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George Steele

1937 - 2017

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William James Myers (April 16, 1937 – February 16, 2017), better known by his ring name George "the Animal" Steele, was an American professional wrestler, school teacher, author, and actor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Steele has received more than 1,931,283 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. George Steele is the 217th most popular wrestler (down from 168th in 2019), the 10,714th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,311th in 2019) and the 88th most popular American Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, George Steele ranks 217 out of 700. Before him are Hidehiko Yoshida, The Boogeyman, Santino Marella, Makharbek Khadartsev, Johan Olin, and David Khakhaleishvili. After him are Seth Rollins, Fandango, Ferenc Kocsis, Frank Andersson, David Douillet, and Armen Nazaryan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, George Steele ranks 463. Before him are Marlo Thomas, Benjamin Whitrow, Roland Burris, Willi Koslowski, Viktor Mamatov, and Peter Kreeft. After him are David Del Tredici, Donald Dewar, Charles Dumas, Todd Armstrong, Viktor Yakushev, and Yury Sisikin. Among people deceased in 2017, George Steele ranks 508. Before him are Hans Gerschwiler, Muhal Richard Abrams, Benjamin Whitrow, Gianuario Carta, Erin Moran, and Jerry Pournelle. After him are Bano Qudsia, Graham Taylor, Viktor Kupreichik, Nicole Bricq, Aleksandr Salnikov, and Adolph Kiefer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Steele ranks 10,714 out of 18,182. Before him are Nathaniel P. Banks (1816), Barbara Barrie (1931), Macdonald Carey (1913), Glenn Strange (1899), Betsy Russell (1963), and Robert Serber (1909). After him are Bonnie Aarons (1979), Gracie Allen (1895), Jaime Bergman (1975), Bill Farmer (1952), Cliff Hagan (1931), and Sharon Lawrence (1961).

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Among WRESTLERS In United States

Among wrestlers born in United States, George Steele ranks 88. Before him are Diamond Dallas Page (1956), Rikishi (1965), Rulon Gardner (1971), Jim Neidhart (1955), Matt Hardy (1974), and The Boogeyman (1964). After him are Seth Rollins (1986), Fandango (1981), Sid Eudy (1960), R-Truth (1972), Lita (1975), and Daniel Bryan (1981).

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