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Ashok Kumar

1911 - 2001

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Ashok Kumar (born Kumudlal Ganguly; 13 October 1911 – 10 December 2001), was an Indian actor who attained iconic status in Indian cinema. He was considered the first big star of Indian cinema as well as the first lead actor to play an anti-hero. He also became the first star to reinvent himself, enjoying a long and hugely successful career as a character actor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ashok Kumar has received more than 5,349,941 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Ashok Kumar is the 5,361st most popular actor (up from 5,458th in 2019), the 683rd most popular biography from India (down from 614th in 2019) and the 88th most popular Indian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ashok Kumar ranks 5,361 out of 13,578. Before him are Constance Collier, Nick Mancuso, Wakin Chau, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Sergei Bodrov Jr., and Willard Scott. After him are Kyle Gass, Rose Leslie, Kunal Nayyar, Sean Gunn, Martin Shaw, and Kate Bosworth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Ashok Kumar ranks 297. Before him are José Muguerza, Martha Genenger, Ekrem Akurgal, Ji Xianlin, Charles Mathiesen, and Nils Eriksen. After him are Dudley Senanayake, Bruno Heim, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Adam Kozłowiecki, Jeanette Nolan, and Georg Dascher. Among people deceased in 2001, Ashok Kumar ranks 247. Before him are Álvaro Magaña, Dipendra of Nepal, Queen Aishwarya of Nepal, Ahmed Sofa, Villy Sørensen, and Oldřich Lajsek. After him are Dale Earnhardt, Lee Cronbach, Pavel Sadyrin, Leonid Osyka, Arthur Geoffrey Walker, and Arne Sucksdorff.

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In India

Among people born in India, Ashok Kumar ranks 683 out of 1,861. Before him are Ali Akbar Khan (1922), Ardeshir Irani (1886), Neerja Bhanot (1963), Kareena Kapoor (1980), Manilal Gandhi (1892), and Spike Milligan (1918). After him are Begum Akhtar (1914), Freida Pinto (1984), Amrita Singh (1958), Choudhry Rahmat Ali (1895), Chiranjeevi (1955), and Trilok Gurtu (1951).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Ashok Kumar ranks 88. Before him are Farida Jalal (1949), Asha Parekh (1942), Dimple Kapadia (1957), Zeenat Aman (1951), Kareena Kapoor (1980), and Spike Milligan (1918). After him are Freida Pinto (1984), Amrita Singh (1958), Chiranjeevi (1955), Reema Lagoo (1958), Juhi Chawla (1967), and Alka Yagnik (1966).

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