1921 - 1992
Satyajit Ray (Bengali pronunciation: [ˈʃotːodʒit ˈrae̯] ; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian director, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, author, essayist, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and composer. Ray is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential film directors in the history of cinema. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Satyajit Ray has received more than 6,642,254 page views. His biography is available in 116 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 114 in 2019). Satyajit Ray is the 87th most popular film director (up from 130th in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from India (up from 83rd in 2019) and the most popular Indian Film Director.
Satyajit Ray is most famous for his films Pather Panchali, Aparajito, and Apur Sansar.
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Among film directors, Satyajit Ray ranks 87 out of 1,581. Before him are David Lean, Sergei Parajanov, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Alain Resnais, Zhang Yimou, and Carlos Saura. After him are René Clair, Christopher Nolan, Fred Zinnemann, Andrzej Żuławski, Wolfgang Petersen, and Tony Scott.
1908 - 1991
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 81
1924 - 1990
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 82
1889 - 1968
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 83
1922 - 2014
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 84
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 85
1932 - 2023
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 86
1921 - 1992
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 87
1898 - 1981
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 88
1970 - Present
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 89
1907 - 1997
HPI: 65.39
Rank: 90
1940 - 2016
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 91
1941 - 2022
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 92
1944 - 2012
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 93
Among people born in 1921, Satyajit Ray ranks 26. Before him are Paulo Freire, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Peter Ustinov, Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, Aaron T. Beck, and Deborah Kerr. After him are John Glenn, Vasily Stalin, Lotfi A. Zadeh, Gianni Agnelli, Nancy Reagan, and Kenneth Arrow. Among people deceased in 1992, Satyajit Ray ranks 20. Before him are Aribert Heim, Giovanni Falcone, Benny Hill, Li Xiannian, James E. Webb, and Anthony Perkins. After him are Jan Oort, Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia, Félix Guattari, Ernst Happel, Samuel Reshevsky, and Karl Carstens.
1921 - 1997
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 20
1921 - 1990
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 21
1921 - 2004
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 22
1921 - 2011
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 23
1921 - 2021
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 24
1921 - 2007
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 25
1921 - 1992
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 26
1921 - 2016
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 27
1921 - 1962
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 28
1921 - 2017
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 29
1921 - 2003
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 30
1921 - 2016
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 31
1921 - 2017
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 32
1914 - 1992
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 14
1939 - 1992
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 15
1924 - 1992
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 16
1909 - 1992
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 17
1906 - 1992
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 18
1932 - 1992
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 19
1921 - 1992
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 20
1900 - 1992
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 21
1917 - 1992
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 22
1930 - 1992
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 23
1925 - 1992
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 24
1911 - 1992
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 25
1914 - 1992
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 26
Among people born in India, Satyajit Ray ranks 64 out of 1,493. Before him are Salman Khan (1965), Vyasa (-390), Premchand (1880), Aśvaghoṣa (80), Kim Philby (1912), and Ronald Ross (1857). After him are Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904), Ram Mohan Roy (1772), Kasturba Gandhi (1869), Ghalib (1797), Ram Nath Kovind (1945), and Samudragupta (335).
1965 - Present
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 58
390 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 59
1880 - 1936
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 60
80 - 150
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 61
1912 - 1988
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 62
1857 - 1932
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 63
1921 - 1992
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 64
1904 - 1966
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 65
1772 - 1833
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 66
1869 - 1944
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 67
1797 - 1869
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 68
1945 - Present
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 69
335 - 380
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 70
Among film directors born in India, Satyajit Ray ranks 1. After him are M. Night Shyamalan (1970), Michael Radford (1946), Dadasaheb Phalke (1870), Lindsay Anderson (1923), Dara Singh (1928), Ismail Merchant (1936), Ardeshir Irani (1886), Guru Dutt (1925), Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1941), Tarsem Singh (1961), and Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (1914).
1921 - 1992
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 1
1970 - Present
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 2
1946 - Present
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 3
1870 - 1944
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 4
1923 - 1994
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 5
1928 - 2012
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 6
1936 - 2005
HPI: 43.96
Rank: 7
1886 - 1969
HPI: 43.92
Rank: 8
1925 - 1964
HPI: 43.77
Rank: 9
1941 - Present
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 10
1961 - Present
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 11
1914 - 1987
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 12