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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 of Serbian origin. 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 7,638,016 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Pete Maravich is the 56th most popular basketball player (down from 51st in 2019), the 4,262nd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,544th in 2019) and the 38th most popular American Basketball Player.

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  • 7.6M

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  • 50.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Pete Maravich ranks 56 out of 1,268. Before him are Reggie Miller, Pau Gasol, Muggsy Bogues, Bogdan Tanjević, Kevin Durant, and Robert Parish. After him are Chuck Daly, Lenny Wilkens, Oscar Schmidt, David Robinson, Alexander Gomelsky, and Šarūnas Jasikevičius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Pete Maravich ranks 277. Before him are Mary Simon, Peer Steinbrück, Robertino Loreti, Rita Lee, Michael S. Hart, and Viktor Klima. After him are Tim Matheson, Salvatore Sciarrino, Riccardo Fogli, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Hassan Shehata, and Andrew Blake. Among people deceased in 1988, Pete Maravich ranks 107. Before him are Daniel Guérin, Henry Armstrong, Roy Buchanan, Ulanhu, Rose Ausländer, and Steno. After him are Marcel Bozzuffi, Gaston Eyskens, Sylvester, Arnulfo Arias, Sewall Wright, and Shen Congwen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Pete Maravich ranks 4,262 out of 18,182. Before him are Helen Stephens (1918), Eric Maskin (1950), Willa Cather (1873), Tommy Thayer (1960), Donn F. Eisele (1930), and William J. Burns (1956). After him are John Roberts (1955), Franklin Clarence Mars (1883), Todd Phillips (1970), Tim Matheson (1947), Eva Cassidy (1963), and Al Unser (1939).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Pete Maravich ranks 38. Before him are Rick Barry (1944), Red Auerbach (1917), Reggie Miller (1965), Muggsy Bogues (1965), Kevin Durant (1988), and Robert Parish (1953). After him are Chuck Daly (1930), Lenny Wilkens (1937), David Robinson (1965), Isaiah Thomas (1989), Elvin Hayes (1945), and Nate Thurmond (1941).

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