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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 3,267,113 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Bobby Heenan is the 176th most popular wrestler (down from 172nd in 2019), the 8,886th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,450th in 2019) and the 69th most popular American Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Bobby Heenan ranks 176 out of 700. Before him are John Layfield, Gorilla Monsoon, Khalil Taha, Curt Hennig, Dan Henderson, and Bob Orton Jr.. After him are Aleksandar Tomov, Vickie Guerrero, Klaus Glahn, Zakaria Chihab, Scott Hall, and Hakuhō Shō.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Bobby Heenan ranks 527. Before him are Emanuel Steward, Chris von Saltza, Annie Famose, John Sebastian, Chris Hillman, and Per Ivar Moe. After him are Gilles Berolatti, Neroli Fairhall, Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Armistead Maupin, Jack Casady, and Gunnar Asmussen. Among people deceased in 2017, Bobby Heenan ranks 437. Before him are Mervyn Rose, Viktor Chanov, Laurynas Stankevičius, James Cotton, Yaakov Neeman, and Alain Jessua. After him are Rose Marie, Dieter Kottysch, David Storey, Molly Peters, William H. Keeler, and Ivar Aronsson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bobby Heenan ranks 8,886 out of 18,182. Before him are Martin Feldstein (1939), Robert Morse (1931), Bob Orton Jr. (1950), Edward Everett Horton (1886), Jon Watts (1981), and James Cruze (1884). After him are Loren Acton (1936), Alice Joyce (1890), John B. Taylor (1946), Frances Dee (1909), Abigail Johnson (1961), and Edward Givens (1930).

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Among WRESTLERS In United States

Among wrestlers born in United States, Bobby Heenan ranks 69. Before him are The Fabulous Moolah (1923), John Layfield (1966), Gorilla Monsoon (1937), Curt Hennig (1958), Dan Henderson (1970), and Bob Orton Jr. (1950). After him are Vickie Guerrero (1968), Scott Hall (1958), Ricky Steamboat (1953), Jim Duggan (1954), Eric Bischoff (1955), and Scott Steiner (1962).

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