1935 - 2018
Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino (October 6, 1935 – April 18, 2018) was an Italian-born American professional wrestler, best known for his work with the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF, now WWE). There, he held the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship (WWWF Heavyweight Championship during his second reign) for more than 11 years (4,040 days) across two reigns, the first of which is the longest single reign in the promotion's history at 2,803 days. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bruno Sammartino has received more than 3,461,946 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Bruno Sammartino is the 10th most popular wrestler (up from 16th in 2019), the 1,632nd most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,833rd in 2019) and the most popular Italian Wrestler.
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Among wrestlers, Bruno Sammartino ranks 10 out of 703. Before him are Kane, Big Show, Masahiko Kimura, Antonio Inoki, John Cena, and Anton Geesink. After him are The Undertaker, Ric Flair, Isao Inokuma, Aleksandr Karelin, Dave Bautista, and El Santo.
1967 - Present
HPI: 71.79
Rank: 4
1972 - Present
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 5
1917 - 1993
HPI: 69.70
Rank: 6
1943 - Present
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 7
1977 - Present
HPI: 68.28
Rank: 8
1934 - 2010
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 9
1935 - 2018
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 10
1965 - Present
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 11
1949 - Present
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 12
1938 - 2001
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 13
1967 - Present
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 14
1969 - Present
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 15
1917 - 1984
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 16
Among people born in 1935, Bruno Sammartino ranks 84. Before him are Paul Goma, Lee Remick, Dominique Venner, Robert Silverberg, Valeri Kubasov, and Princess Elisabeth of Denmark. After him are Jerry Orbach, Monique Wittig, André Brink, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Jerry Fodor, and Prince Edward, Duke of Kent. Among people deceased in 2018, Bruno Sammartino ranks 85. Before him are Thomas A. Steitz, Joël Robuchon, Hayden White, Dorothy Malone, Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, and Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza. After him are Aharon Appelfeld, Robert Faurisson, James Mirrlees, Belisario Betancur, Uri Avnery, and Robert Morris.
1935 - 2020
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 78
1935 - 1991
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 79
1935 - 2013
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 80
1935 - Present
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 81
1935 - 2014
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 82
1935 - 2018
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 83
1935 - 2018
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 84
1935 - 2004
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 85
1935 - 2003
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 86
1935 - 2015
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 87
1935 - 2011
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 88
1935 - 2017
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 89
1935 - Present
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 90
1940 - 2018
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 79
1945 - 2018
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 80
1928 - 2018
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 81
1924 - 2018
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 82
1935 - 2018
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 83
1922 - 2018
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 84
1935 - 2018
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 85
1932 - 2018
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 86
1929 - 2018
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 87
1936 - 2018
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 88
1923 - 2018
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 89
1923 - 2018
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 90
1931 - 2018
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 91
Among people born in Italy, Bruno Sammartino ranks 1,632 out of 4,088. Before him are Nino Manfredi (1921), Felice Gimondi (1942), Adaloald (602), Ratchis (800), Giuseppe Crespi (1665), and Galeria Valeria (300). After him are Francesco de' Rossi (1510), Hortense Mancini (1646), Benvenuto Tisi (1481), Enzo of Sardinia (1220), Bruno Maderna (1920), and Princess Alice of Parma (1849).
1921 - 2004
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 1,626
1942 - 2019
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 1,627
602 - 628
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 1,628
800 - 800
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 1,629
1665 - 1747
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 1,630
300 - 315
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 1,631
1935 - 2018
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 1,632
1510 - 1562
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 1,633
1646 - 1699
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 1,634
1481 - 1559
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 1,635
1220 - 1272
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 1,636
1920 - 1973
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 1,637
1849 - 1935
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 1,638
Among wrestlers born in Italy, Bruno Sammartino ranks 1. After him are Antonino Rocca (1921), Ignazio Fabra (1930), Enrico Porro (1885), Angelo Parisi (1953), Lou Albano (1933), Ezio Gamba (1958), Vincenzo Maenza (1962), Giuseppe Maddaloni (1976), Andrea Minguzzi (1982), and Odette Giuffrida (1994).
1935 - 2018
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 1
1921 - 1977
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 2
1930 - 2008
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 3
1885 - 1967
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 4
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 5
1933 - 2009
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 6
1958 - Present
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 7
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 8
1976 - Present
HPI: 44.80
Rank: 9
1982 - Present
HPI: 44.44
Rank: 10
1994 - Present
HPI: 39.00
Rank: 11