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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 Hindi 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 5,063,235 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Ashok Kumar is the 5,467th most popular actor (down from 4,729th in 2019), the 618th most popular biography from India (down from 547th in 2019) and the 84th most popular Indian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ashok Kumar ranks 5,467 out of 9,996. Before him are Estelle Reiner, Elizabeth Gutiérrez, Samantha Morton, Konstantin Khabensky, Agnès Jaoui, and Daisuke Namikawa. After him are Garrett Hedlund, Yoshiko Tanaka, Vivian Wu, Liza Weil, Ricky Schroder, and Hope Davis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Ashok Kumar ranks 294. Before him are Yaşar Erkan, Germano Boettcher Sobrinho, Alberto Galateo, Edgar Sanabria, Heinrich Mark, and Philibert Smellinckx. After him are André Saeys, Gypsy Rose Lee, William T. Stearn, Tokiharu Abe, Bibi Torriani, and Wilhelm Leichum. Among people deceased in 2001, Ashok Kumar ranks 237. Before him are Ibrahim Shams, Marita Petersen, Simon Slåttvik, Arne Sucksdorff, Leonid Osyka, and Frans De Mulder. After him are Josef Peters, Carroll O'Connor, Ann Sothern, Dipendra of Nepal, William T. Stearn, and Chantal Chaudé de Silans.

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In India

Among people born in India, Ashok Kumar ranks 618 out of 1,493. Before him are B. V. Doshi (1927), Jeannette Altwegg (1930), Saeed Jaffrey (1929), Uttam Kumar (1926), Shabana Azmi (1950), and Dimple Kapadia (1957). After him are Nitish Kumar (1951), Gurdial Singh (1933), George Fernandes (1930), Rahul Gandhi (1970), Indra Nooyi (1955), and Anna Chandy (1905).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Ashok Kumar ranks 84. Before him are Randhir Kapoor (1947), Vijay Amritraj (1953), Saeed Jaffrey (1929), Uttam Kumar (1926), Shabana Azmi (1950), and Dimple Kapadia (1957). After him are Asha Parekh (1942), Zeenat Aman (1951), Feroz Khan (1939), Shatrughan Sinha (1945), Nana Patekar (1951), and Spike Milligan (1918).

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