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Tom Heinsohn

1934 - 2020

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Thomas William Heinsohn (August 26, 1934 – November 9, 2020) was an American professional basketball player and coach. He was associated with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) for six decades as a player, coach and broadcaster. He played for the Celtics from 1956 to 1965, and also coached the team from 1969 to 1978. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Heinsohn has received more than 1,426,825 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Tom Heinsohn is the 126th most popular basketball player (up from 137th in 2019), the 7,044th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,576th in 2019) and the 70th most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Tom Heinsohns by language

Over the past year Tom Heinsohn has had the most page views in the with 136,696 views, followed by Spanish (6,328), and Chinese (6,125). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (204.31%), Egyptian Arabic (114.29%), and Finnish (81.92%)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Tom Heinsohn ranks 126 out of 1,757. Before him are Bill Walton, Miloš Teodosić, Dave Cowens, Borislav Stanković, Vlade Divac, and Predrag Danilović. After him are Valdemaras Chomičius, Marion Jones, Kevin McHale, Jo Jo White, Doc Rivers, and Andro Knego.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Tom Heinsohn ranks 375. Before him are Eddy Pieters Graafland, Lee Friedlander, Roger Maris, Anne Osborn Krueger, Evgeny Vladimirovich Chetvergov, and Helena Almeida. After him are Jim Hutton, Chuck McCann, Jef Planckaert, Mikio Aoki, Harrison Birtwistle, and Jacques Chessex. Among people deceased in 2020, Tom Heinsohn ranks 420. Before him are Reni Santoni, Samantha Fox, Donato Bilancia, Alki Zei, Richard Corben, and Doug Rogers. After him are Ernst Jean-Joseph, John Lyons, Nikolai Gubenko, Ram Vilas Paswan, Gordon Haskell, and Regis Philbin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tom Heinsohn ranks 7,044 out of 20,380. Before him are William S. Hart (1864), Dick Savitt (1927), Ron DeSantis (1978), Arthur Harnden (1924), Joshua Chamberlain (1828), and Ron Ely (1938). After him are Joe Ranft (1960), Big E (1986), Rush Limbaugh (1951), Joanna Russ (1937), Dave Navarro (1967), and Daphne Zuniga (1962).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Tom Heinsohn ranks 70. Before him are Dolph Schayes (1928), George Gervin (1952), John Wooden (1910), James Worthy (1961), Bill Walton (1952), and Dave Cowens (1948). After him are Marion Jones (1975), Kevin McHale (1957), Jo Jo White (1946), Doc Rivers (1961), David Blatt (1959), and Walt Bellamy (1939).

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