Richard Morgan "Ric" Fliehr is a semi-retired American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Ric Flair. Also known as "The Nature Boy," Flair is considered to be one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time with a professional career that spans 40+ years. He is noted for his lengthy and highly decorated tenures with the National Wrestling Alliance, World Championship Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Flair is officially recognized by WWE, TNA and Pro Wrestling Illustrated as a 16-time world heavyweight champion. although the actual number of his world championship reigns varies by source; Flair considers himself as a 21-time World Champion. Flair has won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship thirteen times. He is an eight-time WCW Champion, two-time WCW International World Champion, and two-time WWF Champion, making him a 25-time world heavyweight champion. In WCW, he also had two stints as a booker?in 1989?1990 and 1994. Flair also became the only man to have won the WWF Championship in a Royal Rumble match, when he accomplished this in the 1992 edition of the event. 

February 25th, 1949 in Memphis (Age 75)