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Protima Bedi

1948 - 1998

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Protima Gauri Bedi (12 October 1948 – 18 August 1998) was an Indian model who later became an Odissi dancer. In 1990, she initially founded Nrityagram, a dance school near Bangalore, Karnataka. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Protima Bedi is the 239th most popular celebrity (down from 218th in 2024), the 1,344th most popular biography from India (down from 1,263rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Indian Celebrity.

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Among CELEBRITIES

Among celebrities, Protima Bedi ranks 239 out of 265Before her are Ivian Sarcos, Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir, Paulina Vega, Andrea Meza, Victoria Kjær Theilvig, and Choi Yeo-jin. After her are Khalid bin Mohsen Shaari, Eva González, Olivia Culpo, Sheynnis Palacios, Suchata Chuangsri, and Agbani Darego.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Protima Bedi ranks 798Before her are Bob Barr, Dan Gable, Barbara Mandrell, Bennie Thompson, Michael Wood, and Bob Woolmer. After her are Earl Blumenauer, and Rod Grams. Among people deceased in 1998, Protima Bedi ranks 342Before her are Allen Drury, Dane Clark, Tron, Terry Sanford, Ram Swarup, and Lawton Chiles. After her is Rodney Harvey.

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In India

Among people born in India, Protima Bedi ranks 1,344 out of 1,861Before her are Gurdas Maan (1957), Rahul Dravid (1973), Mahesh Bhupathi (1974), Triptii Dimri (1994), Prakash Jha (1952), and Jagjit Kaur (1930). After her are Gadis Arivia (1964), Ronit Roy (1965), Mohammed Shahid (1960), Bajrang Punia (1994), Ramya Krishnan (1970), and Usha Kiran (1929).

Among CELEBRITIES In India

Among celebrities born in India, Protima Bedi ranks 4Before her are Harnaaz Sandhu (2000), Gul Mohammed (1957), and Indrani Rahman (1930). After her are Anntonia Porsild (1996), Poonam Pandey (1991), Manushi Chhillar (1997), Rachel Gupta (2004), Nafisa Joseph (1978), Urfi Javed (1997), Lopamudra Raut (1995), and Suman Rao (1998).