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Davey Boy Smith

1962 - 2002

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David Smith (27 November 1962 – 18 May 2002) was an English professional wrestler best known for his appearances in the United States with the World Wrestling Federation under the ring names Davey Boy Smith and The British Bulldog. Smith won titles within the WWF in three decades, from the 1980s to the 2000s. Though he was never a world champion, Smith nevertheless headlined multiple pay-per-view events in the WWF and WCW, in which he challenged for the WWF and WCW World Heavyweight championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Davey Boy Smith has received more than 5,151,730 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Davey Boy Smith is the 236th most popular wrestler (down from 193rd in 2019), the 5,028th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,702nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Davey Boy Smith ranks 236 out of 1,027. Before him are Vasile Andrei, Hakuhō Shō, A.J. Styles, Artur Taymazov, Valentin Yordanov, and Don Muraco. After him are Hidehiko Yoshida, Diamond Dallas Page, Rick Rude, Lars-Erik Skiöld, Shohachi Ishii, and Bray Wyatt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Davey Boy Smith ranks 438. Before him are Aglaja Veteranyi, Arnaud Montebourg, Guy Pratt, Jan Urban, Jean-Marc Ferreri, and Erika Salumäe. After him are Marcelo Álvarez, Steven Mnuchin, Álvaro García Linera, Katarzyna Figura, Uwe Hohn, and Stuart Pearce. Among people deceased in 2002, Davey Boy Smith ranks 310. Before him are Jerome Biffle, Bob Hayes, Johannes Joachim Degenhardt, Joyce Cooper, Pierre Rapsat, and Aglaja Veteranyi. After him are W. T. Tutte, John James, Vladimir Romashkin, Charles Sheffield, Ward Kimball, and Ted Demme.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Davey Boy Smith ranks 5,028 out of 8,785. Before him are Peter Cook (1937), Gertrude Lawrence (1898), Alan Hansen (1955), Jimmy Murray (1933), Valerie Hobson (1917), and Harry Ryan (1893). After him are Tulisa (1988), Arthur Scargill (1938), Olivia d'Abo (1969), Michael Hordern (1911), Charlie Cox (1982), and Clive Bunker (1946).

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Among WRESTLERS In United Kingdom

Among wrestlers born in United Kingdom, Davey Boy Smith ranks 2. Before him are Dave Finlay (1958). After him are Frederick Humphreys (1878), Kenneth Richmond (1926), William Regal (1968), Alexander Munro (1870), Paige (1992), Drew McIntyre (1985), Layla El (1977), Wade Barrett (1980), Charlotte Dujardin (1985), and Neil Adams (1958).

British born Wrestlers

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