ACTOR

Varun Dhawan

1987 - Today

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Varun Dhawan (Hindi pronunciation: [ʋəɾʊɳ d̪ʱəʋən]; born 24 April 1987) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. One of India's highest-paid actors, he has been featured in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list since 2014. He has starred in 11 consecutive box-office successes between 2012 and 2018.The son of film director David Dhawan, he graduated in business studies from the Nottingham Trent University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Varun Dhawan has received more than 13,807,361 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Varun Dhawan is the 10,942nd most popular actor (down from 9,985th in 2019), the 1,210th most popular biography from India (down from 1,000th in 2019) and the 263rd most popular Indian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 14M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 34.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Varun Dhawans by language

Over the past year Varun Dhawan has had the most page views in the with 1,290,835 views, followed by Persian (63,376), and Arabic (24,155). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (512.89%), Telugu (103.10%), and Italian (87.50%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Varun Dhawan ranks 10,942 out of 13,578. Before him are Jesse Bradford, Ross Butler, Danny Pudi, Daveigh Chase, Shannon Woodward, and Elisa Donovan. After him are Aarti Mann, Teresa Ruiz, Ann Jillian, Joy Lauren, Halston Sage, and Josh Bowman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Varun Dhawan ranks 495. Before him are Yasmani Copello, Taku Takeuchi, Víctor Vázquez Solsona, Abbey Lee Kershaw, José Ortigoza, and Ivelin Popov. After him are Robert Acquafresca, Andrey Golubev, Gain, Artur Jędrzejczyk, Hasheem Thabeet, and Yura Movsisyan.

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In India

Among people born in India, Varun Dhawan ranks 1,210 out of 1,861. Before him are Devendra Fadnavis (1970), Rita Bhaduri (1955), Rakhi Sawant (1978), Rajesh Roshan (1955), Gauri Lankesh (1962), and Rituparno Ghosh (1963). After him are Gurdas Maan (1957), Ratna Pathak (1957), Shashi Deshpande (1938), Madhavi (1962), Adil Hussain (1963), and Darshan Ranganathan (1941).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Varun Dhawan ranks 263. Before him are Rohini Hattangadi (1955), Archana Puran Singh (1962), Arshad Warsi (1968), Usha Kiran (1929), Rati Agnihotri (1960), and Rita Bhaduri (1955). After him are Ratna Pathak (1957), Madhavi (1962), Adil Hussain (1963), Riteish Deshmukh (1978), Arjun Sarja (1962), and Sanaya Irani (1983).

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