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M. G. Ramachandran

1917 - 1987

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Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran (17 January 1917 – 24 December 1987), popularly known by his initials M.G.R., was an Indian actor, politician, and philanthropist who served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu from 1977 until his death in 1987. He was the founder and first general secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. On 19 March 1988, Ramachandran was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour. Ramachandran is regarded as one of the most influential politicians of post-independence India.In his youth, Ramachandran and his elder brother M. G. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of M. G. Ramachandran has received more than 10,879,659 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). M. G. Ramachandran is the 3,116th most popular actor (up from 3,301st in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Sri Lanka and the most popular Sri Lankan Actor.

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  • 27

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  • 1.28

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  • 4.68

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, M. G. Ramachandran ranks 3,116 out of 9,996. Before him are John Garfield, Enrique Irazoqui, Rentarō Mikuni, Tyrese Gibson, Shirley Jones, and Chandra Wilson. After him are Theodore Bikel, Irving Cummings, Taylor Lautner, William Levy, Rooney Mara, and Derek de Lint.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, M. G. Ramachandran ranks 184. Before him are Lena Horne, Musine Kokalari, Johannes Bobrowski, Alice Pearce, Robert Manzon, and Tetyana Yablonska. After him are Gloria Fuertes, Mouloud Mammeri, Jacqueline Auriol, Adolfo Consolini, Ossie Davis, and Oliver Tambo. Among people deceased in 1987, M. G. Ramachandran ranks 137. Before him are Bernardus Johannes Alfrink, Ivo Lapenna, Chögyam Trungpa, Gustav Knuth, Bronisława Wajs, and Viktor Nekrasov. After him are Richard Marquand, Gioacchino Colombo, Arne Borg, Madeleine Carroll, Kristjan Palusalu, and Woody Herman.

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In Sri Lanka

Among people born in Sri Lanka, M. G. Ramachandran ranks 19 out of 44. Before him are Michael Ondaatje (1943), St John Philby (1885), J. R. Jayewardene (1906), S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (1899), John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher (1841), and Maithripala Sirisena (1951). After him are William Gopallawa (1896), D. S. Senanayake (1883), Ranasinghe Premadasa (1924), Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (1916), Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (1933), and Frederick G. Donnan (1870).

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Among ACTORS In Sri Lanka

Among actors born in Sri Lanka, M. G. Ramachandran ranks 1. 

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