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Nikolai Volkoff

1947 - 2018

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Josip Hrvoje Peruzović (October 14, 1947 – July 29, 2018), better known by his ring name Nikolai Volkoff, was a Croatian-American professional wrestler from Yugoslavia, best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation where he usually played a Soviet heel. In the 1970s, Peruzović was Bepo of the Mongols tag team, one of the masked Executioners and feuded with Bruno Sammartino over the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship as Volkoff. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nikolai Volkoff has received more than 1,620,793 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Nikolai Volkoff is the 164th most popular wrestler (down from 159th in 2019), the 274th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 260th in 2019) and the most popular Croatian Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Nikolai Volkoff ranks 164 out of 700. Before him are Jerry Lawler, Mr. Fuji, Dave Finlay, Jake Roberts, Lajos Keresztes, and Rustam Kazakov. After him are Ivan Koloff, Superstar Billy Graham, Pelle Svensson, Frithiof Mårtensson, The Fabulous Moolah, and John Layfield.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Nikolai Volkoff ranks 571. Before him are Laura Nyro, Robert Service, Randy Edelman, Ephraïm Inoni, Peter Osgood, and Rustam Kazakov. After him are Assata Shakur, Giulio Tremonti, Maurice Martens, Robin Dunbar, Ernie Lively, and Theodore Katsanevas. Among people deceased in 2018, Nikolai Volkoff ranks 370. Before him are Michel Bonnevie, Mateja Matevski, E. C. George Sudarshan, Branislav Pokrajac, Rick Genest, and Olga Jackowska. After him are Aleksei Paramonov, Johan van Hulst, Katie Boyle, Joseph Bonnel, Irina Beglyakova, and Alberto Fouilloux.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Nikolai Volkoff ranks 274 out of 589. Before him are Vjenceslav Novak (1859), Stojko Vranković (1964), Luciano Sušanj (1948), Zlatko Mateša (1949), Aleksandar Kozlina (1938), and Mate Trojanović (1930). After him are Oja Kodar (1941), Borislav Cvetković (1962), Dražen Mužinić (1953), Žan Tabak (1970), Ante Rebić (1993), and Nikica Valentić (1950).

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Among WRESTLERS In Croatia

Among wrestlers born in Croatia, Nikolai Volkoff ranks 1. 

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