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Paul Bearer

1954 - 2013

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William Alvin Moody (April 10, 1954 – March 5, 2013) was an American professional wrestling manager and licensed funeral director. He is best known for his tenure with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later WWE) where he performed under the ring name and gimmick of Paul Bearer, manager and guiding light of The Undertaker. As Paul Bearer, he hosted his own talk show segment entitled The Funeral Parlor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Bearer has received more than 3,685,047 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Paul Bearer is the 170th most popular wrestler (down from 121st in 2019), the 8,594th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,243rd in 2019) and the 60th most popular American Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Paul Bearers by language

Over the past year Paul Bearer has had the most page views in the with 463,583 views, followed by Spanish (19,993), and German (14,964). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (78.71%), Persian (71.31%), and Korean (38.91%)

Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Paul Bearer ranks 170 out of 1,027. Before him are Nathan Jones, King Kong Bundy, Axel Grönberg, Stefan Angelov, Walter, and Gorilla Monsoon. After him are Stephanie McMahon, Hermanni Pihlajamäki, Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko, John Layfield, Daniel Robin, and Wolfgang Hofmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Paul Bearer ranks 422. Before him are John Michael Talbot, David Paymer, Désiré Tsarahazana, Marc Ribot, Terry Kinney, and Hanif Kureishi. After him are Kurt Welzl, Michael Shermer, Jouko Törmänen, Théophile Abega, Andrei Sannikov, and Zach Grenier. Among people deceased in 2013, Paul Bearer ranks 381. Before him are Masae Kasai, Luis Ubiña, Ersilio Tonini, Regina Bianchi, Bob Kurland, and Carlos Graça. After him are Richard LeParmentier, Irina Petrescu, Donald Richie, George E. P. Box, Walter Jens, and Ruth Patrick.

Others Born in 1954

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Bearer ranks 8,594 out of 20,380. Before him are Evan Rachel Wood (1987), Helen Ferguson (1901), Mark Valley (1964), William Blum (1933), Alexander Berzin (1944), and Jim Pollard (1922). After him are Cathy Moriarty (1960), William C. deMille (1878), Spencer Dryden (1938), Emily Donelson (1807), Ann Harding (1902), and Danny Lloyd (1972).

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Among WRESTLERS In United States

Among wrestlers born in United States, Paul Bearer ranks 60. Before him are The Fabulous Moolah (1923), Jake Roberts (1955), Rob Van Dam (1970), Mr. Fuji (1934), King Kong Bundy (1955), and Gorilla Monsoon (1937). After him are Stephanie McMahon (1976), John Layfield (1966), Curt Hennig (1958), Mark Schultz (1960), Paul Heyman (1965), and Kevin Von Erich (1957).

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