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Ivan Koloff

1942 - 2017

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Oreal Donald Perras (August 25, 1942 – February 18, 2017) was a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by the ring name "the Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff, where he was billed from Russia and, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Ukraine. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ivan Koloff has received more than 1,105,421 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Ivan Koloff is the 186th most popular wrestler (down from 165th in 2019), the 489th most popular biography from Canada (down from 472nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Canadian Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Ivan Koloff ranks 186 out of 1,027. Before him are Curt Hennig, Sergei Beloglazov, Rustam Kazakov, Georg Gehring, Mohamed Ali Rashwan, and Mark Schultz. After him are Yaşar Erkan, Paul Heyman, Dietmar Lorenz, Lajos Keresztes, Frithiof Mårtensson, and Aleksandar Tomov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Ivan Koloff ranks 576. Before him are Juan Carlos Oleniak, Jerry Jones, Robert Christgau, Kees Verkerk, John Ashcroft, and Jejomar Binay. After him are Norman Greenbaum, Dinara Asanova, Javier Fragoso, Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, Steve Wynn, and Mirko Sandić. Among people deceased in 2017, Ivan Koloff ranks 452. Before him are R. C. Sproul, Graham Taylor, Lee Yuan-tsu, Kito Lorenc, Tommy Gemmell, and Paavo Lonkila. After him are Julia Hartwig, Charles Bradley, Shelley Berman, James Cotton, Walter Becker, and Hans Gerschwiler.

Others Born in 1942

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Ivan Koloff ranks 489 out of 1,622. Before him are Ernest Hamilton (1883), Kathleen Robertson (1973), Mary Frizzell (1913), Mia Kirshner (1975), John Emery (1932), and Marie Prevost (1896). After him are Paul Corkum (1943), Tyler Mane (1966), Michael Hogan (1949), Justin Chatwin (1982), William Hope (1955), and Edison Chen (1980).

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Among WRESTLERS In Canada

Among wrestlers born in Canada, Ivan Koloff ranks 9. Before him are Chris Benoit (1967), Roddy Piper (1954), Edge (1973), Stu Hart (1915), Owen Hart (1965), and Pat Patterson (1941). After him are Santino Marella (1974), Christian Cage (1973), Trish Stratus (1976), Kevin Owens (1984), Robert Maillet (1969), and Natalya Neidhart (1982).

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