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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ivan Koloff has received more than 1,050,179 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ivan Koloff is the 165th most popular wrestler (down from 151st in 2019), the 473rd most popular biography from Canada (down from 461st in 2019) and the 9th most popular Canadian Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ivan Koloffs by language


Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Ivan Koloff ranks 165 out of 700Before him are Mr. Fuji, Dave Finlay, Jake Roberts, Lajos Keresztes, Rustam Kazakov, and Nikolai Volkoff. After him are Superstar Billy Graham, Pelle Svensson, Frithiof Mårtensson, The Fabulous Moolah, John Layfield, and Gorilla Monsoon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Ivan Koloff ranks 518Before him are John Clauser, Teddy Pilette, Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez, Michael Crawford, Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi, and Juan Carlos Sarnari. After him are Amarinder Singh, David Lange, Edmond Baraffe, Alan Rachins, Rutanya Alda, and Dan Haggerty. Among people deceased in 2017, Ivan Koloff ranks 424Before him are Peter Hall, Horacio Guarany, Roberto Cabañas, Heinz Schneiter, John Kundla, and Walter Becker. After him are R. C. Sproul, Mikhail Tolstykh, Paavo Lonkila, Inge Keller, Mark Fisher, and Valeriu Bularca.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Ivan Koloff ranks 473 out of 1,350Before him are Wilfred Lucas (1871), Richard Manuel (1943), Lorne Michaels (1944), Lucille Teasdale-Corti (1929), Sarah Carter (1980), and Thomas Middleditch (1982). After him are Shawn Ashmore (1979), Yannick Bisson (1969), Howie Morenz (1902), Alexander Ludwig (1992), David James Elliott (1960), and Barbara Kent (1907).

Among WRESTLERS In Canada

Among wrestlers born in Canada, Ivan Koloff ranks 9Before him are Bret Hart (1957), Roddy Piper (1954), Pat Patterson (1941), Edge (1973), Stu Hart (1915), and Owen Hart (1965). After him are Santino Marella (1974), Trish Stratus (1976), Christian Cage (1973), Robert Maillet (1969), Natalya Neidhart (1982), and Kevin Owens (1984).