ACTOR

Dev Anand

1923 - 2011

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Dev Anand (born Dharamdev Pishorimal Anand; 26 September 1923 – 3 December 2011) was an Indian actor, writer, director and producer known for his work in Hindi cinema. Anand is considered as one of the greatest and most successful actors in the history of Indian cinema. Through a career that spanned over six decades, he worked in more than 100 films. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dev Anand has received more than 6,211,695 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Dev Anand is the 791st most popular actor (down from 753rd in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Pakistan and the most popular Pakistani Actor.

Dev Anand is most famous for being one of the pioneers of Indian cinema. He is also known for his work in the film Guide.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Dev Anands by language

Over the past year Dev Anand has had the most page views in the with 977,996 views, followed by Hindi (57,028), and Russian (4,895). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (139.53%), Telugu (79.60%), and Tajik (70.43%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dev Anand ranks 791 out of 13,578. Before him are Katrina Kaif, Eva Green, Stephen Chow, Hal Holbrook, Mistinguett, and Marisa Paredes. After him are John Candy, Ron Howard, Harold Perrineau, Erika Mann, Türkan Şoray, and Rene Russo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Dev Anand ranks 55. Before him are Walter Kohn, Queen Anne of Romania, Norman Mailer, Linda Christian, Stephanie Kwolek, and Horst Tappert. After him are Freeman Dyson, Victoria de los Ángeles, Chaleo Yoovidhya, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, Merton Miller, and Robert Maxwell. Among people deceased in 2011, Dev Anand ranks 60. Before him are Linda Christian, Lucian Freud, Maria Schneider, Valentin Ivanov, William Lipscomb, and Madame Nhu. After him are Roberts Blossom, Bubba Smith, Walter Bonatti, Daniel Bell, Richard Hamilton, and Baruch Samuel Blumberg.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Dev Anand ranks 21 out of 217. Before him are Asanga (300), Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928), Har Gobind Khorana (1922), Ranjit Singh (1780), Aga Khan III (1877), and Imran Khan (1952). After him are Guru Ram Das (1534), Manmohan Singh (1932), Gulzarilal Nanda (1898), Kabir Bedi (1946), Bacha Khan (1890), and Arif Alvi (1949).

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Among ACTORS In Pakistan

Among actors born in Pakistan, Dev Anand ranks 1. After him are Kabir Bedi (1946), Pran (1920), Dilip Kumar (1922), Kumail Nanjiani (1978), Sunil Dutt (1929), Manoj Kumar (1937), Prithviraj Kapoor (1906), Vinod Khanna (1946), Raaj Kumar (1926), Art Malik (1952), and Balraj Sahni (1913).

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Television and Movie Roles

Jewel Thief
Amar / Vinay
Mistaken for a robber, a man poses as the culprit in an attempt to end a crime spree. When the robber decides to pose as the man as well, their true identities soon become thoroughly muddled.
Oct 27o 19676.2 / 10
Guide
Raju
When mistaken to be a sage by some villagers, an ex-tour guide reflects on his past and lost love to search for spiritual wisdom to guide the villagers.
Feb 6o 19656.4 / 10
C.I.D.
Shekhar
A newspaper editor, Shrivastav, is killed when he was about to expose the underworld links of a very rich and influential person. C.I.D. Inspector Shekhar is assigned to this case, an investigation of which leads him to suspect Dharamdas and his men. But Dharamdas spins a web of lies and deceit, and Shekhar himself becomes a suspect, and is arrested by the police, and loses his job, leaving Dharamdas and his men to carry on undeterred.
Apr 6o 19565.5 / 10