ACTOR

P. Ramlee

1929 - 1973

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Tan Sri Datuk Amar Teuku Zakaria bin Teuku Nyak Puteh (later Ramlee bin Puteh; 22 March 1929 – 29 May 1973), better known by his stage name P. Ramlee (Puteh Ramlee), was a Malaysian actor, filmmaker, musician, and composer famous in modern-day Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia and Southern Thailand. Born in Penang, Malaya, he is regarded as a prominent icon in Southeast Asia. P. Ramlee's career in the entertainment industry spanned from the late 1940s until his death in 1973. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of P. Ramlee has received more than 1,194,442 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. P. Ramlee is the 1,470th most popular actor, the 16th most popular biography from Malaysia and the 3rd most popular Malaysian Actor.

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  • 1.2M

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  • 56.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, P. Ramlee ranks 1,470 out of 13,578Before him are Jeff Daniels, Aaron Eckhart, Jared Harris, Lee Min-ho, Sela Ward, and George Segal. After him are Ángela Molina, Elijah Wood, Katherine Helmond, Eddie Redmayne, Tobias Moretti, and Robert Powell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, P. Ramlee ranks 149Before him are Eva Schloss, Poul Schlüter, Christos Sartzetakis, Alain Tanner, Zillur Rahman, and Roger Byrne. After him are Katherine Helmond, Andre Gunder Frank, John C. Bogle, Lennart Skoglund, Luis García Meza, and Aleksandar Petrović. Among people deceased in 1973, P. Ramlee ranks 89Before him are Monika Ertl, Jack Hawkins, Gian Francesco Malipiero, Frank Jack Fletcher, Nikos Zachariadis, and Hans Globke. After him are Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Roger Williamson, Lorenzo Fernández, Maurice René Fréchet, Jarno Saarinen, and Clas Thunberg.

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In Malaysia

Among people born in Malaysia, P. Ramlee ranks 16 out of 90Before him are Najib Razak (1953), Iskandar of Johor (1932), Hussein Onn (1922), Muhyiddin Yassin (1947), Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan (1895), and Ahmad Shah of Pahang (1930). After him are Yusof Ishak (1910), Jimmy Choo (1948), Sirajuddin of Perlis (1943), James Wan (1977), Abdullah Abdul Kadir (1796), and Azlan Shah of Perak (1928).

Among ACTORS In Malaysia

Among actors born in Malaysia, P. Ramlee ranks 3Before him are Michelle Yeoh (1962), and Michael Gough (1916). After him are Claudia Wells (1966), Simon Russell Beale (1961), Henry Golding (1987), Angelica Lee (1976), Ronny Chieng (1985), Nigel Ng (1991), and Remy Hii (1986).