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Gene Okerlund

1942 - 2019

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Eugene Arthur Okerlund (December 19, 1942 – January 2, 2019) was an American professional wrestling interviewer, announcer and television host. He was best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) and World Championship Wrestling. Okerlund was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2006 by Hulk Hogan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gene Okerlund has received more than 2,614,918 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Gene Okerlund is the 17,248th most popular politician (down from 15,913th in 2019), the 11,754th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,223rd in 2019) and the 782nd most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gene Okerlund ranks 17,248 out of 19,576Before him are Chris Coons, Marisol Touraine, Nandini Satpathy, Uddhav Thackeray, Ken Dryden, and Paul Bérenger. After him are Suhail Shaheen, Hilda Cameron, Peter Caruana, Tulsi Giri, Charles Foster, and Bob Loughman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Gene Okerlund ranks 666Before him are Jon Kyl, Susan Hill, Robert L. Stewart, Tommy Roe, Connie Hawkins, and Paul Jones. After him are Bob Gaudio, Kenas Aroi, Judy Sheindlin, Örjan Persson, Dan McKenzie, and Olivia Cole. Among people deceased in 2019, Gene Okerlund ranks 529Before him are Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Juan José Muñante, Sprent Dabwido, Phil Masinga, Robert Ouko, and John Singleton. After him are Vinjamuri Anasuya Devi, John McEnery, Stevie Chalmers, Charalambos Cholidis, Dave Bartholomew, and Cecilia Seghizzi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gene Okerlund ranks 11,754 out of 20,380Before him are Rick Rosenthal (1949), Eddie Harris (1934), Thomas Akers (1951), Serenity (1969), Max Martini (1969), and Sonya Smith (1972). After him are Laraine Newman (1952), Ben Moody (1981), William Boyd (1895), Titian Peale (1799), Buck Owens (1929), and Charles Foster (1828).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Gene Okerlund ranks 782Before him are Mark Hanna (1837), Ed Lee (1952), Laura Kelly (1950), Timothy Geithner (1961), Harold L. Ickes (1874), and Chris Coons (1963). After him are Charles Foster (1828), Dana Rohrabacher (1947), Ed Markey (1946), Jim Webb (1946), William Wyatt Bibb (1781), and John Blair Jr. (1732).