1924 - 1988
Raj Kapoor (pronounced [raːdʒ kəˈpuːɾ]; born Shrishti Nath Kapoor; 14 December 1924 – 2 June 1988), also known as Ranbir Raj Kapoor, was an Indian actor, film director and producer, who worked in Hindi cinema. He is considered one of the greatest and most influential actors and filmmakers in the history of Indian cinema, and has been referred to as The Greatest Showman of Indian Cinema and as the Charlie Chaplin of Indian Cinema.Born in Peshawar as the eldest son of Prithviraj Kapoor of the Kapoor family, Raj Kapoor starred in and produced many films for which he received multiple accolades, including three National Film Awards and 11 Filmfare Awards in India. He was inspired by Charlie Chaplin and played characters based on The Tramp in films such as Awaara (1951) and Shree 420 (1955). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raj Kapoor has received more than 12,373,062 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Raj Kapoor is the 769th most popular actor (down from 714th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 18th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Pakistani Actor.
Raj Kapoor is most famous for his films Awaara (1951) and Shree 420 (1955).
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Among actors, Raj Kapoor ranks 769 out of 9,996. Before him are Oliver Reed, Lotte Lenya, Lambert Wilson, Yuri Nikulin, Glenn Ford, and Lita Grey. After him are Sara Montiel, Jill Ireland, Barbara Bel Geddes, David Duchovny, Fernanda Montenegro, and Brian Cox.
1938 - 1999
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 763
1898 - 1981
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 764
1958 - Present
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 765
1921 - 1997
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 766
1916 - 2006
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 767
1908 - 1995
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 768
1924 - 1988
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 769
1928 - 2013
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 770
1936 - 1990
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 771
1922 - 2005
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 772
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 773
1929 - Present
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 774
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 775
Among people born in 1924, Raj Kapoor ranks 65. Before him are Hermann Buhl, Roberts Blossom, Roza Shanina, Ephraim Kishon, Antony Hewish, and Michel Tournier. After him are Ante Marković, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, André Franquin, Dorothy Malone, Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, and Leonid Kogan. Among people deceased in 1988, Raj Kapoor ranks 32. Before him are Paul Grice, Klaus Fuchs, Muzafer Sherif, Franz Josef Strauss, Farida of Egypt, and Hans Urs von Balthasar. After him are Hermann Graf, Richard S. Castellano, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Henryk Szeryng, Valerie Solanas, and Hiroaki Sato.
1924 - 1957
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 59
1924 - 2011
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 60
1924 - 1945
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 61
1924 - 2005
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 62
1924 - 2021
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 63
1924 - 2016
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 64
1924 - 1988
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 65
1924 - 2011
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 66
1924 - 1988
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 67
1924 - 1997
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 68
1924 - 2018
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 69
1924 - 2021
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 70
1924 - 1982
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 71
1913 - 1988
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 26
1911 - 1988
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 27
1906 - 1988
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 28
1915 - 1988
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 29
1921 - 1988
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 30
1905 - 1988
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 31
1924 - 1988
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 32
1912 - 1988
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 33
1933 - 1988
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 34
1924 - 1988
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 35
1918 - 1988
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 36
1936 - 1988
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 37
1932 - 1988
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 38
Among people born in Pakistan, Raj Kapoor ranks 22 out of 180. Before him are Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928), Abdus Salam (1926), Kabir Bedi (1946), Har Gobind Khorana (1922), Aga Khan III (1877), and Dev Anand (1923). After him are Ranjit Singh (1780), Imran Khan (1952), Manmohan Singh (1932), Arif Alvi (1949), Guru Ram Das (1534), and Bacha Khan (1890).
1928 - 1979
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 16
1926 - 1996
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 17
1946 - Present
HPI: 61.35
Rank: 18
1922 - 2011
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 19
1877 - 1957
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 20
1923 - 2011
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 21
1924 - 1988
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 22
1780 - 1839
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 23
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 24
1932 - Present
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 25
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 26
1534 - 1581
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 27
1890 - 1988
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 28
Among actors born in Pakistan, Raj Kapoor ranks 3. Before him are Kabir Bedi (1946) and Dev Anand (1923). After him are Kumail Nanjiani (1978), Dilip Kumar (1922), Sunil Dutt (1929), Prithviraj Kapoor (1906), Raaj Kumar (1926), Art Malik (1952), Vinod Khanna (1946), Manoj Kumar (1937), and Margaret Lockwood (1916).
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