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Born Wrestler Date of Birth Date of Death
Canada Abdullah The Butcher Jan 11th 1941
Japan Akira Maeda Jan 24th 1959
Italy Al Costello Dec 14th 1919 Sat, Jan 22nd 2000
Mexico Alfonso Dantes Apr 13th 1943 Wed, Jul 30th 2008
France Andre The Giant May 19th 1946 Wed, Jan 27th 1993
Italy Antonino Rocca Apr 13th 1927 Tue, Mar 15th 1977
Japan Antonio Inoki Feb 20th 1943 Sat, Oct 1st 2022
Mexico Antonio Peña Jun 13th 1951 Thu, Oct 5th 2006
Japan Atsushi Onita Oct 25th 1957
United Kingdom Bert Assirati Unknown Thu, Aug 30th 1990
United States Bill Watts May 5th 1939
United States Billy Graham Jun 7th 1943 Wed, May 17th 2023
United Kingdom Billy Robinson Sep 18th 1939 Thu, Feb 27th 2014
United States Billy Sandow Sep 4th 1884 Fri, Sep 15th 1972
Canada Billy Watson Jul 25th 1915 Sun, Feb 4th 1990
Mexico Blue Demon Apr 24th 1922 Sat, Dec 16th 2000
United States Bobby Heenan Nov 1st 1944 Sun, Sep 17th 2017
United States Bobo Brazil Jul 10th 1924 Tue, Jan 20th 1998
Canada Bret Hart Jul 2nd 1957
Canada Bronko Nagurski Nov 3rd 1908 Sun, Jan 7th 1990
United States Bruiser Brody Jun 18th 1946 Sun, Jul 17th 1988
Italy Bruno Sammartino Oct 6th 1935 Wed, Apr 18th 2018
United States Buddy Rogers Feb 20th 1921 Fri, Jun 26th 1992
Mexico Cavernario Galindo Sep 27th 1923 Mon, Jul 19th 1999
United States Danny Hodge May 13th 1932 Fri, Dec 25th 2020
United States Danny McShain Oct 30th 1912 Tue, Jul 14th 1992
India Dara Singh Nov 19th 1928 Thu, Jul 12th 2012
Japan Devil Masami Jan 7th 1962
United States Dick Lane May 27th 1899 Sat, Sep 4th 1982
United States Dick The Bruiser Jun 26th 1929 Sun, Nov 10th 1991
United States Don Leo Jonathan Apr 29th 1931 Sat, Oct 13th 2018
United States Dory Funk, Jr. Feb 3rd 1942
United States Dory Funk, Sr. May 13th 1919 Sat, Jun 2nd 1973
Japan Dump Matsumoto Nov 11th 1960
United States Dusty Rhodes Oct 12th 1945 Thu, Jun 11th 2015
United Kingdom Dynamite Kid Dec 5th 1958 Wed, Dec 5th 2018
Canada Earl McCready Jun 15th 1908 Fri, Dec 9th 1983
United States Ed Don George Jun 3rd 1905 Wed, Sep 18th 1985
United States Ed Lewis Jun 30th 1891 Mon, Aug 8th 1966
United States Eddie Graham Jan 15th 1930 Mon, Jan 21st 1985
Mexico El Santo Sep 23rd 1917 Sun, Feb 5th 1984
Mexico El Solitario May 21st 1946 Sat, Apr 5th 1986
United States Emil Dusek Unknown Tue, Jul 8th 1986
United States Ernie Dusek Unknown Sun, Apr 10th 1994
United States Ernie Ladd Nov 28th 1938 Sat, Mar 10th 2007
United States Frank Gotch Apr 26th 1877 Sun, Dec 16th 1917
Canada Frank Tunney Nov 12th 1912 Thu, May 19th 1983
United States Fred Kohler Jan 6th 1903 Sun, Aug 24th 1969
United States Freddie Blassie Feb 18th 1918 Mon, Jun 2nd 2003
United States Fritz Von Erich Aug 16th 1929 Wed, Sep 10th 1997
Canada Gene Kiniski Nov 23rd 1928 Wed, Apr 14th 2010
Japan Genichiro Tenryu Feb 2nd 1950
Estonia George Hackenschmidt Aug 1st 1878 Mon, Feb 19th 1968
Japan Giant Baba Jan 23rd 1938 Sun, Jan 31st 1999
United States Gordon Solie Jan 26th 1929 Thu, Jul 27th 2000
United States Gorgeous George Mar 24th 1915 Thu, Dec 26th 1963
United States Gory Guerrero Jan 11th 1921 Tue, Apr 17th 1990
United States Harley Race Apr 11th 1943 Thu, Aug 1st 2019
Japan Hisashi Shinma Mar 22nd 1935
United States Hulk Hogan Aug 11th 1953
United States Jack Brisco Sep 21st 1941 Mon, Feb 1st 2010
