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Tyra Banks

1973 - Today

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Tyra Lynne Banks (born December 4, 1973), also known as BanX, is an American model, television personality, producer, writer, and actress. Born in Inglewood, California, she began her career as a model at the age of 15 and was the first Black American woman to be featured on the covers of GQ and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, on which she appeared three times. Banks was one of only a few Black models to achieve Supermodel status. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tyra Banks has received more than 12,993,646 page views. Her biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Tyra Banks is the 28th most popular model (up from 44th in 2019), the 3,469th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,892nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Model.

Memorability Metrics

  • 13M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 65

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MODELS

Among models, Tyra Banks ranks 28 out of 313. Before her are Kate Moss, Carmen Dell'Orefice, Gisele Bündchen, Veruschka von Lehndorff, Helena Christensen, and Reg Park. After her are Irina Shayk, Inès de La Fressange, Kylie Jenner, Travis Fimmel, Sable, and Emma Wiklund.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Tyra Banks ranks 67. Before her are Federica Mogherini, Roberto Martínez, Edgars Rinkēvičs, Pharrell Williams, Savo Milošević, and David Blaine. After her are Stephenie Meyer, Matteo Salvini, Rufus Wainwright, Rose McGowan, Sami Hyypiä, and Christian Panucci.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tyra Banks ranks 3,469 out of 20,380. Before her are Victoria Nuland (1961), Billy Blanks (1955), Teresa Wright (1918), Walter Jackson Freeman II (1895), David Blaine (1973), and Seymour Martin Lipset (1922). After her are Donn F. Eisele (1930), Stephenie Meyer (1973), Big Mama Thornton (1926), Daniel D. Tompkins (1774), Gore Verbinski (1964), and Brenda Vaccaro (1939).

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Among MODELS In United States

Among models born in United States, Tyra Banks ranks 6. Before her are Gigi Hadid (1995), Bettie Page (1923), Cindy Crawford (1966), Gia Carangi (1960), and Carmen Dell'Orefice (1931). After her are Kylie Jenner (1997), Sable (1967), Jerry Hall (1956), Hunter Schafer (1998), Kendall Jenner (1995), and Stephanie Seymour (1968).

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