1948 - 2020
Saroj Khan (born Nirmala Nagpal; 22 November 1948 – 3 July 2020) was an Indian dance choreographer in Hindi cinema. She was born in Bombay State (present day Maharashtra), India. She was best known for the dance form mujra and the first woman choreographer in Bollywood. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saroj Khan has received more than 2,348,810 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Saroj Khan is the 66th most popular dancer (down from 65th in 2019), the 594th most popular biography from India (up from 622nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Indian Dancer.
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Among dancers, Saroj Khan ranks 66 out of 75. Before her are Avdotia Istomina, Frankie Manning, Joaquín Cortés, Svetlana Zakharova, Mrinalini Sarabhai, and Katherine Dunham. After her are Rukmini Devi Arundale, Robert Helpmann, Jin Xing, Balasaraswati, Twyla Tharp, and Yamini Krishnamurthy.
1799 - 1848
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 60
1914 - 2009
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 61
1969 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 62
1979 - Present
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 63
1918 - 2016
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 64
1909 - 2006
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 65
1948 - 2020
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 66
1904 - 1986
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 67
1909 - 1986
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 68
1967 - Present
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 69
1918 - 1984
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 70
1941 - Present
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 71
1940 - Present
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 72
Among people born in 1948, Saroj Khan ranks 463. Before her are Ang Rita, Mahesh Bhatt, Ian Hodder, Mimi Kennedy, Frank Lampard, and István Tarlós. After her are Jorge Carrascosa, John Martyn, Nikolai Gorbachev, Carlos Squeo, Yevhen Arzhanov, and Rolf-Dieter Heuer. Among people deceased in 2020, Saroj Khan ranks 473. Before her are Ang Rita, Tibor Benedek, Jasraj, Alison Lurie, Alfredo Lim, and Nicolas Portal. After her are Barbara Windsor, Birol Ünel, Gordon Haskell, Derek Fowlds, Abdul Qadir Bajamal, and Tommy Docherty.
1948 - 2020
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 457
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 458
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 459
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 460
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 461
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 462
1948 - 2020
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 463
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 464
1948 - 2009
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 465
1948 - 2019
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 466
1948 - 2019
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 467
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 468
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 469
1948 - 2020
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 467
1972 - 2020
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 468
1930 - 2020
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 469
1926 - 2020
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 470
1929 - 2020
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 471
1979 - 2020
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 472
1948 - 2020
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 473
1937 - 2020
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 474
1961 - 2020
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 475
1946 - 2020
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 476
1937 - 2020
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 477
1946 - 2020
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 478
1928 - 2020
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 479
Among people born in India, Saroj Khan ranks 594 out of 1,227. Before her are Bachendri Pal (1954), Jasraj (1930), Shatrughan Sinha (1945), K. J. Yesudas (1940), Rambhadracharya (1950), and Jagdish Bhagwati (1934). After her are Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904), C. N. R. Rao (1934), R. D. Burman (1939), P. T. Usha (1964), C. R. Rao (1920), and S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan (1940).
1954 - Present
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 588
1930 - 2020
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 589
1945 - Present
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 590
1940 - Present
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 591
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 592
1934 - Present
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 593
1948 - 2020
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 594
1904 - 1986
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 595
1934 - Present
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 596
1939 - 1994
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 597
1964 - Present
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 598
1920 - Present
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 599
1940 - Present
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 600
Among dancers born in India, Saroj Khan ranks 2. Before her are Mrinalini Sarabhai (1918). After her are Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904), Balasaraswati (1918), and Yamini Krishnamurthy (1940).
1918 - 2016
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 1
1948 - 2020
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 2
1904 - 1986
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 3
1918 - 1984
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 4
1940 - Present
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 5