéfano
1926 - 2014
HPI: 81.89
Rank: 8
Eusébio
1942 - 2014
HPI: 81.41
Rank: 9
Garrincha
1933 - 1983
HPI: 80.60
Rank: 10
Giuseppe Meazza
1910 - 1979
HPI: 79.61
Rank: 11
Santiago Bernabéu Yeste
1895 - 1978
HPI: 79.08
Rank: 12

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Pelé ranks 2. Before him is Al Pacino. After him are Margrethe II of Denmark, Bruce Lee, John Lennon, Tom Jones, Saparmurat Niyazov, Wangari Maathai, Bartholomew I of Constantinople, Anthony Fauci, Chuck Norris, and Brian Josephson. Among people deceased in 2022, Pelé ranks 3. Before him are Pope Benedict XVI, and Elizabeth II. After him are Mikhail Gorbachev, Ivana Trump, Jiang Zemin, Shinzo Abe, Vangelis, Thích Nhất Hạnh, Jean-Luc Godard, Leonid Kravchuk, and Ben Roy Mottelson.

Others Born in 1940

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Al Pacino
ACTOR
1940 - Present
HPI: 89.27
Rank: 1
Pelé
SOCCER PLAYER
1940 - 2022
HPI: 87.93
Rank: 2
Margrethe II of Denmark
NOBLEMAN
1940 - Present
HPI: 86.69
Rank: 3
Bruce Lee
ACTOR
1940 - 1973
HPI: 86.28
Rank: 4
John Lennon
MUSICIAN
1940 - 1980
HPI: 83.61
Rank: 5
Tom Jones
SINGER
1940 - Present
HPI: 82.08
Rank: 6
Saparmurat Niyazov
POLITICIAN
1940 - 2006
HPI: 82.01
Rank: 7
Wangari Maathai
POLITICIAN
1940 - 2011
HPI: 81.47
Rank: 8
Bartholomew I of Constantinople
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1940 - Present
HPI: 81.27
Rank: 9
Anthony Fauci
PHYSICIAN
1940 - Present
HPI: 80.91
Rank: 10
Chuck Norris
ACTOR
1940 - Present
HPI: 79.26
Rank: 11
Brian Josephson
PHYSICIST
1940 - Present
HPI: 79.14
Rank: 12