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Pran

1920 - 2013

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Pran Krishan Sikand Ahluwalia (12 February 1920 – 12 July 2013), better known by his mononym, Pran, was an Indian actor, known as one of the greatest villains ever in the history of Indian cinema and a character actor in Hindi cinema from the 1940s to the 1990s. He has been one of the most highly successful and respected veteran actors in the history of Indian cinema. He was also one of the highest-paid actors of his time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pran has received more than 80,517 page views. His biography is available in 82 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 79 in 2019). Pran is the 2,026th most popular actor (down from 1,849th in 2019), the 319th most popular biography from India (down from 258th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Indian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 81k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 82

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 7.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Pran ranks 2,026 out of 9,996. Before him are Walter Koenig, Leo White, Remo Girone, Jean Hagen, Desi Arnaz, and George Hilton. After him are Marton Csokas, Sonny Landham, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Kate Hudson, Sami Frey, and Françoise Fabian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Pran ranks 162. Before him are Captain Tom, Zao Wou-Ki, Jean Carmet, Osvaldo Cavandoli, Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, and Philippa Foot. After him are Knut Nordahl, Marlen Haushofer, Giuseppe Colombo, Thomas Gold, James Doohan, and Georges Marchais. Among people deceased in 2013, Pran ranks 157. Before him are Deanna Durbin, Pyotr Bolotnikov, Emilio Colombo, Yury Yakovlev, Manolo Escobar, and Zao Wou-Ki. After him are Elmore Leonard, Jim Kelly, Anatoly Onoprienko, Lau Kar-leung, Julie Harris, and Ronnie Biggs.

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In India

Among people born in India, Pran ranks 319 out of 1,493. Before him are Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (1908), Merle Oberon (1911), Lakshmi Sahgal (1914), Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (1921), Jahanara Begum (1614), and Rakesh Sharma (1949). After him are Rash Behari Bose (1886), K. Shivaram Karanth (1902), Hussain Muhammad Ershad (1930), Debendranath Tagore (1817), Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri (1855), and Chandra Shekhar (1927).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Pran ranks 19. Before him are Aamir Khan (1965), Mithun Chakraborty (1950), Jaya Bachchan (1948), Savitri (1936), Irrfan Khan (1967), and Nargis (1929). After him are Sridevi (1963), Shashi Kapoor (1938), Rajesh Khanna (1942), Prakash Raj (1965), Vidya Balan (1979), and Mala Sinha (1936).

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