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Hélio Gracie

1913 - 2009

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Hélio Gracie (October 1, 1913 – January 29, 2009) was a Brazilian martial artist who together with his brothers Oswaldo, Gastao Jr, George and Carlos Gracie founded and developed the self-defense martial art system of Gracie jiu-jitsu, also known as Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ). Considered as the Godfather of BJJ, according to his son Rorion, Gracie is one of the first sports heroes in Brazilian history; he was named Man of the Year in 1997 by the American martial arts publication Black Belt magazine. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hélio Gracie has received more than 2,192,223 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Hélio Gracie is the 14th most popular martial arts (down from 11th in 2019), the 150th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 143rd in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Martial Arts.

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  • 55.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Hélio Gracie ranks 14 out of 118. Before him are Linda Lee Cadwell, Choi Hong Hi, Conor McGregor, Ankō Itosu, Masatoshi Nakayama, and Kenwa Mabuni. After him are Chōjun Miyagi, Fedor Emelianenko, Andy Hug, Motobu Chōki, Higaonna Kanryō, and Matsumura Sōkon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Hélio Gracie ranks 108. Before him are Masatoshi Nakayama, Donald Maclean, Alfred Bester, Wols, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, and Maurice Wilkes. After him are Yasuo Suzuki, Philip Abelson, Trevor Howard, Lucien Goldmann, Elisaveta Bykova, and Georgy Flyorov. Among people deceased in 2009, Hélio Gracie ranks 92. Before him are Joseph Wiseman, Ramaswamy Venkataraman, Prince Alexandre of Belgium, Claude Berri, Félix Malloum, and Brittany Murphy. After him are Edward Schillebeeckx, Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Hortensia Bussi, Vasily Aksyonov, Inger Christensen, and Meir Amit.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Hélio Gracie ranks 150 out of 2,067. Before him are Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain (1811), Milton Nascimento (1942), Domingos da Guia (1912), Gal Costa (1945), David Luiz (1987), and Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves (1848). After him are Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli (1910), Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará (1875), Carlos Marighella (1911), Rogério Ceni (1973), João Guimarães Rosa (1908), and Bartolomeu de Gusmão (1685).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In Brazil

Among martial arts born in Brazil, Hélio Gracie ranks 1. After him are Anderson Silva (1975), Royce Gracie (1966), Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (1976), José Aldo (1986), Fabrício Werdum (1977), Wanderlei Silva (1976), Vitor Belfort (1977), Lyoto Machida (1978), Amanda Nunes (1988), Junior dos Santos (1984), and Maurício Rua (1981).

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