1965 - Today
Michael Shawn Hickenbottom (born July 22, 1965), better known by his ring name Shawn Michaels, is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he is the Senior Vice President of Talent Development Creative and oversees the creative aspects of the NXT brand. Regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, he is known by the nicknames "The Heartbreak Kid" (often abbreviated as HBK), "The Showstopper", and "Mr. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shawn Michaels has received more than 10,206,164 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Shawn Michaels is the 69th most popular wrestler (down from 54th in 2019), the 5,810th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,819th in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Wrestler.
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Among wrestlers, Shawn Michaels ranks 69 out of 700. Before him are Claes Johanson, Johannes Kotkas, Carl Westergren, Dietmar Lorenz, Pat Patterson, and Roman Reigns. After him are Axel Cadier, Mijaín López, Emam-Ali Habibi, Bobo Brazil, Kurt Angle, and Antonino Rocca.
1884 - 1949
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 63
1915 - 1998
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 64
1895 - 1958
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 65
1950 - 2021
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 66
1941 - 2020
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 67
1985 - Present
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 68
1965 - Present
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 69
1906 - 1974
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 70
1982 - Present
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 71
1931 - Present
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 72
1924 - 1998
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 73
1968 - Present
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 74
1921 - 1977
HPI: 47.69
Rank: 75
Among people born in 1965, Shawn Michaels ranks 174. Before him are Christine Lambrecht, Yasutoshi Miura, Megumi Ogata, Paweł Adamowicz, Rob Pilatus, and Velimir Perasović. After him are Ange Postecoglou, Michael Dell, Tomáš Skuhravý, Steven Adler, James Nesbitt, and Robin Sharma.
1965 - Present
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 168
1965 - Present
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 169
1965 - Present
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 170
1965 - 2019
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 171
1965 - 1998
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 172
1965 - Present
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 173
1965 - Present
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 174
1965 - Present
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 175
1965 - Present
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 176
1965 - Present
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 177
1965 - Present
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 178
1965 - Present
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 179
1965 - Present
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 180
Among people born in United States, Shawn Michaels ranks 5,810 out of 18,182. Before him are Forest Ray Moulton (1872), Robert Z'Dar (1950), Roman Reigns (1985), Philip Bailey (1951), Chris Farley (1964), and Maclyn McCarty (1911). After him are John Tate (1925), Bob Falkenburg (1926), Ray Romano (1957), Eugene Sledge (1923), Margaret Colin (1958), and Bill Nye (1955).
1872 - 1952
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 5,804
1950 - 2015
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 5,805
1985 - Present
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 5,806
1951 - Present
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 5,807
1964 - 1997
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 5,808
1911 - 2005
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 5,809
1965 - Present
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 5,810
1925 - 2019
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 5,811
1926 - 2022
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 5,812
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 5,813
1923 - 2001
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 5,814
1958 - Present
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 5,815
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 5,816
Among wrestlers born in United States, Shawn Michaels ranks 24. Before him are Randy Orton (1980), Buddy Rogers (1921), Rey Mysterio (1974), Darren Young (1983), Dusty Rhodes (1945), and Roman Reigns (1985). After him are Bobo Brazil (1924), Kurt Angle (1968), Big E (1986), Chris Jericho (1970), Stan Hansen (1949), and Harley Race (1943).
1980 - Present
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 18
1921 - 1992
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 19
1974 - Present
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 20
1983 - Present
HPI: 48.61
Rank: 21
1945 - 2015
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 22
1985 - Present
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 23
1965 - Present
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 24
1924 - 1998
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 25
1968 - Present
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 26
1986 - Present
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 27
1970 - Present
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 28
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 29
1943 - 2019
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 30