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Rajkumar

1929 - 2006

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Singanalluru Puttaswamaiah Muthuraj (24 April 1929 – 12 April 2006), better known by his stage name Dr. Rajkumar, was an Indian actor and singer who worked in Kannada cinema. Regarded as one of the greatest and versatile actors in the history of Indian cinema, he is considered a cultural icon and holds a matinée idol status in the Kannada diaspora, among whom he is popularly called as Nata Saarvabhouma (Emperor of Actors), Bangarada Manushya (Man of Gold), Vara Nata (Gifted actor), Gaana Gandharva (Celestial singer), Rasikara Raja (King of connoisseurs), Kannada Kanteerava and Rajanna/Annavru (Elder brother, Raj). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rajkumar has received more than 457,704 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Rajkumar is the 4,716th most popular actor (down from 3,868th in 2019), the 627th most popular biography from India (down from 492nd in 2019) and the 76th most popular Indian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 460k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Rajkumar ranks 4,716 out of 13,578. Before him are Jeri Ryan, Kay Kendall, Marc Alaimo, Richard Benjamin, Richard Gant, and Betty Field. After him are Ken Stott, Hélène Vincent, Francisco Martínez Soria, Chikage Awashima, Abhishek Bachchan, and Eiza González.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Rajkumar ranks 374. Before him are Aulis Kallakorpi, Dmytro Pavlychko, Bert Stern, Béla Kárpáti, Bruno Junk, and Francis Bebey. After him are Ignacio Velasco, George Moscone, Gerry Anderson, Günter Kunert, Dilara Aliyeva, and Nathalia Timberg. Among people deceased in 2006, Rajkumar ranks 246. Before him are Ondina Valla, Candy Barr, Suzan Kahramaner, Schafik Hándal, Mary Boyce, and William P. Gottlieb. After him are Frank Beyer, Dana Reeve, Alan Shugart, Ole Madsen, Fritz Schwab, and Viktor Pavlov.

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In India

Among people born in India, Rajkumar ranks 627 out of 1,861. Before him are Swarnakumari Devi (1855), K. B. Hedgewar (1889), Lobsang Sangay (1968), Sahir Ludhianvi (1921), ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni (1540), and Indra Nooyi (1955). After him are Abhishek Bachchan (1976), Oswald Gracias (1944), Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904), Hariprasad Chaurasia (1938), Homi K. Bhabha (1949), and Wasim Sajjad (1941).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Rajkumar ranks 76. Before him are Tiger Shroff (1990), Mumtaz (1947), Prakash Raj (1965), Randhir Kapoor (1947), Aruna Irani (1946), and Rani Mukerji (1978). After him are Abhishek Bachchan (1976), Rakesh Roshan (1949), Preity Zinta (1975), Bindu (1951), Nana Patekar (1951), and Farida Jalal (1949).

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