1955 - Today
William Wayne Blanks (born September 1, 1955) is an American actor, martial artist and fitness personality. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Billy Blanks has received more than 1,831,462 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Billy Blanks is the 25th most popular martial arts (up from 27th in 2019), the 4,057th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,951st in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Martial Arts.
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Among martial arts, Billy Blanks ranks 25 out of 118. Before him are Higaonna Kanryō, Matsumura Sōkon, Randy Couture, Cynthia Rothrock, Hironori Ōtsuka, and Morihiro Saito. After him are Koichi Tohei, Benny Urquidez, Shoji Nishio, Mirko Cro Cop, Semmy Schilt, and Hidetaka Nishiyama.
1853 - 1916
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 19
1809 - 1899
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 20
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 21
1957 - Present
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 22
1892 - 1982
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 23
1928 - 2002
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 24
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 25
1920 - 2011
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 26
1952 - Present
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 27
1927 - 2005
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 28
1974 - Present
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 29
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 30
1928 - 2008
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 31
Among people born in 1955, Billy Blanks ranks 160. Before him are Alberto Iglesias, Horacio Pagani, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Jane Kaczmarek, and Judy Davis. After him are Svante Pääbo, Steve Jones, Kelsey Grammer, Cyprien Ntaryamira, Dee Snider, and Wang Yang.
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 154
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 155
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 156
1955 - 2016
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 157
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 158
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 159
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 160
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 161
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 162
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 163
1955 - 1994
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 164
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 165
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 166
Among people born in United States, Billy Blanks ranks 4,057 out of 18,182. Before him are Lori Lightfoot (1962), Nile Rodgers (1952), William Forsythe (1949), Joseph Strauss (1870), Katherine Helmond (1929), and John Tukey (1915). After him are Elliott Carter (1908), Hope Lange (1933), Toni Braxton (1967), Walter Cunningham (1932), Howard Stern (1954), and Tim Russ (1956).
1962 - Present
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 4,051
1952 - Present
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 4,052
1949 - Present
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 4,053
1870 - 1938
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 4,054
1929 - 2019
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 4,055
1915 - 2000
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 4,056
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 4,057
1908 - 2012
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 4,058
1933 - 2003
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 4,059
1967 - Present
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 4,060
1932 - 2023
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 4,061
1954 - Present
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 4,062
1956 - Present
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 4,063
Among martial arts born in United States, Billy Blanks ranks 4. Before him are Linda Lee Cadwell (1945), Randy Couture (1963), and Cynthia Rothrock (1957). After him are Benny Urquidez (1952), Ronda Rousey (1987), Daniel Cormier (1979), Mark Coleman (1964), Justin Gaethje (1988), Kevin Randleman (1971), Stipe Miocic (1982), and Dustin Poirier (1989).
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 1
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 2
1957 - Present
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 3
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 4
1952 - Present
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 5
1987 - Present
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 6
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.71
Rank: 7
1964 - Present
HPI: 43.70
Rank: 8
1988 - Present
HPI: 43.57
Rank: 9
1971 - 2016
HPI: 43.02
Rank: 10
1982 - Present
HPI: 42.62
Rank: 11
1989 - Present
HPI: 42.20
Rank: 12