1972 - Today
Dalip Singh Rana (born 27 August 1972) is an Indian-born American retired professional wrestler and wrestling promoter better known by his ring name The Great Khali. He is best known for his tenure in WWE where he became the first Indian-born World Heavyweight Champion in history. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of The Great Khali has received more than 12,473,428 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). The Great Khali is the 43rd most popular wrestler (down from 24th in 2019), the 407th most popular biography from India (down from 261st in 2019) and the most popular Indian Wrestler.
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Among wrestlers, The Great Khali ranks 43 out of 700. Before him are Yaşar Doğu, Roddy Piper, Jimmy Snuka, Eduard Pütsep, Terry Funk, and Lou Thesz. After him are Ibrahim Moustafa, The Ultimate Warrior, Kevin Nash, Martin Klein, József Csatári, and Hamit Kaplan.
1913 - 1961
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 37
1954 - 2015
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 38
1943 - 2017
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 39
1898 - 1960
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 40
1944 - 2023
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 41
1916 - 2002
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 42
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 43
1904 - 1968
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 44
1959 - 2014
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 45
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 46
1884 - 1947
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 47
1943 - 2021
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 48
1934 - 1976
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 49
Among people born in 1972, The Great Khali ranks 80. Before him are Karl Nehammer, Sarah Rafferty, Wil Wheaton, Alejandro Amenábar, Sundar Pichai, and Rebecca Romijn. After him are Julie Benz, Noriaki Kasai, Eric Dane, Jennie Garth, Željko Joksimović, and Takuya Kimura.
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 74
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 75
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.65
Rank: 76
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 77
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 78
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 79
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 80
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 81
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 82
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 83
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 84
1972 - Present
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 85
1972 - Present
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 86
Among people born in India, The Great Khali ranks 407 out of 1,493. Before him are Sundar Pichai (1972), B. D. Jatti (1912), Bhimsen Joshi (1922), Ibn Warraq (1946), Anupam Kher (1955), and Altaf Hussain Hali (1837). After him are Brian Horrocks (1895), Sabu Dastagir (1924), Bhāskara I (600), Priyanka Chopra (1982), Balaji Vishwanath (1662), and Jaswant Singh (1938).
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 401
1912 - 2002
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 402
1922 - 2011
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 403
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 404
1955 - Present
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 405
1837 - 1914
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 406
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 407
1895 - 1985
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 408
1924 - 1963
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 409
600 - 680
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 410
1982 - Present
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 411
1662 - 1720
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 412
1938 - 2020
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 413
Among wrestlers born in India, The Great Khali ranks 1. After him are The Great Gama (1878), Sushil Kumar (1983), Geeta Phogat (1988), Bajrang Punia (1994), Babita Kumari (1989), Yogeshwar Dutt (1982), and Vinesh Phogat (1994).
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 1
1878 - 1960
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 2
1983 - Present
HPI: 30.54
Rank: 3
1988 - Present
HPI: 30.53
Rank: 4
1994 - Present
HPI: 28.55
Rank: 5
1989 - Present
HPI: 25.73
Rank: 6
1982 - Present
HPI: 24.99
Rank: 7
1994 - Present
HPI: 19.97
Rank: 8