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Lou Albano

1933 - 2009

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Louis Vincent Albano (July 29, 1933 – October 14, 2009) was an Italian-American professional wrestler, manager and actor, who performed under the ring/stage name "Captain" Lou Albano. He was active as a professional wrestler from 1953 until 1969, before becoming a manager until 1996. Over the course of his 42-year career, Albano guided 15 different tag teams and three singles competitors to championship gold. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lou Albano has received more than 2,295,530 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Lou Albano is the 214th most popular wrestler (down from 184th in 2019), the 4,047th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,727th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Italian Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Lou Albano ranks 214 out of 1,027. Before him are György Gurics, Pelle Svensson, Kelpo Gröndahl, Lex Luger, Jim Duggan, and Don Frye. After him are Yuji Takada, Roman Dmitriyev, Mitsuo Ikeda, Armen Nazaryan, Eric Bischoff, and Ricky Steamboat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Lou Albano ranks 460. Before him are Boris Razinsky, Irwin M. Jacobs, James Meredith, Anita Gradin, Daniel Massey, and Milena Hübschmannová. After him are Michael Parenti, Janusz Sidło, Pete Wilson, Jonathan Penrose, Raúl Sánchez, and David Storey. Among people deceased in 2009, Lou Albano ranks 336. Before him are Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, Jean Margéot, Jorge Enrique Adoum, George Russell, Mildred Cohn, and Chris Connor. After him are Stephen Gately, Nikolay Anikin, Shyamala Gopalan, Howard Zieff, Rolf Rüssmann, and Zygmunt Chychła.

Others Born in 1933

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Lou Albano ranks 4,047 out of 5,161. Before him are Emilio Lunghi (1887), In-Grid (1978), Paride Tumburus (1939), Pippa Bacca (1974), Beniamino Andreatta (1928), and Marcus Plautius Silvanus (null). After him are Franco Selvaggi (1953), Carolina Kostner (1987), Domenico Berardi (1994), Franco Faggi (1926), Renzo Eusebi (1946), and Giuliana De Sio (1956).

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Among WRESTLERS In Italy

Among wrestlers born in Italy, Lou Albano ranks 6. Before him are Bruno Sammartino (1935), Ignazio Fabra (1930), Antonino Rocca (1921), Enrico Porro (1885), and Angelo Parisi (1953). After him are Ezio Gamba (1958), Vincenzo Maenza (1962), Andrea Minguzzi (1982), Giuseppe Maddaloni (1976), Odette Giuffrida (1994), and Alice Bellandi (1998).

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