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The Most Famous

CELEBRITIES from Nepal

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This page contains a list of the greatest Nepalese Celebrities. The pantheon dataset contains 181 Celebrities, 1 of which were born in Nepal. This makes Nepal the birth place of the 32nd most number of Celebrities behind New Zealand and Peru.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Nepalese Celebrities of all time. This list of famous Nepalese Celebrities is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Chandra Bahadur Dangi (1939 - 2015)

With an HPI of 58.09, Chandra Bahadur Dangi is the most famous Nepalese Celebrity.  His biography has been translated into 29 different languages on wikipedia.

Chandra Bahadur Dangi (30 November 1939 – 3 September 2015) (Nepali: चन्द्रबहादुर डाँगी, pronounced [t͡sʌndrʌ ˈbʌɦadur ˈɖãŋɡi], or [t͡sʌndraˈbaːdur ˈɖãŋɡi] ) was a Nepali man who was the shortest man in recorded history, measuring 54.6 cm (1 ft 9+1⁄2 in). He broke the record previously set by Gul Mohammed (1957–1997), whose height was 57 cm (1 ft 10 in).Dangi came to the attention of the media when a wood contractor saw him in his village in the Dang district of Nepal. He was awarded the title of shortest adult human ever recorded, after his height was measured in February 2012. He was subsequently included in the Guinness World Records.

Pantheon has 1 people classified as celebrities born between 1939 and 1939. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased celebrities include Chandra Bahadur Dangi.

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