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M. G. Ramachandran

1917 - 1987

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Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran (17 January 1917 – 24 December 1987), known by his initialism M.G.R. and as Makkal Thilagam/Puratchi Thalaivar, was an Indian actor, politician, and philanthropist who served as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu from 1977 until his death in 1987. He was the founder and former general secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. On 19 March 1988, M.G.R. was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour. M.G.R. is regarded as one of the most influential politicians of post-independence India. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. M. G. Ramachandran is the 3,526th most popular actor (down from 2,811th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Sri Lanka (down from 18th in 2019) and the most popular Sri Lankan Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, M. G. Ramachandran ranks 3,526 out of 13,578. Before him are Deborah Kara Unger, Gustav Knuth, Linda Kozlowski, Chris Elliott, Holt McCallany, and Wojciech Bogusławski. After him are Yūsaku Matsuda, Chantal Goya, Al Lewis, Amy Ryan, David Arquette, and Clarence Nash.

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Among people born in 1917, M. G. Ramachandran ranks 195. Before him are Joshua Nkomo, Simon Slåttvik, Vasiľ Biľak, R. G. Armstrong, Fadwa Tuqan, and Fidel Sánchez Hernández. After him are José Perácio, Song Ping, Lev Kerbel, Inge Scholl, Charles Drake, and Minoru Chiaki. Among people deceased in 1987, M. G. Ramachandran ranks 143. Before him are Viktor Nekrasov, Gilberto Freyre, Kristjan Palusalu, Jaroslav Bouček, Gerald Moore, and Gustav Knuth. After him are Antonio Sastre, Arne Borg, Richard Marquand, Woody Herman, Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, and Oscar Casanovas.

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In Sri Lanka

Among people born in Sri Lanka, M. G. Ramachandran ranks 20 out of 51. Before him are Michael Ondaatje (1943), S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (1899), Jack Churchill (1906), Maithripala Sirisena (1951), D. S. Senanayake (1883), and William Chester Minor (1834). After him are John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher (1841), Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (1933), William Gopallawa (1896), Natalia (null), D. M. Jayaratne (1931), and Ranasinghe Premadasa (1924).

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Among ACTORS In Sri Lanka

Among actors born in Sri Lanka, M. G. Ramachandran ranks 1. After him are Pooja Umashankar (1981).

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