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Bruno Sammartino

1935 - 2018

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Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino (October 6, 1935 – April 18, 2018) was an Italian-American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time with the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bruno Sammartino has received more than 4,674,404 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Bruno Sammartino is the 16th most popular wrestler (up from 17th in 2019), the 1,971st most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,864th in 2019) and the most popular Italian Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Bruno Sammartino ranks 16 out of 1,027. Before him are Anton Geesink, Dave Bautista, Mick Foley, The Undertaker, Rikidōzan, and Aleksandr Medved. After him are Terry Funk, El Santo, Giant Baba, Triple H, Khabib Nurmagomedov, and Ric Flair.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Bruno Sammartino ranks 117. Before him are Ján Popluhár, John Phillips, Luboš Kohoutek, Thomas Keneally, Azzedine Alaïa, and Richard Kuklinski. After him are Jan Saudek, André Brink, Jerry Orbach, Jerry Fodor, Chaim Topol, and Tsutomu Hata. Among people deceased in 2018, Bruno Sammartino ranks 105. Before him are Margot Kidder, Joseph Kobzon, Alan Baker, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Paul Andreu, and Nicanor Parra. After him are Dennis Nilsen, Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Raymond Chow, Josep Lluís Núñez, Irena Szewińska, and Choi Eun-hee.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Bruno Sammartino ranks 1,971 out of 5,161. Before him are Roberto Bettega (1950), Giuseppe De Santis (1917), Louis, King of Sicily (1338), Salonia Matidia (68), Spinello Aretino (1350), and Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano (1596). After him are Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha (1545), Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa (1920), Piero Soderini (1450), Janus of Cyprus (1375), Giovanni Mocenigo (1409), and Virginia Centurione Bracelli (1587).

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Among WRESTLERS In Italy

Among wrestlers born in Italy, Bruno Sammartino ranks 1. After him are Ignazio Fabra (1930), Antonino Rocca (1921), Enrico Porro (1885), Angelo Parisi (1953), Lou Albano (1933), Ezio Gamba (1958), Vincenzo Maenza (1962), Andrea Minguzzi (1982), Giuseppe Maddaloni (1976), Odette Giuffrida (1994), and Alice Bellandi (1998).

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