United States Jackie Fargo Jun 25th 1930 Sun, Jun 23rd 2013
Japan Jackie Sato Oct 30th 1957 Mon, Aug 9th 1999
Japan Jaguar Yokota Jul 25th 1961
United States Jerry Lawler Nov 29th 1949
United States Jim Barnett Jun 9th 1924 Fri, Sep 17th 2004
United States Jim Cornette Sep 17th 1961
Greece Jim Londos Jan 2nd 1897 Tue, Aug 19th 1975
United States Joe Dusek Unknown Sat, Oct 31st 1992
United States Joe Stecher Apr 3rd 1893 Thu, Mar 28th 1974
United States John Pesek Feb 21st 1894 Sun, Mar 12th 1978
United States Johnny Valentine Sep 22nd 1928 Tue, Apr 24th 2001
Japan Jumbo Tsuruta Mar 25th 1951 Sat, May 13th 2000
Belgium Karl Gotch Aug 3rd 1924 Sat, Jul 28th 2007
Canada Killer Kowalski Oct 13th 1926 Tue, Aug 19th 2008
South Korea Kintaro Oki Feb 24th 1929 Thu, Oct 26th 2006
United States Lance Russell Mar 18th 1926 Tue, Oct 3rd 2017
United States Leroy McGuirk Dec 13th 1910 Fri, Sep 9th 1988
United States Lou Thesz Apr 24th 1916 Sun, Apr 28th 2002
Canada Mad Dog Vachon Sep 14th 1929 Thu, Nov 21st 2013
Mexico Mil Mascaras Jul 15th 1942
United States Mildred Burke Aug 5th 1915 Sat, Feb 18th 1989
Japan Mitsuharu Misawa Jun 17th 1962 Sat, Jun 13th 2009
Mexico Negro Casas Jan 10th 1960
United States Nick Bockwinkel Dec 6th 1934 Sat, Nov 14th 2015
Japan Nobuhiko Takada Apr 12th 1962
New Zealand Pat O'Connor Aug 22nd 1924 Thu, Aug 16th 1990
Canada Pat Patterson Jan 19th 1941 Wed, Dec 2nd 2020
United States Paul Boesch Oct 2nd 1912 Tue, Mar 7th 1989
Mexico Perro Aguayo Jan 18th 1946 Wed, Jul 3rd 2019
United States Randy Savage Nov 15th 1952 Fri, May 20th 2011
Mexico Ray Mendoza Jul 5th 1929 Wed, Apr 16th 2003
Russia Ray Steele Feb 2nd 1900 Sun, Sep 11th 1949
United States Ray Stevens Sep 5th 1935 Fri, May 3rd 1996
Mexico Rayo de Jalisco, Sr. Nov 22nd 1932 Thu, Jul 19th 2018
Mexico Rene Guajardo Jan 4th 1933 Mon, May 11th 1992
United States Ric Flair Feb 25th 1949
United States Ricky Steamboat Feb 28th 1953
Japan Riki Choshu Dec 3rd 1951
North Korea Rikidozan Nov 14th 1924 Sun, Dec 15th 1963
United States Road Warrior Animal Sep 12th 1960 Tue, Sep 22nd 2020
United States Road Warrior Hawk Sep 12th 1957 Sun, Oct 19th 2003
Canada Roddy Piper Apr 17th 1954 Thu, Jul 30th 2015
Australia Roy Heffernan Jul 12th 1925 Thu, Sep 24th 1992
United States Rudy Dusek Jan 25th 1901 Wed, Oct 27th 1971
Mexico Salvador Lutteroth Mar 21st 1897 Sun, Sep 6th 1987
United States Sam Muchnick Aug 22nd 1905 Wed, Dec 30th 1998
United States Stan Hansen Aug 29th 1949
Poland Stanislaus Zbyszko Apr 1st 1879 Sat, Sep 23rd 1967
Canada Stu Hart May 3rd 1915 Thu, Oct 16th 2003
Japan Tatsumi Fujinami Dec 28th 1953
United States Ted DiBiase Jan 18th 1954
United States Terry Funk Jun 30th 1944 Wed, Aug 23rd 2023
United States The Crusher Jul 10th 1926 Fri, Oct 21st 2005
United States The Destroyer Jul 30th 1931
United States The Sheik Jun 9th 1926 Sat, Jan 18th 2003
Japan Tiger Mask I Nov 24th 1957
United States Tom Jenkins Aug 3rd 1872 Wed, Jun 19th 1957
United States Toots Mondt Jan 18th 1894 Thu, Jun 10th 1976
United States Vader May 14th 1955 Mon, Jun 18th 2018
United States Verne Gagne Feb 26th 1926 Mon, Apr 27th 2015
United States Vince McMahon Aug 24th 1945
United States Vincent J. McMahon Jul 6th 1914 Thu, May 24th 1984
United States Wild Red Berry Nov 20th 1906 Tue, Jul 24th 1973
Canada Yvon Robert Oct 8th 1914 Mon, Jul 12th 1971