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Mukesh

1923 - 1976

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Mukesh Chand Mathur (22 July 1923 – 27 August 1976), better known mononymously as Mukesh, was an Indian playback singer. He is considered to be one of the most popular and acclaimed playback singers of the Hindi film industry. Among the numerous nominations and awards he won, his song "Kai Baar Yuhi Dekha Hai" from the film Rajnigandha (1973) won him the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer. Mukesh was also popular as being the voice of actors Raj Kapoor, Manoj Kumar, Feroz Khan, Sunil Dutt and Dilip Kumar. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mukesh is the 777th most popular actor (up from 4,407th in 2019), the 170th most popular biography from India (up from 599th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Indian Actor.

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Among actors, Mukesh ranks 777 out of 13,578. Before him are Ramon Novarro, Mark Ruffalo, Eugene Levy, Jack Black, Dominique Sanda, and Max Linder. After him are Billy Bob Thornton, Sissy Spacek, Alyson Hannigan, Barbara Bouchet, Ugo Tognazzi, and André Antoine.

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Among people born in 1923, Mukesh ranks 57. Before him are Yelena Bonner, Bert Trautmann, Stjepan Bobek, Walter Kohn, René Thom, and Freeman Dyson. After him are Stephanie Kwolek, Jorge Semprún, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, Antonio Quarracino, Horst Tappert, and Agatha Barbara. Among people deceased in 1976, Mukesh ranks 48. Before him are Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, Josef Albers, Dalton Trumbo, George Ostrogorsky, Murtala Mohammed, and Paul Lazarsfeld. After him are Yukio Goto, Lin Yutang, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Eileen Gray, Carlo Gambino, and Mitsuo Fuchida.

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In India

Among people born in India, Mukesh ranks 170 out of 1,861. Before him are Ravi Shankar (1956), George Alencherry (1945), Anna Mani (1918), Jayalalithaa (1948), Julia Margaret Cameron (1815), and Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703). After him are Anthony de Mello (1931), Mahboob Ali Khan (1866), Sarojini Naidu (1879), Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1918), Jyotirao Phule (1827), and Lakshmi Mittal (1950).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Mukesh ranks 11. Before him are Salman Khan (1965), Julie Christie (1940), Priyanka Chopra (1982), Vyjayanthimala Bali (1936), Akshay Kumar (1967), and Ashok Kumar (1911). After him are Ajay Devgn (1969), Kareena Kapoor (1980), Sabu Dastagir (1924), Mumtaz (1947), Shilpa Shetty (1975), and Rajkumar (1929).

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