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Bill Goldberg

1966 - Today

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William Scott Goldberg (born December 27, 1966), often known mononymously as Goldberg, is an American professional wrestler, actor and former American football defensive tackle. He is best known for his tenures in WWE and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). One of the most popular figures of the professional wrestling boom during the late 1990s and early 2000s, Goldberg rose to fame in WCW with a lengthy undefeated streak in singles competition from 1997 to 1998, became the highest paid WCW wrestler, and led the company as its franchise player and public face until it was sold to WWE. During his time with WCW, he became a one-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion, two-time WCW United States Heavyweight Champion, and one-time WCW World Tag Team Champion (with Bret Hart). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Goldberg has received more than 14,349,503 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Bill Goldberg is the 51st most popular wrestler (down from 35th in 2019), the 4,724th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,163rd in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 14M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Bill Goldberg ranks 51 out of 1,027Before him are Rudolf Svensson, Wilfried Dietrich, Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Kevin Nash, Yasuhiro Yamashita, and Stephanos Christopoulos. After him are Axel Cadier, Roddy Piper, Oskari Friman, Eduard Pütsep, Randy Orton, and Olle Anderberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Bill Goldberg ranks 119Before him are Jonathan Edwards, Leon Lai, Roberto Sensini, Abel Balbo, Dimebag Darrell, and Anna Rita Del Piano. After him are Didier Queloz, Cheb Mami, Qin Gang, Antoine Fuqua, Stefan Reuter, and Tatjana Patitz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Goldberg ranks 4,724 out of 20,380Before him are Thomas Friedman (1953), Robert Leckie (1920), Stormy Daniels (1979), William Hoyt (1875), Claudette Colvin (1939), and David Geffen (1943). After him are John Singleton Copley (1738), IShowSpeed (2005), Willie Garson (1964), Peter Revson (1939), Alvan Clark (1804), and Paula Patton (1975).

Among WRESTLERS In United States

Among wrestlers born in United States, Bill Goldberg ranks 18Before him are Stone Cold Steve Austin (1964), Randy Savage (1952), Dusty Rhodes (1945), Eddie Guerrero (1967), Brock Lesnar (1977), and Kevin Nash (1959). After him are Randy Orton (1980), Rey Mysterio (1974), Lou Thesz (1916), The Ultimate Warrior (1959), Buddy Rogers (1921), and Shawn Michaels (1965).