1906 - 1972
Prithviraj Kapoor (born Prithvinath Kapoor; 3 November 1906 – 29 May 1972) was an Indian actor who is also considered to be one of the founding figures of Hindi cinema. He was associated with IPTA as one of its founding members and established the Prithvi Theatres in 1944 as a travelling theatre company based in Bombay. He was the patriarch of the Kapoor family of Hindi films, four generations of which, beginning with him, have played active roles in the Hindi film industry, with the youngest generation still active in Bollywood. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Prithviraj Kapoor has received more than 6,340,491 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Prithviraj Kapoor is the 3,787th most popular actor (down from 2,703rd in 2019), the 61st most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 46th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Pakistani Actor.
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Among actors, Prithviraj Kapoor ranks 3,787 out of 9,996. Before him are Alfredo Landa, Diana Muldaur, Diana Bracho, Mark Rolston, Masi Oka, and Jack Coleman. After him are Andrey Makarevich, Georges Guétary, Mia Wasikowska, Jason Patric, Mädchen Amick, and Yvonne Craig.
1933 - 2013
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 3,781
1938 - Present
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 3,782
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 3,783
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 3,784
1974 - Present
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 3,785
1958 - Present
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 3,786
1906 - 1972
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 3,787
1953 - Present
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 3,788
1915 - 1997
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 3,789
1989 - Present
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 3,790
1966 - Present
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 3,791
1970 - Present
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 3,792
1937 - 2015
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 3,793
Among people born in 1906, Prithviraj Kapoor ranks 237. Before him are Milutin Ivković, Olga Taussky-Todd, Alf Andersen, Abdylas Maldybaev, Rudolf Krčil, and Zoltan Sarosy. After him are Karl Sesta, Axel Cadier, Jānis Ivanovs, Vilmos Kohut, Hermione Baddeley, and Harri Larva. Among people deceased in 1972, Prithviraj Kapoor ranks 157. Before him are Vera Inber, Mitchell Leisen, Brandon deWilde, Gustav Wiederkehr, Romas Kalanta, and Harold Rainsford Stark. After him are Louise Arner Boyd, Ntare V of Burundi, Vera Karalli, Edmund Wilson, Kenny Dorham, and Carlo Agostoni.
1906 - 1943
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 231
1906 - 1995
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 232
1906 - 1975
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 233
1906 - 1978
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 234
1906 - 1981
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 235
1906 - 2017
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 236
1906 - 1972
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 237
1906 - 1974
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 238
1906 - 1974
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 239
1906 - 1983
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 240
1906 - 1986
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 241
1906 - 1986
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 242
1906 - 1980
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 243
1890 - 1972
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 151
1898 - 1972
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 152
1942 - 1972
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 153
1905 - 1972
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 154
1953 - 1972
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 155
1880 - 1972
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 156
1906 - 1972
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 157
1887 - 1972
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 158
1947 - 1972
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 159
1889 - 1972
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 160
1895 - 1972
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 161
1924 - 1972
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 162
1909 - 1972
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 163
Among people born in Pakistan, Prithviraj Kapoor ranks 61 out of 180. Before him are Malala Yousafzai (1997), Muhammad Rafiq Tarar (1929), Tariq Ali (1943), Shehbaz Sharif (1951), Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948), and Yash Chopra (1932). After him are Farooq Leghari (1940), L. K. Advani (1927), Bahlul Lodi (1406), Raaj Kumar (1926), Birbal Sahni (1891), and Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry (1904).
1997 - Present
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 55
1929 - 2022
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 56
1943 - Present
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 57
1951 - Present
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 58
1948 - 1997
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 59
1932 - 2012
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 60
1906 - 1972
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 61
1940 - 2010
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 62
1927 - Present
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 63
1406 - 1489
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 64
1926 - 1996
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 65
1891 - 1949
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 66
1904 - 1982
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 67
Among actors born in Pakistan, Prithviraj Kapoor ranks 7. Before him are Kabir Bedi (1946), Dev Anand (1923), Raj Kapoor (1924), Kumail Nanjiani (1978), Dilip Kumar (1922), and Sunil Dutt (1929). After him are Raaj Kumar (1926), Art Malik (1952), Vinod Khanna (1946), Manoj Kumar (1937), Margaret Lockwood (1916), and Noor Jehan (1926).
1946 - Present
HPI: 61.35
Rank: 1
1923 - 2011
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 2
1924 - 1988
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 3
1978 - Present
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 4
1922 - 2021
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 5
1929 - 2005
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 6
1906 - 1972
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 7
1926 - 1996
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 8
1952 - Present
HPI: 46.25
Rank: 9
1946 - 2017
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 10
1937 - Present
HPI: 44.71
Rank: 11
1916 - 1990
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 12
1926 - 2000
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 13