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Bruce Baumgartner

1960 - Today

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Bruce Robert Baumgartner (born November 2, 1960) is an American former freestyle wrestler. He is the current assistant vice president for university advancement and former athletic director at the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania near Erie, Pennsylvania and current President of USA Wrestling. Baumgartner is among the best American wrestlers of all time; his five World/Olympic titles place him behind only Jordan Burroughs, John Smith, and Adeline Gray. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bruce Baumgartner has received more than 328,394 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Bruce Baumgartner is the 249th most popular wrestler (down from 243rd in 2019), the 10,651st most popular biography from United States (up from 11,413th in 2019) and the 89th most popular American Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 330k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Bruce Baumgartner ranks 249 out of 1,027Before her are Vickie Guerrero, Imre Hódos, Scott Steiner, Boris Gurevich, Ștefan Rusu, and Ezio Gamba. After her are Martti Nieminen, Matt Ghaffari, Mike Rotunda, Kamaru Usman, Dan Henderson, and Santino Marella.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Bruce Baumgartner ranks 453Before her are Khadija Arib, Günter Hermann, Pip Torrens, Juan Simón, Komi Sélom Klassou, and Chingiz Mustafayev. After her are Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, Kathy Griffin, Yasser Seirawan, Elena Kagan, Tomas Jonsson, and Paul Harrington.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bruce Baumgartner ranks 10,651 out of 20,380Before her are Thomas S. Gates Jr. (1906), Chuck Billy (1962), Justin McCarthy (1899), Joanna Going (1963), Arthur Jensen (1923), and John August Anderson (1876). After her are Anita Baker (1958), Edward Ferry (1941), Justin Hartley (1977), Martin Feldstein (1939), Randall Park (1974), and Ralph Merkle (1952).

Among WRESTLERS In United States

Among wrestlers born in United States, Bruce Baumgartner ranks 89Before her are Don Muraco (1949), Diamond Dallas Page (1956), Rick Rude (1958), Bray Wyatt (1987), Vickie Guerrero (1968), and Scott Steiner (1962). After her are Mike Rotunda (1958), Dan Henderson (1970), Matt Hardy (1974), Jim Neidhart (1955), Danny Hodge (1932), and Paul Orndorff (1949).