1967 - Today
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Karelin (Russian: Александр Александрович Карелин, IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsandr ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ kɐˈrʲelʲɪn]; born 19 September 1967) is a Russian politician and retired athlete. Karelin competed in Greco-Roman wrestling, representing the Soviet Union and Russia between 1987 and 2000. Nicknamed the "Russian Bear", "Russian King Kong", "Alexander the Great", "The Experiment", and "The Crane from Novosibirsk", he is widely considered to be the greatest and most dominant Greco-Roman wrestler of all time. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aleksandr Karelin has received more than 2,588,076 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Aleksandr Karelin is the 6th most popular wrestler (up from 14th in 2019), the 383rd most popular biography from Russia (up from 578th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Wrestler.
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Among wrestlers, Aleksandr Karelin ranks 6 out of 700. Before him are André the Giant, Hulk Hogan, The French Angel, Kane, and John Cena. After him are Masahiko Kimura, Antonio Inoki, Anton Geesink, Dave Bautista, Chyna, and Rocky Johnson.
1946 - 1993
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 1
1953 - Present
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 2
1903 - 1954
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 3
1967 - Present
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 4
1977 - Present
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 5
1967 - Present
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 6
1917 - 1993
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 7
1943 - 2022
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 8
1934 - 2010
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 9
1969 - Present
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 10
1969 - 2016
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 11
1944 - 2020
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1967, Aleksandr Karelin ranks 20. Before him are Denis Villeneuve, Carrie-Anne Moss, Mark Rutte, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Benicio del Toro, and Mark Ruffalo. After him are Pamela Anderson, Mike Portnoy, Matt LeBlanc, Javier Sotomayor, Massimiliano Allegri, and Boris Becker.
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 14
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 15
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 16
1967 - 2014
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 17
1967 - Present
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 18
1967 - Present
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 19
1967 - Present
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 20
1967 - Present
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 21
1967 - Present
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 22
1967 - Present
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 23
1967 - Present
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 24
1967 - Present
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 25
1967 - Present
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 26
Among people born in Russia, Aleksandr Karelin ranks 383 out of 3,262. Before him are Boris Nemtsov (1959), Leonid Andreyev (1871), Duchess Anna of Prussia (1576), Svetlana Savitskaya (1948), Vladimir K. Zworykin (1888), and Anna Dostoevskaya (1846). After him are Tamara Karsavina (1885), Mathilde Kschessinska (1872), Sergey Mikhalkov (1913), Naina Yeltsina (1932), Sergey Nechayev (1847), and Pavel Nakhimov (1802).
1959 - 2015
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 377
1871 - 1919
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 378
1576 - 1625
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 379
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 380
1888 - 1982
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 381
1846 - 1918
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 382
1967 - Present
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 383
1885 - 1978
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 384
1872 - 1971
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 385
1913 - 2009
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 386
1932 - Present
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 387
1847 - 1882
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 388
1802 - 1855
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 389
Among wrestlers born in Russia, Aleksandr Karelin ranks 2. Before him are The French Angel (1903). After him are Khabib Nurmagomedov (1988), Alfred Asikainen (1888), Oskari Friman (1893), Ivan Yarygin (1948), Buvaisar Saitiev (1975), Soslan Andiyev (1952), Artur Taymazov (1979), Abdulrashid Sadulaev (1996), Pavel Pinigin (1953), and Hüseyin Özkan (1972).
1903 - 1954
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 1
1967 - Present
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 2
1988 - Present
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 3
1888 - 1942
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 4
1893 - 1933
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 5
1948 - 1997
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 6
1975 - Present
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 7
1952 - 2018
HPI: 42.53
Rank: 8
1979 - Present
HPI: 39.11
Rank: 9
1996 - Present
HPI: 38.19
Rank: 10
1953 - Present
HPI: 37.95
Rank: 11
1972 - Present
HPI: 37.17
Rank: 12