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Big Van Vader

1955 - 2018

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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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  • 3.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Big Van Vader ranks 141 out of 700Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Big Van Vader ranks 315Before 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 352Before 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.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Big Van Vader ranks 7,874 out of 18,182Before 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).

Among WRESTLERS In United States

Among wrestlers born in United States, Big Van Vader ranks 50Before 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).

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