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Amjad Khan

1940 - 1992

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Amjad Khan (21 October 1943 – 27 July 1992) was a renowned Indian actor and film director. He worked in over 132 films in a career spanning nearly twenty years. He was the son of the actor Jayant. He gained popularity for villainous roles in mostly Hindi films, the most famous among his enacted roles being Gabbar Singh in the 1975 film Sholay and of Dilawar in Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (1978). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Amjad Khan is the 1,225th most popular actor (up from 3,778th in 2019), the 243rd most popular biography from India (up from 532nd in 2019) and the 19th most popular Indian Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Amjad Khan ranks 1,225 out of 13,578. Before him are Brigitte Fossey, Corinne Cléry, Helene Weigel, Sarah Wayne Callies, Michelle Rodriguez, and Claude Brasseur. After him are Stockard Channing, Eva Mendes, Conrad Veidt, Ashton Kutcher, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Matt Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Amjad Khan ranks 128. Before him are Souleymane Cissé, Walter Alvarez, Rudi Dutschke, Régis Debray, Fabrizio De André, and Jean-Luc Dehaene. After him are Ricky Nelson, Agostino Vallini, Vladimir Cosma, Ali Hassan Salameh, Jerzy Buzek, and Vittorio Storaro. Among people deceased in 1992, Amjad Khan ranks 67. Before him are Judith Anderson, Larbi Benbarek, Abbas al-Musawi, Rafael Orozco Maestre, Georges Delerue, and Banine. After him are Albert Pierrepoint, Lina Bo Bardi, Gavriil Ilizarov, Koča Popović, Väinö Linna, and Jânio Quadros.

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In India

Among people born in India, Amjad Khan ranks 243 out of 1,861. Before him are B. K. S. Iyengar (1918), S. R. Ranganathan (1892), Amrit Kaur (1889), Namdev (1270), Gopal Krishna Gokhale (1866), and Hema Malini (1948). After him are Feroz Khan (1939), Tatya Tope (1814), V. V. Giri (1894), Johnny Lever (1957), Nirmala Sitharaman (1959), and Mangal Pandey (1827).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Amjad Khan ranks 19. Before him are Kareena Kapoor (1980), Sabu Dastagir (1924), Mumtaz (1947), Shilpa Shetty (1975), Rajkumar (1929), and Hema Malini (1948). After him are Feroz Khan (1939), Johnny Lever (1957), Mithun Chakraborty (1950), Dharmendra (1935), Rakhee Gulzar (1947), and Lara Dutta (1978).

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