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Willis Reed

1942 - 2023

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Willis Reed Jr. (June 25, 1942 – March 21, 2023) was an American professional basketball player, coach, and general manager. He spent his entire ten-year pro playing career (1964–1974) with the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willis Reed has received more than 1,439,232 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Willis Reed is the 80th most popular basketball player (down from 72nd in 2019), the 5,350th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,368th in 2019) and the 48th most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Willis Reed ranks 80 out of 1,268Before him are Steve Kerr, Vinko Jelovac, Jerry Lucas, Dino Meneghin, Ivo Daneu, and Zoran Slavnić. After him are Manu Ginóbili, Petar Skansi, Marion Jones, Vladimir Tkachenko, Ray Allen, and George Gervin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Willis Reed ranks 374Before him are Beverly Aadland, Arthur Brown, Aritatsu Ogi, José Serra, Shukri Ghanem, and The Iron Sheik. After him are Madeline Kahn, Irm Hermann, Modibo Keita, Bo Hopkins, Lupe Ontiveros, and Gérard Pirès. Among people deceased in 2023, Willis Reed ranks 216Before him are Greta Andersen, Josephine Chaplin, Alfredo M. Bonanno, Meir Shalev, Frances Sternhagen, and The Iron Sheik. After him are Francisco Ibáñez Talavera, Bo Larsson, Giuliano Montaldo, Karl-Josef Rauber, Marouf al-Bakhit, and Vyacheslav Zaytsev.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Willis Reed ranks 5,350 out of 18,182Before him are David Rittenhouse (1732), Manny Ayulo (1921), Billie Burke (1884), Mississippi John Hurt (1892), John Warner (1927), and Carl Icahn (1936). After him are Phyllis Schlafly (1924), Kim Raver (1969), Kim Dickens (1965), Michael Gross (1947), Samuel Brannan (1819), and Ray Barretto (1929).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Willis Reed ranks 48Before him are Isaiah Thomas (1989), Elvin Hayes (1945), Nate Thurmond (1941), Nikos Galis (1957), Jerry Sloan (1942), and Jerry Lucas (1940). After him are Marion Jones (1975), Ray Allen (1975), George Gervin (1952), Wes Unseld (1946), Gary Payton (1968), and Larry Brown (1940).