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The Iron Sheik

1942 - 2023

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Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri (Persian: حسین خسرو علی وزیری, romanized: Hossein Xosrô 'Ali Vaziri; March 15, 1942 – June 7, 2023), better known by his ring name the Iron Sheik, was an Iranian professional wrestler, amateur wrestler, and actor. He was the first, and so far only, Iranian champion in WWE history, having won the WWF World Heavyweight Championship in 1983. This villainous character peaked during the 1980s WWF wrestling boom and his rivalry with Hulk Hogan turned Hogan into one of the greatest television heroes of the decade. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of The Iron Sheik has received more than 4,553,727 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. The Iron Sheik is the 59th most popular wrestler (down from 56th in 2019), the 312th most popular biography from Iran (down from 286th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Iranian Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, The Iron Sheik ranks 59 out of 700Before him are Mithat Bayrak, Randy Orton, Mustafa Dağıstanlı, Buddy Rogers, Bayram Şit, and Olle Anderberg. After him are Rey Mysterio, Darren Young, Dusty Rhodes, Väinö Kokkinen, Alfred Asikainen, and Claes Johanson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, The Iron Sheik ranks 373Before him are Béla Károlyi, Beverly Aadland, Arthur Brown, Aritatsu Ogi, José Serra, and Shukri Ghanem. After him are Willis Reed, Madeline Kahn, Irm Hermann, Modibo Keita, Bo Hopkins, and Lupe Ontiveros. Among people deceased in 2023, The Iron Sheik ranks 215Before him are Ruth Fuchs, Greta Andersen, Josephine Chaplin, Alfredo M. Bonanno, Meir Shalev, and Frances Sternhagen. After him are Willis Reed, Francisco Ibáñez Talavera, Bo Larsson, Giuliano Montaldo, Karl-Josef Rauber, and Marouf al-Bakhit.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, The Iron Sheik ranks 312 out of 528Before him are Jamshid Amouzegar (1923), Ali Akbar Velayati (1945), Ivan Galamian (1903), Ali-Morad Khan Zand (1779), Abdullah Mirza (1433), and Sami Yusuf (1980). After him are Mohsen Rezaee (1954), Al-Nayrizi (865), Jalil Zandi (1951), Kazim Rashti (1793), Bozorg Alavi (1904), and Maryam Rajavi (1953).

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Among WRESTLERS In Iran

Among wrestlers born in Iran, The Iron Sheik ranks 2Before him are Gholamreza Takhti (1930). After him are Emam-Ali Habibi (1931), Matt Ghaffari (1961), Hassan Yazdani (1994), Saeid Mollaei (1992), Alireza Dabir (1977), Hamid Sourian (1985), Komeil Ghasemi (1988), Ghasem Rezaei (1985), Ehsan Lashgari (1985), and Omid Norouzi (1986).

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