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Uttam Kumar

1926 - 1980

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Uttam Kumar (born Arun Kumar Chattopadhyay; 3 September 1926 – 24 July 1980), widely known as the Mahanayak (lit. 'Great actor'), was an Indian film actor, producer, director, screenwriter, composer, and playback singer who predominantly worked in Bengali cinema. His career spanned three decades, from the late 1940s until his death in 1980. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Uttam Kumar has received more than 2,351,079 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Uttam Kumar is the 5,437th most popular actor (down from 4,286th in 2019), the 615th most popular biography from India (down from 505th in 2019) and the 81st most popular Indian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Uttam Kumar ranks 5,437 out of 9,996. Before him are Saeed Jaffrey, Leslie Bibb, Andy Devine, Silvio Orlando, Heiner Lauterbach, and María Corda. After him are Bill Hader, Stubby Kaye, Terence Bayler, Janet Hubert, Blair Brown, and Elaine Stritch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Uttam Kumar ranks 371. Before him are Adriano Directo Emperado, Richard DeVos, Verne Gagne, Aldo Ray, Joe Slovo, and H. C. Robbins Landon. After him are Tim LaHaye, Wolfgang Seidel, George Ariyoshi, Andrea Kékesy, Paul Lynde, and Víctor Ugarte. Among people deceased in 1980, Uttam Kumar ranks 234. Before him are Max Miedinger, David A. Johnston, William Gemmell Cochran, Dorothy Stratten, Enrique Hertzog, and Strother Martin. After him are Professor Longhair, Louis Daquin, Dick Haymes, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Alexander Nesmeyanov, and Mario Mattoli.

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In India

Among people born in India, Uttam Kumar ranks 615 out of 1,493. Before him are C. R. Rao (1920), Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (1874), Nirmala Joshi (1934), B. V. Doshi (1927), Jeannette Altwegg (1930), and Saeed Jaffrey (1929). After him are Shabana Azmi (1950), Dimple Kapadia (1957), Ashok Kumar (1911), Nitish Kumar (1951), Gurdial Singh (1933), and George Fernandes (1930).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Uttam Kumar ranks 81. Before him are Tiger Shroff (1990), Persis Khambatta (1948), Abhishek Bachchan (1976), Randhir Kapoor (1947), Vijay Amritraj (1953), and Saeed Jaffrey (1929). After him are Shabana Azmi (1950), Dimple Kapadia (1957), Ashok Kumar (1911), Asha Parekh (1942), Zeenat Aman (1951), and Feroz Khan (1939).

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