1943 - 2008
Robert James Fischer (March 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008) was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, he won his first of a record eight US Championships at the age of 14. In 1964, he won with an 11–0 score, the only perfect score in the history of the tournament. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bobby Fischer has received more than 17,041,853 page views. His biography is available in 91 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 90 in 2019). Bobby Fischer is the most popular chess player, the 133rd most popular biography from United States (up from 160th in 2019) and the most popular American Chess Player.
Bobby Fischer is most famous for being the youngest American to ever win the World Chess Championship.
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Among chess players, Bobby Fischer ranks 1 out of 374. After him are Wilhelm Steinitz, José Raúl Capablanca, Alexander Alekhine, Mikhail Tal, Boris Spassky, Emanuel Lasker, Mikhail Botvinnik, Nona Gaprindashvili, Max Euwe, Tigran Petrosian, and Garry Kasparov.
1943 - 2008
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 1
1836 - 1900
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 2
1888 - 1942
HPI: 70.74
Rank: 3
1892 - 1946
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 4
1936 - 1992
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 5
1937 - Present
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 6
1868 - 1941
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 7
1911 - 1995
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 8
1941 - Present
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 9
1901 - 1981
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 10
1929 - 1984
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 11
1963 - Present
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1943, Bobby Fischer ranks 10. Before him are Lech Wałęsa, Julio Iglesias, Jim Morrison, Catherine Deneuve, Sharon Tate, and Mick Jagger. After him are Queen Silvia of Sweden, George Harrison, Vangelis, Keith Richards, Ben Kingsley, and Joe Pesci. Among people deceased in 2008, Bobby Fischer ranks 3. Before him are Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Yves Saint Laurent. After him are Paul Newman, Edmund Hillary, Chinghiz Aitmatov, Arthur C. Clarke, Irena Sendler, Suharto, Samuel P. Huntington, Charlton Heston, and Albert Hofmann.
1943 - Present
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 4
1943 - Present
HPI: 75.99
Rank: 5
1943 - 1971
HPI: 75.49
Rank: 6
1943 - Present
HPI: 74.77
Rank: 7
1943 - 1969
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 8
1943 - Present
HPI: 73.82
Rank: 9
1943 - 2008
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 10
1943 - Present
HPI: 73.73
Rank: 11
1943 - 2001
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 12
1943 - 2022
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 13
1943 - Present
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 14
1943 - Present
HPI: 70.87
Rank: 15
1943 - Present
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 16
1918 - 2008
HPI: 76.67
Rank: 1
1936 - 2008
HPI: 74.52
Rank: 2
1943 - 2008
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 3
1925 - 2008
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 4
1919 - 2008
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 5
1928 - 2008
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 6
1917 - 2008
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 7
1910 - 2008
HPI: 71.83
Rank: 8
1921 - 2008
HPI: 71.78
Rank: 9
1927 - 2008
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 10
1923 - 2008
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 11
1906 - 2008
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, Bobby Fischer ranks 133 out of 18,182. Before him are Linus Pauling (1901), Clark Gable (1901), Dr. Seuss (1904), Sharon Tate (1943), William Faulkner (1897), and Kirk Douglas (1916). After him are Barbra Streisand (1942), John Adams (1735), Francis Ford Coppola (1939), Billy the Kid (1859), Amelia Earhart (1897), and Vin Diesel (1967).
1901 - 1994
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 127
1901 - 1960
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 128
1904 - 1991
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 129
1943 - 1969
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 130
1897 - 1962
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 131
1916 - 2020
HPI: 73.78
Rank: 132
1943 - 2008
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 133
1942 - Present
HPI: 73.74
Rank: 134
1735 - 1826
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 135
1939 - Present
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 136
1859 - 1881
HPI: 73.69
Rank: 137
1897 - 1937
HPI: 73.67
Rank: 138
1967 - Present
HPI: 73.62
Rank: 139
Among chess players born in United States, Bobby Fischer ranks 1. After him are Paul Morphy (1837), Frank Marshall (1877), Reuben Fine (1914), Harry Nelson Pillsbury (1872), William Lombardy (1937), Jackson Showalter (1860), Isaac Kashdan (1905), Arnold Denker (1914), Robert Byrne (1928), Nick de Firmian (1957), and Fabiano Caruana (1992).
1943 - 2008
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 1
1837 - 1884
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 2
1877 - 1944
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 3
1914 - 1993
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 4
1872 - 1906
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 5
1937 - 2017
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 6
1860 - 1935
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 7
1905 - 1985
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 8
1914 - 2005
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 9
1928 - 2013
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 10
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 11
1992 - Present
HPI: 41.53
Rank: 12