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Kanan Devi

1916 - 1992

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Kanan Devi (22 April 1916 – 17 July 1992) was an Indian actress and singer. She was among the early singing stars of Indian cinema, and is credited popularly as the first star of Bengali cinema. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kanan Devi has received more than 204,581 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Kanan Devi is the 8,102nd most popular actor (down from 6,748th in 2019), the 825th most popular biography from India (down from 720th in 2019) and the 142nd most popular Indian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Kanan Devi ranks 8,102 out of 9,996. Before her are Oh Se-hun, Takayuki Yamada, Joan Caulfield, Sarah Harding, Mario Cantone, and Alice Taglioni. After her are Lucy Davis, Erika Sawajiri, Taryn Manning, Jane Leeves, Wu Chun, and Ruth Buzzi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Kanan Devi ranks 281. Before her are Irene Worth, Forrest J Ackerman, Rochelle Hudson, Tony Bettenhausen, Daws Butler, and Stan Cullis. After her are Lucille Bliss, Horton Foote, Mark Stevens, Shobhna Samarth, Bill Melendez, and Dennis Poore. Among people deceased in 1992, Kanan Devi ranks 246. Before her are Fedor Samokhin, Tamara Lazakovich, Mary Wells, Cleavon Little, Bill Wheatley, and Allan Jones. After her are Bill Williams, Eddie Kendricks, Norvel Lee, Virginia Field, Robert Muldoon, and Sam Kinison.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kanan Devi ranks 825 out of 1,493. Before her are Aasif Mandvi (1966), Subhash Ghai (1945), Nayantara Sahgal (1927), Rajmohan Gandhi (1935), K. Balachander (1930), and Vikram Batra (1974). After her are Irfan Habib (1931), Tarun Gogoi (1936), Mandakini (1963), Joseph Parecattil (1912), Vani Jairam (1945), and P. Chidambaram (1945).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Kanan Devi ranks 142. Before her are Madhur Jaffrey (1933), Prem Nazir (1927), Bindu (1951), Paresh Rawal (1955), Sushmita Sen (1975), and Aasif Mandvi (1966). After her are Mandakini (1963), Norman Pritchard (1877), Jaya Prada (1962), Shobhna Samarth (1916), Shahid Kapoor (1981), and Sudha Chandran (1965).

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