1926 - 2015
Laverne Clarence Gagne (February 26, 1926 – April 27, 2015) was an American amateur and professional wrestler, football player, wrestling trainer and wrestling promoter. He was the owner and promoter of the Minneapolis-based American Wrestling Association (AWA), the predominant promotion throughout the Midwest and Manitoba for many years. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Verne Gagne has received more than 1,469,016 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Verne Gagne is the 145th most popular wrestler (down from 118th in 2019), the 8,044th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,343rd in 2019) and the 53rd most popular American Wrestler.
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Among wrestlers, Verne Gagne ranks 145 out of 700. Before him are Ken Shamrock, Joseph Olivier, Big Van Vader, Mick Foley, Stephanie McMahon, and Shinobu Sekine. After him are Kurt Pettersén, Takehide Nakatani, Jeff Hardy, László Papp, Rhyno, and Nicolae Martinescu.
1964 - Present
HPI: 44.58
Rank: 139
1874 - 1901
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 140
1955 - 2018
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 141
1965 - Present
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 142
1976 - Present
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 143
1943 - 2018
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 144
1926 - 2015
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 145
1916 - 1957
HPI: 44.26
Rank: 146
1941 - Present
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 147
1977 - Present
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 148
1905 - 1989
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 149
1975 - Present
HPI: 44.10
Rank: 150
1940 - 2013
HPI: 44.08
Rank: 151
Among people born in 1926, Verne Gagne ranks 367. Before him are Alison Lurie, Günter de Bruyn, Tapio Mäkelä, Moshe Sanbar, Adriano Directo Emperado, and Richard DeVos. After him are Aldo Ray, Joe Slovo, H. C. Robbins Landon, Uttam Kumar, Tim LaHaye, and Wolfgang Seidel. Among people deceased in 2015, Verne Gagne ranks 334. Before him are Jouko Törmänen, Pál Várhidi, Rakhat Aliyev, Zhanna Yorkina, Nirmala Joshi, and David Canary. After him are Andy White, Saeed Jaffrey, Haskell Wexler, Bengt Berndtsson, Mary Ellen Mark, and Gennadiy Seleznyov.
1926 - 2020
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 361
1926 - 2020
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 362
1926 - 2016
HPI: 44.42
Rank: 363
1926 - 2012
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 364
1926 - 2009
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 365
1926 - 2018
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 366
1926 - 2015
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 367
1926 - 1991
HPI: 44.27
Rank: 368
1926 - 1995
HPI: 44.26
Rank: 369
1926 - 2009
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 370
1926 - 1980
HPI: 44.22
Rank: 371
1926 - 2016
HPI: 44.22
Rank: 372
1926 - 1987
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 373
1954 - 2015
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 328
1931 - 2015
HPI: 44.71
Rank: 329
1962 - 2015
HPI: 44.51
Rank: 330
1939 - 2015
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 331
1934 - 2015
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 332
1938 - 2015
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 333
1926 - 2015
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 334
1930 - 2015
HPI: 44.26
Rank: 335
1929 - 2015
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 336
1922 - 2015
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 337
1933 - 2015
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 338
1940 - 2015
HPI: 44.00
Rank: 339
1947 - 2015
HPI: 43.95
Rank: 340
Among people born in United States, Verne Gagne ranks 8,044 out of 18,182. Before him are Robert Alda (1914), Wally Pfister (1961), Flo Rida (1979), Ronnie Bucknum (1936), Lonnie Johnson (1899), and Dan Marino (1961). After him are David Clennon (1943), Mike Vogel (1979), Joel Glazer (1970), Jane Colden (1724), Aldo Ray (1926), and Jeremy Camp (1978).
1914 - 1986
HPI: 44.29
Rank: 8,038
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.29
Rank: 8,039
1979 - Present
HPI: 44.29
Rank: 8,040
1936 - 1992
HPI: 44.29
Rank: 8,041
1899 - 1970
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 8,042
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 8,043
1926 - 2015
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 8,044
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 8,045
1979 - Present
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 8,046
1970 - Present
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 8,047
1724 - 1766
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 8,048
1926 - 1991
HPI: 44.27
Rank: 8,049
1978 - Present
HPI: 44.27
Rank: 8,050
Among wrestlers born in United States, Verne Gagne ranks 53. Before him are Lex Luger (1958), Bubba Ray Dudley (1971), Ken Shamrock (1964), Big Van Vader (1955), Mick Foley (1965), and Stephanie McMahon (1976). After him are Jeff Hardy (1977), Rhyno (1975), King Kong Bundy (1955), Mark Schultz (1960), Theodore Long (1947), and Jerry Lawler (1949).
1958 - Present
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 47
1971 - Present
HPI: 44.67
Rank: 48
1964 - Present
HPI: 44.58
Rank: 49
1955 - 2018
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 50
1965 - Present
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 51
1976 - Present
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 52
1926 - 2015
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 53
1977 - Present
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 54
1975 - Present
HPI: 44.10
Rank: 55
1955 - 2019
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 56
1960 - Present
HPI: 44.00
Rank: 57
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 58
1949 - Present
HPI: 43.92
Rank: 59