1914 - 1987
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (7 June 1914 – 1 June 1987) was an Indian film director, screenwriter, novelist, and journalist in Urdu, Hindi and English. He won four National Film Awards in India. Internationally, his films won the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm Grand Prize) at Cannes Film Festival (out of three Palme d'Or nominations) and the Crystal Globe at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Khwaja Ahmad Abbas has received more than 604,213 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Khwaja Ahmad Abbas is the 1,326th most popular film director (down from 1,043rd in 2019), the 694th most popular biography from India (down from 535th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Indian Film Director.
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Among film directors, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas ranks 1,326 out of 1,581. Before him are Sam Simon, Howard Zieff, Takashi Shimizu, Paweł Edelman, Victor Schertzinger, and Carlo Vanzina. After him are Peter Chelsom, Lev Arnshtam, Sally Menke, René Vautier, Alan Bridges, and Chris Menges.
1955 - 2015
HPI: 42.35
Rank: 1,320
1927 - 2009
HPI: 42.34
Rank: 1,321
1972 - Present
HPI: 42.34
Rank: 1,322
1958 - Present
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 1,323
1888 - 1941
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 1,324
1951 - 2018
HPI: 42.28
Rank: 1,325
1914 - 1987
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 1,326
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 1,327
1905 - 1979
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 1,328
1953 - 2010
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 1,329
1928 - 2015
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 1,330
1927 - 2013
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 1,331
1940 - Present
HPI: 42.22
Rank: 1,332
Among people born in 1914, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas ranks 336. Before him are Louis Gabrillargues, John Hodiak, Erich Herrmann, Mark Kac, Max Stiepl, and George Bruns. After him are Yuri Linnik, Grete Mostny, Geoffrey Unsworth, Hanna Neumann, Bob Gerard, and Ward Kimball. Among people deceased in 1987, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas ranks 213. Before him are Julien Darui, Marcos Calderón, Vincent Persichetti, Georges Buchard, Marc Aaronson, and Musa Gareyev. After him are Antonio Janni, Rudolf Krause, Priscilla Dean, József Kovács, Madge Kennedy, and Joan Greenwood.
1914 - 1994
HPI: 42.87
Rank: 330
1914 - 1955
HPI: 42.63
Rank: 331
1914 - 1989
HPI: 42.58
Rank: 332
1914 - 1984
HPI: 42.56
Rank: 333
1914 - 1992
HPI: 42.43
Rank: 334
1914 - 1983
HPI: 42.42
Rank: 335
1914 - 1987
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 336
1914 - 1972
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 337
1914 - 1991
HPI: 42.13
Rank: 338
1914 - 1978
HPI: 41.98
Rank: 339
1914 - 1971
HPI: 41.93
Rank: 340
1914 - 1990
HPI: 41.69
Rank: 341
1914 - 2002
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 342
1916 - 1987
HPI: 43.53
Rank: 207
1928 - 1987
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 208
1915 - 1987
HPI: 42.74
Rank: 209
1893 - 1987
HPI: 42.49
Rank: 210
1950 - 1987
HPI: 42.48
Rank: 211
1922 - 1987
HPI: 42.46
Rank: 212
1914 - 1987
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 213
1904 - 1987
HPI: 42.19
Rank: 214
1907 - 1987
HPI: 42.10
Rank: 215
1896 - 1987
HPI: 41.60
Rank: 216
1926 - 1987
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 217
1891 - 1987
HPI: 41.34
Rank: 218
1921 - 1987
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 219
Among people born in India, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas ranks 694 out of 1,493. Before him are Balasaraswati (1918), Romila Thapar (1931), Kanu Sanyal (1928), Reita Faria (1943), Ravi Zacharias (1946), and Bappi Lahiri (1952). After him are Javed Akhtar (1945), Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar (1919), V. K. Sasikala (1954), Kaifi Azmi (1919), Nirupa Roy (1931), and Udham Singh (1928).
1918 - 1984
HPI: 42.41
Rank: 688
1931 - Present
HPI: 42.38
Rank: 689
1928 - 2010
HPI: 42.37
Rank: 690
1943 - Present
HPI: 42.35
Rank: 691
1946 - 2020
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 692
1952 - 2022
HPI: 42.27
Rank: 693
1914 - 1987
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 694
1945 - Present
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 695
1919 - 1974
HPI: 42.21
Rank: 696
1954 - Present
HPI: 42.21
Rank: 697
1919 - 2002
HPI: 42.20
Rank: 698
1931 - 2004
HPI: 42.15
Rank: 699
1928 - 2000
HPI: 42.12
Rank: 700
Among film directors born in India, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas ranks 12. Before him are Dara Singh (1928), Ismail Merchant (1936), Ardeshir Irani (1886), Guru Dutt (1925), Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1941), and Tarsem Singh (1961). After him are Tapan Sinha (1924), Shyam Benegal (1934), Mahesh Bhatt (1948), V. Shantaram (1901), Deepa Mehta (1950), and Subhash Ghai (1945).
1928 - 2012
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 6
1936 - 2005
HPI: 43.96
Rank: 7
1886 - 1969
HPI: 43.92
Rank: 8
1925 - 1964
HPI: 43.77
Rank: 9
1941 - Present
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 10
1961 - Present
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 11
1914 - 1987
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 12
1924 - 2009
HPI: 41.76
Rank: 13
1934 - Present
HPI: 41.27
Rank: 14
1948 - Present
HPI: 41.22
Rank: 15
1901 - 1990
HPI: 40.62
Rank: 16
1950 - Present
HPI: 39.90
Rank: 17
1945 - Present
HPI: 38.25
Rank: 18