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Bob Lanier

1948 - 2022

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Robert Jerry Lanier Jr. (September 10, 1948 – May 10, 2022) was an American professional basketball player. He played center for the Detroit Pistons and the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Lanier was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bob Lanier is the 38th most popular basketball player (up from 250th in 2019), the 3,372nd most popular biography from United States (up from 10,570th in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Bob Lanier ranks 38 out of 1,757. Before him are Luka Dončić, Julius Erving, Uljana Semjonova, Sergei Belov, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Svetislav Pešić. After him are Pat Riley, Jamaal Wilkes, Doug Collins, James Harden, Derrick Rose, and Jim "Bad News" Barnes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Bob Lanier ranks 209. Before him are Fred Newhouse, David Marks, Levy Mwanawasa, Kathy Reichs, Emma Bonino, and Roger Williamson. After him are Javier Irureta, Gerry Adams, Enrique Cerezo, James Taylor, Jennifer O'Neill, and Catherine Breillat. Among people deceased in 2022, Bob Lanier ranks 153. Before him are Josef Abrhám, Irene Cara, Bujar Nishani, Gary Brooker, Dan McCafferty, and Agostino Cacciavillan. After him are Bob Saget, Antonios Naguib, Henry Silva, Bernd Bransch, Tekla Juniewicz, and Francisco Álvarez Martínez.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob Lanier ranks 3,372 out of 20,380. Before him are Dick Scobee (1939), Eunice Kennedy Shriver (1921), Joel Grey (1932), Frank Stallone (1950), John Glover (1944), and John Amos (1939). After him are D. J. Caruso (1965), Alyssa Milano (1972), Matthew Modine (1959), Charles Addams (1912), Bob Saget (1956), and Patricia Krenwinkel (1947).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Bob Lanier ranks 24. Before him are Larry Bird (1956), LeBron James (1984), Dean Smith (1931), Mark Eaton (1957), Oscar Robertson (1938), and Julius Erving (1950). After him are Pat Riley (1945), Jamaal Wilkes (1953), Doug Collins (1951), James Harden (1989), Derrick Rose (1988), and Jim "Bad News" Barnes (1941).

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