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Seve Ballesteros

1957 - 2011

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Severiano Ballesteros Sota (Spanish pronunciation: [seβeˈɾjano βaʎesˈteɾos]; 9 April 1957 – 7 May 2011) was a Spanish professional golfer, a World No. 1 who was one of the sport's leading figures from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s. A member of a gifted golfing family, he won 90 international tournaments in his career, including five major championships between 1979 and 1988; The Open Championship three times and the Masters Tournament twice. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Seve Ballesteros has received more than 3,609,945 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Seve Ballesteros is the 4th most popular golfer, the 1,108th most popular biography from Spain (down from 922nd in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Golfer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GOLFERS

Among golfers, Seve Ballesteros ranks 4 out of 71. Before him are Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, and Arnold Palmer. After him are Gary Player, Ben Hogan, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Bernhard Langer, Walter Hagen, Lee Trevino, Sam Snead, and Greg Norman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Seve Ballesteros ranks 147. Before him are Mario Salieri, Juan Luis Guerra, Robert Sapolsky, Isa Gambar, Tignous, and Peter North. After him are Éder Aleixo de Assis, Tan Dun, Afrika Bambaataa, Andreï Makine, Šefik Džaferović, and Tsai Ming-liang. Among people deceased in 2011, Seve Ballesteros ranks 179. Before him are Charles T. Kowal, Pak Seung-zin, Kazimierz Świątek, Anne Francis, Mutassim Gaddafi, and Ingvar Wixell. After him are M. F. Husain, Paulette Dubost, Lawrence Eagleburger, Romuald Klim, Würzel, and Clarence Clemons.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Seve Ballesteros ranks 1,108 out of 3,355. Before him are Ricardo María Carles Gordó (1926), Joan Coromines (1905), Pedro Arico Suárez (1908), Ángel Sanz Briz (1910), Carmen Laforet (1921), and José Manuel Pinto (1975). After him are Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos (-135), Javier Urruticoechea (1952), Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao (1886), Juan Manuel Asensi (1949), Juan Boscán Almogáver (1490), and Yolande of Aragon, Duchess of Calabria (1273).

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Among GOLFERS In Spain

Among golfers born in Spain, Seve Ballesteros ranks 1. After him are Miguel Ángel Jiménez (1964), Sergio García (1980), Jon Rahm (1994), and Azahara Muñoz (1987).

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