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Roddy Piper

1954 - 2015

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Roderick George Toombs (April 17, 1954 – July 31, 2015), better known as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, was a Canadian professional wrestler and actor. In professional wrestling, Piper was best known to international audiences for his work with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) between 1984 and 2000. Although he was Canadian, Piper was billed as coming from Glasgow and was known for his signature kilt and bagpipe entrance music; this was because of his Scottish heritage. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roddy Piper has received more than 11,773,490 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Roddy Piper is the 38th most popular wrestler (up from 61st in 2019), the 216th most popular biography from Canada (up from 258th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Canadian Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 12M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Roddy Piper ranks 38 out of 700. Before him are Brock Lesnar, Bret Hart, Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Bill Goldberg, Ivar Johansson, and Yaşar Doğu. After him are Jimmy Snuka, Eduard Pütsep, Terry Funk, Lou Thesz, The Great Khali, and Ibrahim Moustafa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Roddy Piper ranks 164. Before him are Tony Todd, Margot Wallström, Peter J. Ratcliffe, Alice, Sam J. Jones, and Kazuhiko Inoue. After him are Anish Kapoor, Gerd Faltings, Wolfgang Becker, Kengo Kuma, Jonathan Pollard, and Will Patton. Among people deceased in 2015, Roddy Piper ranks 180. Before him are Xu Caihou, Mike Porcaro, James Salter, Moira Orfei, Richard Johnson, and Carlo Furno. After him are Wan Li, Walter Burkert, Czesław Kiszczak, Barbro Hiort af Ornäs, Slavko Avsenik, and Sergio Sollima.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Roddy Piper ranks 216 out of 1,350. Before him are Terry Fox (1958), Hume Cronyn (1911), Marc Singer (1948), Joseph-Armand Bombardier (1907), John Draper (1943), and Florence Lawrence (1886). After him are Ernest Burgess (1886), Neil Peart (1952), Robbie Robertson (1943), Peter North (1957), Kim Coates (1958), and Henry Clinton (1730).

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Among WRESTLERS In Canada

Among wrestlers born in Canada, Roddy Piper ranks 4. Before him are Rocky Johnson (1944), Chris Benoit (1967), and Bret Hart (1957). After him are Pat Patterson (1941), Edge (1973), Stu Hart (1915), Owen Hart (1965), Ivan Koloff (1942), Santino Marella (1974), Trish Stratus (1976), and Christian Cage (1973).

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