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Bobby Heenan

1944 - 2017

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Raymond Louis Heenan (November 1, 1944 – September 17, 2017) was an American professional wrestling manager, color commentator, and wrestler. He performed with the American Wrestling Association (AWA), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under the ring name Bobby "the Brain" Heenan. Heenan was known for his skill in elevating villainous on-screen talent by drawing negative reactions for himself and his wrestlers from the crowd. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bobby Heenan has received more than 3,526,899 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Bobby Heenan is the 155th most popular wrestler (up from 176th in 2019), the 8,048th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,868th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular American Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Bobby Heenan ranks 155 out of 1,027. Before him are Jorge González, Booker T, Anders Larsson, Jerry Lawler, Scott Hall, and László Papp. After him are Jimmy Hart, The Fabulous Moolah, Jake Roberts, Asuka, Angelo Parisi, and Tevfik Kış.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Bobby Heenan ranks 551. Before him are Chris von Saltza, Férid Boughedir, Sherry Lansing, Peter Jason, El Anatsui, and Nelson Acosta. After him are Willy Planckaert, Emilio Zapico, Alex Acuña, Jacques Beurlet, Braulio Rodríguez Plaza, and Christopher Browning. Among people deceased in 2017, Bobby Heenan ranks 417. Before him are Adam Darius, Vladimir Voevodsky, Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Glenne Headly, Andrey Zaliznyak, and Roberto Anzolin. After him are Viktor Chanov, Daniel Viglietti, Manfred Kaiser, Ty Hardin, Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi, and Friedel Rausch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bobby Heenan ranks 8,048 out of 20,380. Before him are Heather O'Rourke (1975), Larry Williams (1935), Walton Goggins (1971), Christopher Paolini (1983), Theda Skocpol (1947), and Scott O'Dell (1898). After him are Bobbi Starr (1983), Johnny Mandel (1925), Gwen Verdon (1925), Edward Ruscha (1937), Jeremiah S. Black (1810), and Duane Jones (1937).

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Among WRESTLERS In United States

Among wrestlers born in United States, Bobby Heenan ranks 52. Before him are Superstar Billy Graham (1943), Big Van Vader (1955), Bubba Ray Dudley (1971), Booker T (1965), Jerry Lawler (1949), and Scott Hall (1958). After him are Jimmy Hart (1943), The Fabulous Moolah (1923), Jake Roberts (1955), Rob Van Dam (1970), Mr. Fuji (1934), and King Kong Bundy (1955).

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