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El Santo

1917 - 1984

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Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta (23 September 1917 – 5 February 1984), best known by his ring name El Santo (English: "The Saint"), was a Mexican luchador enmascarado (or masked professional wrestler), actor and folk hero. He is one of the most famous and iconic Mexican luchadores, and has been referred to as one of "the greatest legends in Mexican sports". His wrestling career spanned nearly five decades, during which he became a folk hero and a symbol of justice for the common man through his appearances in luchador films and comic books telling fictionalized stories of El Santo fighting for justice. He starred or co-starred in at least 53 movies between 1958 and 1982. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. El Santo is the 56th most popular wrestler (down from 18th in 2019), the 143rd most popular biography from Mexico (down from 96th in 2019) and the most popular Mexican Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, El Santo ranks 56 out of 1,027. Before him are Ivan Poddubny, Buvaisar Saitiev, Big Boss Man, Hardcore Holly, Wim Ruska, and Bray Wyatt. After him are Seth Rollins, Randy Savage, Gholamreza Takhti, Jon Moxley, Viscera, and Lita.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, El Santo ranks 153. Before him are Robert Conquest, Zoltán Fábri, Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin, Infanta Alicia, Duchess of Calabria, Imre Németh, and Leopoldo Trieste. After him are Heinrich Ehrler, Dmitry Belyayev, Adolfo Consolini, Aníbal Paz, Kerim Kerimov, and Robert Anderson. Among people deceased in 1984, El Santo ranks 112. Before him are Alexis Korner, Baba Sali, Knut Nordahl, Lola Anglada, Louis Réard, and Sergei Salnikov. After him are Helge Løvland, Titus Burckhardt, Matías González, Tim, Panteleimon Ponomarenko, and Richard E. Bellman.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, El Santo ranks 143 out of 729. Before him are Ricardo Flores Magón (1874), Francisco León de la Barra (1863), Juan Álvarez (1790), Kitten Natividad (1948), Huitzilihuitl (1379), and Miriam Rodríguez Martínez (1967). After him are Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo (1926), Bernard Francis Law (1931), Ignacio Comonfort (1812), Francisco S. Carvajal (1870), Carlos Aguiar Retes (1950), and José Vasconcelos (1882).

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Among WRESTLERS In Mexico

Among wrestlers born in Mexico, El Santo ranks 1. After him are Alberto Del Rio (1977), Carístico (1982), Perro Aguayo Jr. (1979), Andrade Cien Almas (1989), Gran Metalik (1988), Rey Fénix (1990), Humberto Carrillo (1995), and Giorgi Sardalashvili (2003).

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