1930 - 2014
Viktor Vasilyevich Tikhonov (Russian: Виктор Васильевич Тихонов; 4 June 1930 – 24 November 2014) was a Russian ice hockey player and coach. Tikhonov was a defenceman with VVS Moscow and Dynamo Moscow from 1949 to 1963, winning four national championships. He was the coach of the Soviet team when it was the dominant team in international play, winning eight World Championship gold medals, as well as Olympic gold medals in 1984, 1988 and 1992. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Viktor Tikhonov has received more than 23,210 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Viktor Tikhonov is the 4th most popular hockey player (down from 1st in 2019), the 559th most popular biography from Russia (down from 542nd in 2019) and the most popular Russian Hockey Player.
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Among hockey players, Viktor Tikhonov ranks 4 out of 364. Before him are Wayne Gretzky, Maurice Richard, and Gordie Howe. After him are Vladislav Tretiak, Valeri Kharlamov, Jaromír Jágr, Phil Esposito, Jiří Holeček, Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita, and Viacheslav Fetisov.
1961 - Present
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 1
1921 - 2000
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 2
1928 - 2016
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 3
1930 - 2014
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 4
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 5
1948 - 1981
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 6
1972 - Present
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 7
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 8
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 9
1939 - 2023
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 10
1940 - 2018
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 11
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1930, Viktor Tikhonov ranks 114. Before him are Tom Wolfe, J. G. Ballard, Vilma Espín, Mauro Ramos, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and Philippe Leroy. After him are Walter Bonatti, William C. Campbell, Sergiu Nicolaescu, John Frankenheimer, Rahmon Nabiyev, and John Young. Among people deceased in 2014, Viktor Tikhonov ranks 83. Before him are Jack Bruce, Jean-Claude Duvalier, Alexander Shulgin, Mike Nichols, Vujadin Boškov, and P. D. James. After him are Vladimir Beara, Serge Moscovici, Johnny Winter, Jean-Luc Dehaene, Vasily Petrov, and Menahem Golan.
1930 - 2018
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 108
1930 - 2009
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 109
1930 - 2007
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 110
1930 - 2002
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 111
1930 - 1999
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 112
1930 - Present
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 113
1930 - 2014
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 114
1930 - 2011
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 115
1930 - Present
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 116
1930 - 2013
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 117
1930 - 2002
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 118
1930 - 1993
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 119
1930 - 2018
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 120
1943 - 2014
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 77
1951 - 2014
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 78
1925 - 2014
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 79
1931 - 2014
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 80
1931 - 2014
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 81
1920 - 2014
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 82
1930 - 2014
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 83
1928 - 2014
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 84
1925 - 2014
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 85
1944 - 2014
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 86
1940 - 2014
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 87
1917 - 2014
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 88
1929 - 2014
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 89
Among people born in Russia, Viktor Tikhonov ranks 559 out of 3,262. Before him are Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev (1906), Grigory Sokolov (1950), Sergey Biryuzov (1904), Nikolai Chernykh (1931), Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver (1301), and Ivan Sechenov (1829). After him are Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay (1846), Wilhelm Voigt (1849), Nikolai Kardashev (1932), Alexander Dargomyzhsky (1813), Zinaida Portnova (1926), and Vasily Bartold (1869).
1906 - 1989
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 553
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 554
1904 - 1964
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 555
1931 - 2004
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 556
1301 - 1339
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 557
1829 - 1905
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 558
1930 - 2014
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 559
1846 - 1888
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 560
1849 - 1922
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 561
1932 - 2019
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 562
1813 - 1869
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 563
1926 - 1944
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 564
1869 - 1930
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 565
Among hockey players born in Russia, Viktor Tikhonov ranks 1. After him are Vladislav Tretiak (1952), Valeri Kharlamov (1948), Viacheslav Fetisov (1958), Sergei Makarov (1958), Igor Larionov (1960), Alexander Ovechkin (1985), Alexander Yakushev (1947), Viktor Konovalenko (1938), Vyacheslav Starshinov (1940), Alexei Kasatonov (1959), and Pavel Bure (1971).
1930 - 2014
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 1
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 2
1948 - 1981
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 3
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 4
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 5
1960 - Present
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 6
1985 - Present
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 7
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 8
1938 - 1996
HPI: 45.16
Rank: 9
1940 - Present
HPI: 45.02
Rank: 10
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 11
1971 - Present
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 12