1921 - 1997
Yuri Vladimirovich Nikulin (Russian: Юрий Владимирович Никулин; 18 December 1921 – 21 August 1997) was a well-known Soviet and Russian actor and clown who starred in many popular films. He is best known for his roles in Leonid Gaidai's comedies, such as The Diamond Arm and Kidnapping Caucassian Style, although he occasionally starred in dramatic roles and performed in Moscow Circus. He was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1973 and Hero of Socialist Labour in 1990. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yuri Nikulin has received more than 139,762 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Yuri Nikulin is the 853rd most popular actor (down from 814th in 2019), the 428th most popular biography from Russia (up from 452nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Russian Actor.
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Among actors, Yuri Nikulin ranks 853 out of 10,030. Before him are Owen Wilson, Stewart Granger, Héctor Elizondo, Carroll Baker, Lotte Lenya, and Eric Idle. After him are Lloyd Bridges, Joseph Cotten, Mario Adorf, Eric Bana, Robert Shaw, and Hervé Villechaize.
1968 - Present
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 847
1913 - 1993
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 848
1936 - Present
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 849
1931 - Present
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 850
1898 - 1981
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 851
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 852
1921 - 1997
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 853
1913 - 1998
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 854
1905 - 1994
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 855
1930 - Present
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 856
1968 - Present
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 857
1927 - 1978
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 858
1943 - 1993
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 859
Among people born in 1921, Yuri Nikulin ranks 88. Before him are Stein Rokkan, Dirk Bogarde, Raymond Goethals, Iris Apfel, Mary Douglas, and Gene Roddenberry. After him are Chris Marker, Jean-Marie Balestre, Mary Jackson, Farida of Egypt, George Roy Hill, and Murray Bookchin. Among people deceased in 1997, Yuri Nikulin ranks 64. Before him are George Wald, Charles Brenton Huggins, Fela Kuti, Friedrich Hund, Hugo Gunckel Lüer, and Alexander R. Todd. After him are Son Sen, André Franquin, Barbara, Hastings Banda, Yevgeny Khaldei, and Roland Topor.
1921 - 1979
HPI: 68.78
Rank: 82
1921 - 1999
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 83
1921 - 2004
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 84
1921 - Present
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 85
1921 - 2007
HPI: 68.47
Rank: 86
1921 - 1991
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 87
1921 - 1997
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 88
1921 - 2012
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 89
1921 - 2008
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 90
1921 - 2005
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 91
1921 - 1988
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 92
1921 - 2002
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 93
1921 - 2006
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 94
1906 - 1997
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 58
1901 - 1997
HPI: 68.50
Rank: 59
1938 - 1997
HPI: 68.50
Rank: 60
1896 - 1997
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 61
1901 - 1997
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 62
1907 - 1997
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 63
1921 - 1997
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 64
1930 - 1997
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 65
1924 - 1997
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 66
1930 - 1997
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 67
1898 - 1997
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 68
1917 - 1997
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 69
1938 - 1997
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 70
Among people born in Russia, Yuri Nikulin ranks 428 out of 2,688. Before him are Vasily Dokuchaev (1846), Valery Leontiev (1949), Mikhail Alekseyev (1857), Vladimir Bekhterev (1857), Natalia Pushkina (1812), and Tsarevna Catherine Ivanovna of Russia (1691). After him are Vasily Surikov (1848), Anatoly Lyadov (1855), Mehmed I Giray (1465), Boris Nemtsov (1959), Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899), and Afanasy Nikitin (1500).
1846 - 1903
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 422
1949 - Present
HPI: 68.41
Rank: 423
1857 - 1918
HPI: 68.40
Rank: 424
1857 - 1927
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 425
1812 - 1863
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 426
1691 - 1733
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 427
1921 - 1997
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 428
1848 - 1916
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 429
1855 - 1914
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 430
1465 - 1523
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 431
1959 - 2015
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 432
1899 - 1980
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 433
1500 - 1475
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 434
Among actors born in Russia, Yuri Nikulin ranks 7. Before him are Yul Brynner (1920), Konstantin Stanislavski (1863), Armin Mueller-Stahl (1930), Michael Chekhov (1891), Lila Kedrova (1918), and Olga Knipper (1868). After him are Sacha Guitry (1885), Vyacheslav Tikhonov (1928), Oleg Popov (1930), George Sanders (1906), Innokenty Smoktunovsky (1925), and Yevgeny Leonov (1926).
1920 - 1985
HPI: 83.03
Rank: 1
1863 - 1938
HPI: 79.72
Rank: 2
1930 - Present
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 3
1891 - 1955
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 4
1918 - 2000
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 5
1868 - 1959
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 6
1921 - 1997
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 7
1885 - 1957
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 8
1928 - 2009
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 9
1930 - 2016
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 10
1906 - 1972
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 11
1925 - 1994
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 12
1926 - 1994
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 13