1955 - 2018
Leon Allen White (May 14, 1955 – June 18, 2018), better known by his ring names Big Van Vader or simply Vader, was an American professional wrestler and professional football player. Throughout his career, he performed for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), and Pro Wrestling Noah (NOAH) during the 1990s and 2000s. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest super-heavyweight professional wrestlers of all time.White performed as a monstrous wrestler, and he was capable of aerial maneuvers: his diving moonsault was voted the "Best Wrestling Maneuver" of 1993 by Wrestling Observer Newsletter (WON) readers. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Big Van Vader has received more than 3,742,723 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Big Van Vader is the 141st most popular wrestler (down from 128th in 2019), the 7,874th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,532nd in 2019) and the 50th most popular American Wrestler.
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Among wrestlers, Big Van Vader ranks 141 out of 700. Before him are Robert Van de Walle, Bubba Ray Dudley, Petar Kirov, Yaşar Erkan, Ken Shamrock, and Joseph Olivier. After him are Mick Foley, Stephanie McMahon, Shinobu Sekine, Verne Gagne, Kurt Pettersén, and Takehide Nakatani.
1954 - Present
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 135
1971 - Present
HPI: 44.67
Rank: 136
1942 - Present
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 137
1911 - 1986
HPI: 44.64
Rank: 138
1964 - Present
HPI: 44.58
Rank: 139
1874 - 1901
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 140
1955 - 2018
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 141
1965 - Present
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 142
1976 - Present
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 143
1943 - 2018
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 144
1926 - 2015
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 145
1916 - 1957
HPI: 44.26
Rank: 146
1941 - Present
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 147
Among people born in 1955, Big Van Vader ranks 315. Before him are Timothy Garton Ash, Jesús María Zamora, Richard Hilton, Ali Laarayedh, Carme Forcadell, and Roma Maffia. After him are Katsuyuki Kawachi, Bruno Barreto, Fang Fang, Zlatko Lagumdžija, Azar Nafisi, and Enric Miralles. Among people deceased in 2018, Big Van Vader ranks 352. Before him are José Varacka, Carole Shelley, Valentina Rastvorova, Joseph Polchinski, Mary Carlisle, and Philippe Gondet. After him are Alfred W. Crosby, José Antonio Zaldúa, Muhibbe Darga, Shinobu Sekine, Didier Lockwood, and Richard DeVos.
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.81
Rank: 309
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.67
Rank: 310
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 311
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.60
Rank: 312
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 313
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 314
1955 - 2018
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 315
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 316
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 317
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 318
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 319
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 320
1955 - 2000
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 321
1932 - 2018
HPI: 44.68
Rank: 346
1939 - 2018
HPI: 44.67
Rank: 347
1933 - 2018
HPI: 44.64
Rank: 348
1954 - 2018
HPI: 44.63
Rank: 349
1914 - 2018
HPI: 44.60
Rank: 350
1942 - 2018
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 351
1955 - 2018
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 352
1931 - 2018
HPI: 44.50
Rank: 353
1941 - 2018
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 354
1921 - 2018
HPI: 44.44
Rank: 355
1943 - 2018
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 356
1956 - 2018
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 357
1926 - 2018
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 358
Among people born in United States, Big Van Vader ranks 7,874 out of 18,182. Before him are Austin Pendleton (1940), Gay Talese (1932), Jim Siedow (1920), Roma Maffia (1955), Daniel Henney (1979), and Tim Powers (1952). After him are Robert A. Parker (1936), Elizabeth Dole (1936), Robert Weinberg (1942), Robert L. Forward (1932), Frank Robinson (1935), and James Crafts (1839).
1940 - Present
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 7,868
1932 - Present
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 7,869
1920 - 2003
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 7,870
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 7,871
1979 - Present
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 7,872
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 7,873
1955 - 2018
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 7,874
1936 - Present
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 7,875
1936 - Present
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 7,876
1942 - Present
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 7,877
1932 - 2002
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 7,878
1935 - 2019
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 7,879
1839 - 1917
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 7,880
Among wrestlers born in United States, Big Van Vader ranks 50. Before him are CM Punk (1978), Jimmy Hart (1943), Big John Studd (1948), Lex Luger (1958), Bubba Ray Dudley (1971), and Ken Shamrock (1964). After him are Mick Foley (1965), Stephanie McMahon (1976), Verne Gagne (1926), Jeff Hardy (1977), Rhyno (1975), and King Kong Bundy (1955).
1978 - Present
HPI: 45.28
Rank: 44
1943 - Present
HPI: 45.22
Rank: 45
1948 - 1995
HPI: 45.12
Rank: 46
1958 - Present
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 47
1971 - Present
HPI: 44.67
Rank: 48
1964 - Present
HPI: 44.58
Rank: 49
1955 - 2018
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 50
1965 - Present
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 51
1976 - Present
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 52
1926 - 2015
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 53
1977 - Present
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 54
1975 - Present
HPI: 44.10
Rank: 55
1955 - 2019
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 56