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Wes Unseld

1946 - 2020

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Westley Sissel Unseld Sr. (March 14, 1946 – June 2, 2020) was an American professional basketball player, coach and executive. He spent his entire National Basketball Association (NBA) career with the Baltimore/Capital/Washington Bullets. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wes Unseld has received more than 2,033,162 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Wes Unseld is the 88th most popular basketball player (down from 87th in 2019), the 5,247th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,613th in 2019) and the 49th most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Wes Unseld ranks 88 out of 1,757. Before him are Kevin Durant, Dino Rađa, Paul Arizin, Jānis Krūmiņš, Modestas Paulauskas, and Sergio Scariolo. After him are Dino Meneghin, Nate Archibald, Bob McAdoo, Pablo Laso, Manu Ginóbili, and Reggie Miller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Wes Unseld ranks 405. Before him are Franz Roth, Jiří Bělohlávek, Frank Hsieh, Mogens Lykketoft, Andrew Davis, and Galina Starovoytova. After him are Józef Oleksy, Tim Pigott-Smith, Dadá Maravilha, Francis Goya, Ricky Bruch, and Sacheen Littlefeather. Among people deceased in 2020, Wes Unseld ranks 316. Before him are Justus Dahinden, Irrfan Khan, Irena Veisaitė, James Wolfensohn, Tengiz Sigua, and János Göröcs. After him are Hamed Karoui, Robert Herbin, Mark Blum, Kuniwo Nakamura, Jack Sherman, and Tony Allen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wes Unseld ranks 5,247 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Keohane (1941), Richard Sheldon (1878), Melissa Mathison (1950), Stand Watie (1806), Lloyd Alexander (1924), and Louis Jordan (1908). After him are Rosalind E. Krauss (1941), Jack Kramer (1921), Mark Rolston (1956), Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (1879), Ann Dowd (1956), and Gordon Douglas (1907).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Wes Unseld ranks 49. Before him are Elvin Hayes (1945), Sam Jones (1933), Len Bias (1963), Lenny Wilkens (1937), Kevin Durant (1988), and Paul Arizin (1928). After him are Nate Archibald (1948), Bob McAdoo (1951), Reggie Miller (1965), Jerry Sloan (1942), Jerry Lucas (1940), and Larry Brown (1940).

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