1877 - 1968
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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Among wrestlers, George Hackenschmidt ranks 24 out of 700. Before 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.
1924 - 1963
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 18
1988 - Present
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 19
1938 - 2001
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 20
1938 - 1999
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 21
1917 - 1984
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 22
1967 - 2005
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 23
1877 - 1968
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 24
1964 - Present
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 25
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 26
1940 - 2015
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 27
1980 - Present
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 28
1967 - 2007
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 29
1930 - 1968
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 30
Among people born in 1877, George Hackenschmidt ranks 67. Before 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 83. Before 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.
1877 - 1966
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 61
1877 - 1906
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 62
1877 - 1939
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 63
1877 - 1960
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 64
1877 - 1934
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 65
1877 - 1957
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 66
1877 - 1968
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 67
1877 - 1965
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 68
1877 - 1953
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 69
1877 - 1958
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 70
1877 - 1965
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 71
1877 - 1909
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 72
1877 - 1952
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 73
1908 - 1968
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 77
1908 - 1968
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 78
1884 - 1968
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 79
1902 - 1968
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 80
1921 - 1968
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 81
1911 - 1968
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 82
1877 - 1968
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 83
1902 - 1968
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 84
1890 - 1968
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 85
1906 - 1968
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 86
1894 - 1968
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 87
1898 - 1968
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 88
1880 - 1968
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 89
Among people born in Estonia, George Hackenschmidt ranks 49 out of 310. Before 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).
1956 - Present
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 43
1819 - 1905
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 44
1898 - 1972
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 45
1900 - 1939
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 46
1883 - 1980
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 47
1957 - 2021
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 48
1877 - 1968
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 49
1796 - 1864
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 50
1845 - 1909
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 51
1899 - 1958
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 52
1584 - 1643
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 53
1806 - 1853
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 54
1930 - 2017
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 55
Among wrestlers born in Estonia, George Hackenschmidt ranks 1. After 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).
1877 - 1968
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 1
1898 - 1960
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 2
1884 - 1947
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 3
1908 - 1987
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 4
1915 - 1998
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 5
1903 - 1997
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 6
1905 - 1995
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 7
1971 - Present
HPI: 33.80
Rank: 8
1985 - Present
HPI: 30.78
Rank: 9
1979 - Present
HPI: 23.60
Rank: 10