1907 - 1978
Raymond Ernest Michel Braine (28 April 1907 – 24 December 1978) was a Belgian football striker. He was also the first Belgian professional player, when he obtained a transfer to Sparta Prague in 1930. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raymond Braine has received more than 42,433 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Raymond Braine is the 1,158th most popular soccer player (down from 1,113th in 2019), the 419th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 393rd in 2019) and the 18th most popular Belgian Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Raymond Braine ranks 1,158 out of 16,880. Before him are Pietro Serantoni, Răzvan Lucescu, Gianni De Biasi, Dick van Dijk, Lippo Hertzka, and José Mari Bakero. After him are Xherdan Shaqiri, Seiichi Sakiya, Karl Koller, John van 't Schip, Juan Botasso, and Marco Verratti.
1906 - 1964
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 1,152
1969 - Present
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 1,153
1956 - Present
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 1,154
1946 - 1997
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 1,155
1904 - 1951
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 1,156
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 1,157
1907 - 1978
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 1,158
1991 - Present
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 1,159
1950 - Present
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 1,160
1929 - 2009
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 1,161
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 1,162
1908 - 1950
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 1,163
1992 - Present
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 1,164
Among people born in 1907, Raymond Braine ranks 167. Before him are Sukhdev Thapar, Gunnar Ekelöf, Frederick Copleston, Germaine Tillion, Benny Carter, and Ethel Smith. After him are Hans-Jürgen von Blumenthal, Joseph-Armand Bombardier, William Steig, Ramon Magsaysay, John G. Trump, and Janusz Kusociński. Among people deceased in 1978, Raymond Braine ranks 116. Before him are Bernhard Karlgren, Ángel Bossio, Zivia Lubetkin, Nancy Spungen, Lon L. Fuller, and Alexander Gerschenkron. After him are Leo Genn, Franz Bäke, John D. Rockefeller III, Carlos Riolfo, Gordon Matta-Clark, and Mary Blair.
1907 - 1931
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 161
1907 - 1968
HPI: 51.54
Rank: 162
1907 - 1994
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 163
1907 - 2008
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 164
1907 - 2003
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 165
1907 - 1979
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 166
1907 - 1978
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 167
1907 - 1944
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 168
1907 - 1964
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 169
1907 - 2003
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 170
1907 - 1957
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 171
1907 - 1985
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 172
1907 - 1940
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 173
1889 - 1978
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 110
1905 - 1978
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 111
1914 - 1978
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 112
1958 - 1978
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 113
1902 - 1978
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 114
1904 - 1978
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 115
1907 - 1978
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 116
1905 - 1978
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 117
1898 - 1978
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 118
1906 - 1978
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 119
1905 - 1978
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 120
1943 - 1978
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 121
1911 - 1978
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 122
Among people born in Belgium, Raymond Braine ranks 419 out of 1,019. Before him are André Delvaux (1926), Michiel Sweerts (1618), Giaches de Wert (1535), Cécile de France (1975), Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823), and Sophie Wilmès (1975). After him are Didier Reynders (1958), Gustaaf Deloor (1913), Louis Van Hege (1889), Dirk Frimout (1941), Gaston Eyskens (1905), and Paul Anspach (1882).
1926 - 2002
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 413
1618 - 1664
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 414
1535 - 1596
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 415
1975 - Present
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 416
1823 - 1881
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 417
1975 - Present
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 418
1907 - 1978
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 419
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 420
1913 - 2002
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 421
1889 - 1975
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 422
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 423
1905 - 1988
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 424
1882 - 1981
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 425
Among soccer players born in Belgium, Raymond Braine ranks 18. Before him are Jean-Marc Bosman (1964), Bernard Voorhoof (1910), Franky Vercauteren (1956), Raoul Lambert (1944), Franky Van der Elst (1961), and Radja Nainggolan (1988). After him are Louis Van Hege (1889), Joseph Mermans (1922), Kevin De Bruyne (1991), Axel Witsel (1989), Dries Mertens (1987), and Vincent Kompany (1986).
1964 - Present
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 12
1910 - 1974
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 13
1956 - Present
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 14
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.53
Rank: 15
1961 - Present
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 16
1988 - Present
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 17
1907 - 1978
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 18
1889 - 1975
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 19
1922 - 1996
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 20
1991 - Present
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 21
1989 - Present
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 22
1987 - Present
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 23
1986 - Present
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 24