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Walter Davis

1954 - 2023

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Walter Pearl Davis (September 9, 1954 – November 2, 2023) was an American basketball player. After his college years with the North Carolina Tar Heels he played professionally as a forward/guard for 15 years in the National Basketball Association (NBA), spending the majority of his career with the Phoenix Suns. Davis was a six-time NBA All-Star, a two-time All-NBA Second Team member, and the NBA Rookie of the Year in 1978. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Davis has received more than 17,230 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Davis is the 151st most popular basketball player (up from 566th in 2019), the 7,704th most popular biography from United States (up from 14,027th in 2019) and the 85th most popular American Basketball Player.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Walter Davis ranks 151 out of 1,757Before him are James Harden, Dwyane Wade, Damir Šolman, Russell Westbrook, Frank Lubin, and Vince Carter. After him are Saša Obradović, Chuck Cooper, Rudy Tomjanovich, Jaak Lipso, Carlos Blixen, and Hal Greer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Walter Davis ranks 380Before him are Arliss Howard, Christie Brinkley, Elliot Goldenthal, Tahar Djaout, Zoran Simović, and José Diego. After him are Anuradha Paudwal, Antonio Resines, Robert Van de Walle, Kiki Smith, Ellen von Unwerth, and Masaaki Suzuki. Among people deceased in 2023, Walter Davis ranks 471Before him are Rolf Harris, Klaus Beer, Vadim Abdrashitov, Margaret Archer, Heide Simonis, and Gilles Perrault. After him are Sergio Gori, Jaak Lipso, Attila Abonyi, Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa, Benjamin Zephaniah, and Julie Garwood.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Davis ranks 7,704 out of 20,380Before him are Nils Lofgren (1951), Kenneth Lee Pike (1912), James Darren (1936), Big Van Vader (1955), Noah Hathaway (1971), and Sam Lloyd (1963). After him are Gil Gerard (1943), Elizabeth Gilbert (1969), Mary Alden (1883), Earl Browder (1891), Henry Hartsfield (1933), and John Colter (1774).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Walter Davis ranks 85Before him are Gary Payton (1968), James Harden (1989), Dwyane Wade (1982), Russell Westbrook (1988), Frank Lubin (1910), and Vince Carter (1977). After him are Chuck Cooper (1926), Rudy Tomjanovich (1948), Hal Greer (1936), John Kundla (1916), K. C. Jones (1932), and Dell Curry (1964).