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George Hackenschmidt

1877 - 1968

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Georg Karl Julius Hackenschmidt (1 August [O.S. 20 July] 1878 – 19 February 1968) was an Estonian strongman, professional wrestler, writer, and sports philosopher who is recognized as professional wrestling's first world heavyweight champion. Hackenschmidt began his professional career in Reval, Estonia (then part of the Russian Empire) and lived most of his life in London, England, where he was nicknamed "The Russian Lion". He is believed to be the creator of the professional wrestling version of the bear hug as well as the person who popularised the hack squat; additionally, Hackenschmidt is also attributed as the creator of the bench press. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Hackenschmidt has received more than 882,876 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). George Hackenschmidt is the 24th most popular wrestler (up from 32nd in 2019), the 49th most popular biography from Estonia (up from 61st in 2019) and the most popular Estonian Wrestler.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

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  • 3.64

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  • 2.74

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, George Hackenschmidt ranks 24 out of 700Before him are Rikidōzan, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Isao Inokuma, Giant Baba, El Santo, and Eddie Guerrero. After him are Stone Cold Steve Austin, Triple H, Wim Ruska, The Miz, Chris Benoit, and Gholamreza Takhti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, George Hackenschmidt ranks 67Before him are Vladimir Minorsky, Princess Mathilde of Bavaria, Oscar Milosz, Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Ivy Lee, and Wilhelm Filchner. After him are Princess Pauline of Württemberg, Titta Ruffo, Isidora Sekulić, Alfredo Guzzoni, Renée Vivien, and Sergei Bortkiewicz. Among people deceased in 1968, George Hackenschmidt ranks 83Before him are Fyodor Okhlopkov, Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine, Jean Paulhan, Santos Iriarte, Darío Moreno, and Randolph Churchill. After him are Tallulah Bankhead, Duke Kahanamoku, Lilian Harvey, Boris Lyatoshinsky, Tian Han, and Ildebrando Pizzetti.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, George Hackenschmidt ranks 49 out of 310Before him are Andrus Ansip (1956), Otto Wilhelm von Struve (1819), Alfred Schmidt (1898), Evald Aav (1900), Marie Under (1883), and Jüri Tamm (1957). After him are Karl Ernst Claus (1796), Friedrich Martens (1845), Aleksander Klumberg (1899), Herman Wrangel (1584), Lionel Kieseritzky (1806), and Veljo Tormis (1930).

Among WRESTLERS In Estonia

Among wrestlers born in Estonia, George Hackenschmidt ranks 1After him are Eduard Pütsep (1898), Martin Klein (1884), Kristjan Palusalu (1908), Johannes Kotkas (1915), Voldemar Väli (1903), Osvald Käpp (1905), Indrek Pertelson (1971), Heiki Nabi (1985), and Martin Padar (1979).