BASKETBALL PLAYER

Pete Maravich

1947 - 1988

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Peter Press Maravich ( MAIR-ə-vitch; June 22, 1947 – January 5, 1988), known by his nickname Pistol Pete, was an American professional basketball player. He starred in college at Louisiana State University's Tigers basketball team; his father, Press Maravich, was the team's head coach. Maravich is the all-time leading NCAA Division I men's scorer with 3,667 points scored and an average of 44.2 points per game. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pete Maravich has received more than 8,087,429 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Pete Maravich is the 63rd most popular basketball player (down from 56th in 2019), the 4,559th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,250th in 2019) and the 39th most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Pete Maravich ranks 63 out of 1,757. Before him are Robert Parish, Terry Dischinger, Muggsy Bogues, Don Nelson, Dragan Kićanović, and Steve Kerr. After him are Nate Thurmond, Willis Reed, Chuck Daly, Rimas Kurtinaitis, Ivo Daneu, and Tony Parker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Pete Maravich ranks 338. Before him are Giora Spiegel, Joseph Daul, Stéphane Courtois, Apasra Hongsakula, Rikky von Opel, and Gérard Collomb. After him are Ian Scheckter, René Harris, Alan Lee, Leszek Balcerowicz, John Bruton, and Egberto Gismonti. Among people deceased in 1988, Pete Maravich ranks 125. Before him are Nikolay Makarov, Fazlur Rahman Malik, Josep Tarradellas, Michel Auclair, Anatoly Levchenko, and Steno. After him are Alfréd Wetzler, Ferenc Sas, Siaka Stevens, Yuli Daniel, Sabino Barinaga, and Anatoli Maslyonkin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Pete Maravich ranks 4,559 out of 20,380. Before him are Andrew Robinson (1942), Nicole Scherzinger (1978), Nick Cassavetes (1959), William Livingston (1723), Richard E. Stearns (1936), and Gene Wolfe (1931). After him are Bobby Vinton (1935), Ben Adams (1890), Michael Chang (1972), Dick Miller (1928), Stephen J. Cannell (1941), and Bo Hopkins (1942).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Pete Maravich ranks 39. Before him are Nikos Galis (1957), Allen Iverson (1975), Robert Parish (1953), Terry Dischinger (1940), Muggsy Bogues (1965), and Don Nelson (1940). After him are Nate Thurmond (1941), Willis Reed (1942), Chuck Daly (1930), Elvin Hayes (1945), Sam Jones (1933), and Len Bias (1963).

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