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Gholamreza Takhti

1930 - 1968

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Gholamreza Takhti (Persian: غلامرضا تختی, August 27, 1930 – January 7, 1968) was an Iranian freestyle wrestler and varzesh-e bastani (Persian traditional sport) practitioner. He was a gold medalist at the 1956 Summer Olympics, 1958 Asian Games, 1959 World Championships, and 1961 World Championships, as well as a three-time Pahlevan of Iran. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gholamreza Takhti has received more than 355,450 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Gholamreza Takhti is the 26th most popular wrestler (up from 30th in 2019), the 256th most popular biography from Iran (down from 225th in 2019) and the most popular Iranian Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Gholamreza Takhti ranks 26 out of 1,027. Before him are Triple H, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Ric Flair, Rocky Johnson, The Miz, and Isao Inokuma. After him are Seth Rollins, Ivan Poddubny, George Hackenschmidt, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Wim Ruska, and Ferenc Seres.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Gholamreza Takhti ranks 206. Before him are Tadao Kobayashi, Néstor Almendros, Ernst Fuchs, Georges Descrières, Jean Vincent, and Károly Grósz. After him are Stuart Lewis-Evans, Sandra Day O'Connor, Silvio Santos, Gérard Blain, Yi-Fu Tuan, and John Wood. Among people deceased in 1968, Gholamreza Takhti ranks 96. Before him are Tullio Serafin, R. Norris Williams, Tallulah Bankhead, Tivadar Soros, Lilian Harvey, and Ramón Menéndez Pidal. After him are Tian Han, Herbert Read, Randolph Churchill, George Hackenschmidt, Sigfried Giedion, and Alfredo Foglino.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Gholamreza Takhti ranks 256 out of 631. Before him are Nima Yooshij (1897), Raffi (1835), Mohammad Beheshti (1928), Parvin E'tesami (1907), Ubayd Zakani (1301), and Mohammad-Reza Shajarian (1940). After him are Al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar (935), Asadi Tusi (999), Massoud Rajavi (1948), Mithridates IV of Parthia (null), Mostafa Chamran (1932), and Ariobarzanes of Persis (-368).

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Among WRESTLERS In Iran

Among wrestlers born in Iran, Gholamreza Takhti ranks 1. After him are The Iron Sheik (1942), Emam-Ali Habibi (1931), Matt Ghaffari (1961), Hassan Yazdani (1994), Rasoul Khadem (1972), Alireza Dabir (1977), Hamid Sourian (1985), Saeid Mollaei (1992), Ghasem Rezaei (1985), Komeil Ghasemi (1988), and Ehsan Lashgari (1985).

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