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Chris Benoit

1967 - 2007

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Christopher Michael Benoit ( bə-NWAH; May 21, 1967 – June 24, 2007) was a Canadian professional wrestler. He worked for various pro-wrestling promotions during his 22-year career, including most notably the World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment (WWF/WWE), World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in the United States of America, New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) in Japan, and Stampede Wrestling in his native Canada. In a three-day double-murder and suicide, Benoit murdered his wife in their residence on June 22, 2007, killed his 7-year-old son on June 23, and committed suicide on June 24. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chris Benoit has received more than 15,029,014 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Chris Benoit is the 43rd most popular wrestler (down from 29th in 2019), the 203rd most popular biography from Canada (down from 153rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Canadian Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 15M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Chris Benoits by language

Over the past year Chris Benoit has had the most page views in the with 1,855,686 views, followed by Spanish (178,645), and Italian (121,324). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hausa (336.20%), Egyptian Arabic (168.27%), and Kurdish (Kurmanji) (47.80%)

Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Chris Benoit ranks 43 out of 1,027. Before him are The Iron Sheik, Bret Hart, Ivar Johansson, Eddie Guerrero, Ibrahim Moustafa, and Mustafa Dağıstanlı. After him are Brock Lesnar, Rudolf Svensson, Wilfried Dietrich, Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Kevin Nash, and Yasuhiro Yamashita.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Chris Benoit ranks 114. Before him are Sandrine Bonnaire, Ai Yazawa, Satya Nadella, Naser Orić, Yordan Letchkov, and Sue Gardner. After him are Layne Staley, Michael Johnson, Ardem Patapoutian, Melanie Thornton, Olafur Eliasson, and Steve Zahn. Among people deceased in 2007, Chris Benoit ranks 180. Before him are Alice Coltrane, Igor Moiseyev, Michael Brecker, Miyoshi Umeki, Ian Richardson, and Hans Wegner. After him are Gian Carlo Menotti, Aaron Russo, Alfons Maria Stickler, Bruno Mattei, Tosiwo Nakayama, and Egon Bondy.

Others Born in 1967

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Others Deceased in 2007

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Chris Benoit ranks 203 out of 1,622. Before him are Cindy Breakspeare (1954), Harold Innis (1894), Tommy Chong (1938), Peter North (1957), Jean Béliveau (1931), and Maud Menten (1879). After him are Henry Clinton (1730), Philip Guston (1913), Joanna Shimkus (1943), Ethel Smith (1907), Dave Foley (1963), and Gabrielle Roy (1909).

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Among WRESTLERS In Canada

Among wrestlers born in Canada, Chris Benoit ranks 3. Before him are Rocky Johnson (1944), and Bret Hart (1957). After him are Roddy Piper (1954), Edge (1973), Stu Hart (1915), Owen Hart (1965), Pat Patterson (1941), Ivan Koloff (1942), Santino Marella (1974), Christian Cage (1973), and Trish Stratus (1976).

Canadian born Wrestlers

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