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Wayne Gretzky

1961 - Today

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Wayne Douglas Gretzky ( GRET-skee; born January 26, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for four teams from 1979 to 1999. Nicknamed "the Great One", he has been called the greatest ice hockey player ever by the NHL based on surveys of hockey writers, ex-players, general managers and coaches. Gretzky is the leading career point scorer and assist producer in NHL history and has more assists than any other player has total career points. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wayne Gretzky is the most popular hockey player, the 52nd most popular biography from Canada (up from 93rd in 2019) and the most popular Canadian Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Wayne Gretzky ranks 1 out of 676. After him are Maurice Richard, Gordie Howe, Vladislav Tretiak, Valeri Kharlamov, Václav Nedomanský, Viktor Tikhonov, Jaromír Jágr, Jiří Holeček, Phil Esposito, Stan Mikita, and Mario Lemieux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Wayne Gretzky ranks 26. Before him are Robert Carlyle, Enya, Manu Chao, James Gandolfini, Luis de la Fuente, and Joseph Kony. After him are Carlos Valderrama, Nastassja Kinski, David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, Meg Ryan, Forest Whitaker, and Laurence Fishburne.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Wayne Gretzky ranks 52 out of 1,622. Before him are Robert Mundell (1932), Maye Musk (1948), Pamela Anderson (1967), Charles Tupper (1821), Drake (1986), and Marc Ouellet (1944). After him are Manly P. Hall (1901), René Angélil (1942), Henry Mintzberg (1939), Joni Mitchell (1943), Howard Shore (1946), and John Kenneth Galbraith (1908).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Canada

Among hockey players born in Canada, Wayne Gretzky ranks 1. After him are Maurice Richard (1921), Gordie Howe (1928), Phil Esposito (1942), Mario Lemieux (1965), Bobby Hull (1939), Ray Bourque (1960), Henri Richard (1936), Bobby Orr (1948), Jacques Plante (1929), Georges Vézina (1887), and Guy Lafleur (1951).

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