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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 450,945 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Rajkumar is the 3,875th most popular actor (up from 4,400th in 2019), the 496th most popular biography from India (up from 513th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Indian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 450k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Rajkumar ranks 3,875 out of 9,996. Before him are Lola Beltrán, Alice Braga, Anton Diffring, Pamela Bellwood, Hans Alfredson, and Grace Park. After him are Mariel Hemingway, Estelle Winwood, Facundo Arana, Paul Hörbiger, Andrew Scott, and Ed Wynn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Rajkumar ranks 315. Before him are Avet Terterian, Miyoshi Umeki, Lyubov Kozyreva, Claude Nougaro, Rudi Glöckner, and Francesco Marchisano. After him are Jacques Plante, Walter Kempowski, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Chaim Potok, Klara Rumyanova, and Héctor Alterio. Among people deceased in 2006, Rajkumar ranks 209. Before him are Abdul-Halim Sadulayev, Gene Pitney, Betty Curtis, Paul Arizin, Lou Rawls, and André Schwarz-Bart. After him are Jeane Kirkpatrick, Wolfgang Unzicker, Alvin M. Weinberg, Candy Barr, Imrich Stacho, and Elton Dean.

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In India

Among people born in India, Rajkumar ranks 496 out of 1,493. Before him are Barry Hay (1948), Jaipal Singh Munda (1903), Hrithik Roshan (1974), Bachendri Pal (1954), Abdul Sattar Edhi (1928), and Roberto de Nobili (1577). After him are Ramananda (1400), Sarla Thakral (1914), John Frost (1912), Kamala Surayya (1934), Christian Zacharias (1950), and Charles Gmelin (1872).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Rajkumar ranks 50. Before him are Om Puri (1950), Nutan (1936), Sharmila Tagore (1944), Vyjayanthimala Bali (1936), Jackie Shroff (1957), and Hrithik Roshan (1974). After him are Madhuri Dixit (1967), Sivaji Ganesan (1928), Sunny Deol (1956), Akshay Kumar (1967), Erick Avari (1952), and Waheeda Rehman (1938).

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