1921 - 1997
Yuri Vladimirovich Nikulin (Russian: Юрий Владимирович Никулин; 18 December 1921 – 21 August 1997) was a 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, Caucasian 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 205,366 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Yuri Nikulin is the 768th most popular actor (up from 852nd in 2019), the 423rd most popular biography from Russia (up from 427th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Russian Actor.
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Among actors, Yuri Nikulin ranks 768 out of 9,996. Before him are Sissy Spacek, Elisabeth Shue, Stephen Boyd, Oliver Reed, Lotte Lenya, and Lambert Wilson. After him are Glenn Ford, Lita Grey, Raj Kapoor, Sara Montiel, Jill Ireland, and Barbara Bel Geddes.
1949 - Present
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 762
1963 - Present
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 763
1931 - 1977
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 764
1938 - 1999
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 765
1898 - 1981
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 766
1958 - Present
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 767
1921 - 1997
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 768
1916 - 2006
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 769
1908 - 1995
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 770
1924 - 1988
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 771
1928 - 2013
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 772
1936 - 1990
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 773
1922 - 2005
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 774
Among people born in 1921, Yuri Nikulin ranks 76. Before him are Paul Watzlawick, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Jack Steinberger, Iris Apfel, Farida of Egypt, and Countess Georgina von Wilczek. After him are Mario Lanza, Betty Friedan, Miklós Jancsó, Moacir Barbosa Nascimento, Karel Appel, and Herta Bothe. Among people deceased in 1997, Yuri Nikulin ranks 57. Before him are Gerda Christian, Carl Gustav Hempel, Stéphane Grappelli, Eugene Merle Shoemaker, Amado Carrillo Fuentes, and Alexander R. Todd. After him are Miguel Najdorf, Narciso Yepes, Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark, Marco Ferreri, Masaru Ibuka, and André Franquin.
1921 - 2007
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 70
1921 - 2008
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 71
1921 - 2020
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 72
1921 - Present
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 73
1921 - 1988
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 74
1921 - 1989
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 75
1921 - 1997
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 76
1921 - 1959
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 77
1921 - 2006
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 78
1921 - 2014
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 79
1921 - 2000
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 80
1921 - 2006
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 81
1921 - 2000
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 82
1913 - 1997
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 51
1905 - 1997
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 52
1908 - 1997
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 53
1928 - 1997
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 54
1956 - 1997
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 55
1907 - 1997
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 56
1921 - 1997
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 57
1910 - 1997
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 58
1927 - 1997
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 59
1903 - 1997
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 60
1928 - 1997
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 61
1908 - 1997
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 62
1924 - 1997
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 63
Among people born in Russia, Yuri Nikulin ranks 423 out of 3,262. Before him are Nathalie Sarraute (1900), George Ostrogorsky (1902), Vsevolod the Big Nest (1154), Rinat Dasayev (1957), Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia (1882), and Yuri Lotman (1922). After him are Aleksei N. Leontiev (1903), Prince Albert of Prussia (1809), Elsa Triolet (1896), Sophia Tolstaya (1844), Lauri Törni (1919), and Ramzan Kadyrov (1976).
1900 - 1999
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 417
1902 - 1976
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 418
1154 - 1212
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 419
1957 - Present
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 420
1882 - 1957
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 421
1922 - 1993
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 422
1921 - 1997
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 423
1903 - 1979
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 424
1809 - 1872
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 425
1896 - 1970
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 426
1844 - 1919
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 427
1919 - 1965
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 428
1976 - Present
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 429
Among actors born in Russia, Yuri Nikulin ranks 5. Before him are Yul Brynner (1920), Armin Mueller-Stahl (1930), Lila Kedrova (1918), and Michael Chekhov (1891). After him are Leonid Kuravlyov (1936), Olga Knipper (1868), Sacha Guitry (1885), Vyacheslav Tikhonov (1928), Yevgeny Leonov (1926), Andrei Mironov (1941), and Lyubov Orlova (1902).
1920 - 1985
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 1
1930 - Present
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 2
1918 - 2000
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 3
1891 - 1955
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 4
1921 - 1997
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 5
1936 - 2022
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 6
1868 - 1959
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 7
1885 - 1957
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 8
1928 - 2009
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 9
1926 - 1994
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 10
1941 - 1987
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 11
1902 - 1975
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 12