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Dilip Kumar

1922 - 2021

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Muhammad Yusuf Khan (11 December 1922 – 7 July 2021), known professionally as Dilip Kumar, was an Indian actor and film producer best known for his work in Hindi cinema. Credited with pioneering method acting in cinema, he dominated Hindi cinema from the 1950s throughout the 1960s and is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors in the history of Indian Cinema. In a career spanning over five decades, Kumar worked in 57 films. He debuted as an actor in the film Jwar Bhata (1944), produced by Bombay Talkies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dilip Kumar is the 2,242nd most popular actor (down from 1,587th in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 33rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Pakistani Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dilip Kumar ranks 2,242 out of 13,578. Before him are Nell Gwyn, Marlon Jackson, Kathy Baker, Pilar Bardem, Mustafa Nadarević, and Elizabeth McGovern. After him are Lupe Vélez, Susan Sullivan, Andrey Myagkov, John Williams, Vanity, and Nolan North.

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Among people born in 1922, Dilip Kumar ranks 183. Before him are Władysław Bartoszewski, Bigode, Raymond Franz, Otl Aicher, Carlo Lizzani, and Egon Bahr. After him are Shovkat Alakbarova, Virgilio Noè, Georges Cottier, Bob Anderson, George McGovern, and Farrokhroo Parsa. Among people deceased in 2021, Dilip Kumar ranks 203. Before him are Kjell Askildsen, Yevhen Marchuk, Benigno Aquino III, Gustavo Noboa, Elgin Baylor, and Pilar Bardem. After him are Andrey Myagkov, Vasily Lanovoy, Françoise Arnoul, Ronald Inglehart, Roger Hunt, and Stephen Sondheim.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Dilip Kumar ranks 59 out of 217. Before him are Yahya Khan (1914), Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri (1951), Lokaksema (147), Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (1690), Rahman Baba (1632), and Muhammad Rafiq Tarar (1929). After him are Nek Chand (1924), Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (1964), Francis Younghusband (1863), Lal Bokhari (1909), Farooq Leghari (1940), and Kumail Nanjiani (1978).

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Among ACTORS In Pakistan

Among actors born in Pakistan, Dilip Kumar ranks 5. Before him are Pran (1920), Dev Anand (1923), Kabir Bedi (1946), and Babita (1947). After him are Kumail Nanjiani (1978), Manoj Kumar (1937), Shyama (1935), Sunil Dutt (1929), Prithviraj Kapoor (1906), Art Malik (1952), and Vinod Khanna (1946).

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