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Rocky Johnson

1944 - 2020

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Rocky Johnson (born Wayde Douglas Bowles, August 24, 1944 – January 15, 2020) was a Canadian professional wrestler. Among many National Wrestling Alliance titles, he was the first Black Georgia Heavyweight Champion as well as the NWA Television Champion (2 times). He won the World Tag Team Championship in 1983, along with his partner Tony Atlas, to become the first black champions in WWE history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rocky Johnson has received more than 12,684,748 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Rocky Johnson is the 23rd most popular wrestler (down from 12th in 2019), the 136th most popular biography from Canada (down from 93rd in 2019) and the most popular Canadian Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 13M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Rocky Johnson ranks 23 out of 1,027. Before him are Terry Funk, El Santo, Giant Baba, Triple H, Khabib Nurmagomedov, and Ric Flair. After him are The Miz, Isao Inokuma, Gholamreza Takhti, Seth Rollins, Ivan Poddubny, and George Hackenschmidt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Rocky Johnson ranks 224. Before him are Rory Byrne, Billy Cobham, Aguila Saleh Issa, Candy Darling, O Yeong-su, and Onufriy. After him are Gary Glitter, Elizabeth Loftus, Élisabeth Badinter, Robert Hanssen, Jeffrey Tambor, and Ulf Stark. Among people deceased in 2020, Rocky Johnson ranks 159. Before him are Astrid Kirchherr, Mesut Yılmaz, Jean Raspail, Hans Tilkowski, Viktor Ponedelnik, and Dyanne Thorne. After him are Myroslav Skoryk, Jack Welch, Stuart Whitman, Olof Thunberg, Robert Conrad, and Christophe.

Others Born in 1944

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Rocky Johnson ranks 136 out of 1,622. Before him are Gordie Howe (1928), Arthur Hiller (1923), Ian Stevenson (1918), Joseph Wiseman (1918), Katheryn Winnick (1977), and Louis Riel (1844). After him are Gil Evans (1912), Eugene Levy (1946), Tom Cavanagh (1963), James Craig Watson (1838), Peter Cullen (1941), and Raymond Burr (1917).

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Among WRESTLERS In Canada

Among wrestlers born in Canada, Rocky Johnson ranks 1. After him are Bret Hart (1957), Chris Benoit (1967), Roddy Piper (1954), Edge (1973), Stu Hart (1915), Owen Hart (1965), Pat Patterson (1941), Ivan Koloff (1942), Santino Marella (1974), Christian Cage (1973), and Trish Stratus (1976).

Canadian born Wrestlers

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