WRESTLER

Bruno Sammartino

1935 - 2018

Photo of Bruno Sammartino

Icon of person Bruno Sammartino

Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino (October 6, 1935 – April 18, 2018) was an Italian-American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time with the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). Sammartino's first reign as WWF World Heavyweight Champion is the longest recognized men's world title reign in wrestling history. Born in Italy to a family of seven, Sammartino grew up in poverty. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bruno Sammartino is the 31st most popular wrestler (down from 16th in 2019), the 1,842nd most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,971st in 2019) and the most popular Italian Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Bruno Sammartino by language

Loading...

Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Bruno Sammartino ranks 31 out of 1,027. Before him are John Cena, Anton Geesink, Rikidōzan, Bob Orton Jr., Dave Finlay, and Aleksandr Medved. After him are Big Van Vader, Ric Flair, Sid Eudy, Rocky Johnson, Khabib Nurmagomedov, and The Great Gama.

Most Popular Wrestlers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Bruno Sammartino ranks 114. Before him are Marina Doria, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Dick McTaggart, Agne Simonsson, Tsutomu Hata, and Dominique Venner. After him are Mário Coluna, Vladislav Volkov, Julian Glover, Michael Walzer, Judd Hirsch, and Fabio Cudicini. Among people deceased in 2018, Bruno Sammartino ranks 102. Before him are Odvar Nordli, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Samir Amin, Oskar Gröning, Nicole Fontaine, and Paul Andreu. After him are Kira Muratova, Darío Castrillón Hoyos, Ermanno Olmi, Big Van Vader, Margot Kidder, and Belisario Betancur.

Others Born in 1935

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2018

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Bruno Sammartino ranks 1,842 out of 5,161. Before him are Nicola Abbagnano (1901), Vittorio Brambilla (1937), Agostino Chigi (1465), Gaius Cassius Longinus Varus (-115), Carlo Rainaldi (1611), and Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily (1779). After him are Domitilla the Elder (50), Rinaldo d'Este (1655), Antonio Vivarini (1440), Margherita de' Medici (1612), Guido Cantelli (1920), and Maria Beatrice of Savoy (1792).

Others born in Italy

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among WRESTLERS In Italy

Among wrestlers born in Italy, Bruno Sammartino ranks 1. After him are Enrico Porro (1885), Antonino Rocca (1921), Ignazio Fabra (1930), Angelo Parisi (1953), Lou Albano (1933), Ezio Gamba (1958), Vincenzo Maenza (1962), Andrea Minguzzi (1982), Giuseppe Maddaloni (1976), Odette Giuffrida (1994), and Alice Bellandi (1998).

Italian born Wrestlers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous