ACTOR

Pran

1920 - 2013

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Pran Krishan Sikand (12 February 1920 – 12 July 2013), better known by his mononym Pran, was one of the most highly successful and respected veteran actors in the history of Indian cinema; in a career spaning more than six decades he was also one of the highest-paid actors of his time. Pran was in/famous for his villain roles, and a highly regarded character actor in Bollywood from the 1940s to the 1990s. He played heroes from 1940 to 1947, negative roles from 1942 to 1991, and supporting and character roles from 1967 to 2007. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pran has received more than 83,558 page views. His biography is available in 84 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 82 in 2019). Pran is the 1,500th most popular actor (up from 2,024th in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Pakistan (up from 316th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Pakistani Actor.

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  • 84k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 84

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 7.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Pran ranks 1,500 out of 13,578. Before him are James Franco, Dennis Farina, Barbara Eden, Chris Pine, Tom Sizemore, and Xander Berkeley. After him are André Dussollier, Earl Boen, Rachel Félix, Barbara Bain, Madeleine Béjart, and William Dieterle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Pran ranks 130. Before him are Eva Dahlbeck, Henrietta Lacks, Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, Albert Memmi, Yegor Ligachyov, and Václav Neumann. After him are Jean Starobinski, Marcel Reich-Ranicki, John Maynard Smith, Nobuyuki Kato, Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani, and George Shultz. Among people deceased in 2013, Pran ranks 117. Before him are Bernadette Lafont, Zillur Rahman, Pietro Mennea, Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Seki Matsunaga, and Dennis Farina. After him are Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Tony Lip, Aslan Usoyan, Henning Larsen, Dominique Venner, and Sergiu Nicolaescu.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Pran ranks 31 out of 217. Before him are Kabir Bedi (1946), Bacha Khan (1890), Arif Alvi (1949), Firuz Shah Tughlaq (1309), Khushal Khattak (1613), and Fariduddin Ganjshakar (1178). After him are Naropa (1016), Dilip Kumar (1922), Khema (-550), Amrita Pritam (1919), Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (1964), and L. K. Advani (1927).

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Among ACTORS In Pakistan

Among actors born in Pakistan, Pran ranks 3. Before him are Dev Anand (1923), and Kabir Bedi (1946). After him are 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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