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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 12,515,427 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Roddy Piper is the 53rd most popular wrestler (down from 38th in 2019), the 252nd most popular biography from Canada (down from 216th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Canadian Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 13M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Roddy Piper ranks 53 out of 1,027. Before him are Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Kevin Nash, Yasuhiro Yamashita, Stephanos Christopoulos, Bill Goldberg, and Axel Cadier. After him are Oskari Friman, Eduard Pütsep, Randy Orton, Olle Anderberg, Carl Westergren, and Yaşar Doğu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Roddy Piper ranks 220. Before him are Susumu Hirasawa, Hideki Maeda, Iain Banks, Karl-Heinz Körbel, Mahmoud El Khatib, and Seka. After him are Bruno Coulais, Abdullah al-Thani, Norihito, Prince Takamado, Kazuhiko Inoue, Christian Gross, and Carlos Agostinho do Rosário. Among people deceased in 2015, Roddy Piper ranks 212. Before him are Gheorghe Gruia, Tadeusz Konwicki, Gunnar Hansen, Hermann Zapf, Jules Bianchi, and Fred Thompson. After him are Qiao Shi, Alex Rocco, Karl H. Pribram, Ninón Sevilla, John Henry Holland, and Revaz Chkheidze.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Roddy Piper ranks 252 out of 1,622. Before him are Elias Koteas (1961), Daniel Lavoie (1949), Gordon R. Dickson (1923), Paul Bley (1932), Linda Thorson (1947), and Michael Wincott (1958). After him are Lawrence Stroll (1959), Northrop Frye (1912), Barry Pepper (1970), Alexandra Stewart (1939), Mark Robson (1913), and Walter Pidgeon (1897).

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Among WRESTLERS In Canada

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

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