1928 - 2001
Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian Actor and Film producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Ganesan is acknowledged as one of the greatest Indian actors of all time and among the most imitated one by other actors. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sivaji Ganesan has received more than 5,551,787 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Sivaji Ganesan is the 4,066th most popular actor (up from 4,762nd in 2019), the 512th most popular biography from India (up from 554th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Indian Actor.
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Among actors, Sivaji Ganesan ranks 4,066 out of 9,996. Before him are Charles Martinet, Catherine Bell, Kevin Pollak, Scott Eastwood, Rhona Mitra, and Don Wilson. After him are Michelle Dockery, Amparo Rivelles, Rory Calhoun, Ludivine Sagnier, Paige Turco, and Júlia Sigmond.
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 4,060
1968 - Present
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 4,061
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 4,062
1986 - Present
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 4,063
1976 - Present
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 4,064
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 4,065
1928 - 2001
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 4,066
1981 - Present
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 4,067
1925 - 2013
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 4,068
1922 - 1999
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 4,069
1979 - Present
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 4,070
1965 - Present
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 4,071
1929 - 2020
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 4,072
Among people born in 1928, Sivaji Ganesan ranks 350. Before him are Mário Pinto de Andrade, William Trevor, Tom Lantos, Simón Díaz, Marian Seldes, and Barbara Ann Scott. After him are Lucho Gatica, Flóra Kádár, Gerhard Stoltenberg, Károly Sándor, Ann Blyth, and Dara Singh. Among people deceased in 2001, Sivaji Ganesan ranks 198. Before him are Dale Earnhardt, József Csermák, Lee Cronbach, Yuri Ozerov, Jean Richard, and Betty Holberton. After him are Gerhard Stoltenberg, Ranko Marinković, Franco Rasetti, Alberto Gallardo, Stanislav Rostotsky, and Mario Perazzolo.
1928 - 1990
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 344
1928 - 2016
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 345
1928 - 2008
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 346
1928 - 2014
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 347
1928 - 2014
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 348
1928 - 2012
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 349
1928 - 2001
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 350
1928 - 2018
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 351
1928 - 2003
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 352
1928 - 2001
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 353
1928 - 2014
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 354
1928 - Present
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 355
1928 - 2012
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 356
1951 - 2001
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 192
1932 - 2001
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 193
1916 - 2001
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 194
1921 - 2001
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 195
1921 - 2001
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 196
1917 - 2001
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 197
1928 - 2001
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 198
1928 - 2001
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 199
1913 - 2001
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 200
1901 - 2001
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 201
1940 - 2001
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 202
1922 - 2001
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 203
1911 - 2001
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 204
Among people born in India, Sivaji Ganesan ranks 512 out of 1,493. Before him are Meira Kumar (1945), Sulochana Gadgil (1944), Amrit Kaur (1889), P. T. Usha (1964), Fauja Singh (1911), and Har Dayal (1884). After him are D. R. Kaprekar (1905), Jayakanthan (1934), Neerja Bhanot (1963), Mayawati (1956), Kedarnath Singh (1934), and Jamini Roy (1887).
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 506
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 507
1889 - 1964
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 508
1964 - Present
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 509
1911 - Present
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 510
1884 - 1939
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 511
1928 - 2001
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 512
1905 - 1986
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 513
1934 - 2015
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 514
1963 - 1986
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 515
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 516
1934 - 2018
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 517
1887 - 1972
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 518
Among actors born in India, Sivaji Ganesan ranks 52. Before him are Sharmila Tagore (1944), Vyjayanthimala Bali (1936), Jackie Shroff (1957), Hrithik Roshan (1974), Rajkumar (1929), and Madhuri Dixit (1967). After him are Sunny Deol (1956), Akshay Kumar (1967), Erick Avari (1952), Waheeda Rehman (1938), Sanjay Dutt (1959), and Kajal Aggarwal (1985).
1944 - Present
HPI: 48.39
Rank: 46
1936 - Present
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 47
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 48
1974 - Present
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 49
1929 - 2006
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 50
1967 - Present
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 51
1928 - 2001
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 52
1956 - Present
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 53
1967 - Present
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 54
1952 - Present
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 55
1938 - Present
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 56
1959 - Present
HPI: 46.61
Rank: 57
1985 - Present
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 58