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Rajkumar

1929 - 2006

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Singanalluru Puttaswamaiah Muthuraj (24 April 1929 – 12 April 2006), better known by his stage name Dr. Rajkumar, was an Indian actor and singer who worked in Kannada cinema. Regarded as one of the greatest and versatile actors in the history of Indian cinema, he is considered a cultural icon and holds a matinée idol status in the Kannada diaspora, among whom he is popularly called as Nata Saarvabhouma (Emperor of Actors), Bangarada Manushya (Man of Gold), Vara Nata (Gifted actor), Gaana Gandharva (Celestial singer), Rasikara Raja (King of connoisseurs), Kannada Kanteerava and Rajanna/Annavru (Elder brother, Raj). He was honoured with Padma Bhushan in 1983 and Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1995. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rajkumar is the 1,104th most popular actor (up from 4,713th in 2019), the 229th most popular biography from India (up from 627th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Indian Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Rajkumar ranks 1,104 out of 13,578. Before him are Frances Fisher, Diane Lane, Sacha Baron Cohen, Hugh Griffith, Frank Oz, and Luke Evans. After him are Michael Wilding, Martin Kove, Christine Baranski, Audrey Tautou, Madeleine Stowe, and James Spader.

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Among people born in 1929, Rajkumar ranks 117. Before him are Věra Chytilová, Branko Zebec, June Carter Cash, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, André Previn, and Bob Newhart. After him are Vasily Shukshin, José Santamaría, Hugo Claus, Lorenzo Buffon, Vera Miles, and Georgi Markov. Among people deceased in 2006, Rajkumar ranks 73. Before him are Shamil Basayev, Shohei Imamura, Sven Nykvist, William Styron, Joachim Fest, and Rudolf Vrba. After him are Lillian Asplund, Paul Marcinkus, W. Montgomery Watt, Milan Babić, Betty Friedan, and Reinhart Koselleck.

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In India

Among people born in India, Rajkumar ranks 229 out of 1,861. Before him are James Brooke (1803), Khaleda Zia (1945), Vinoba Bhave (1895), Ahmad Sirhindi (1564), Shilpa Shetty (1975), and Sai Baba of Shirdi (1835). After him are Birbal (1528), Kamala Sohonie (1912), Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883), Ajay Banga (1959), Jayadeva (1170), and Kailash Satyarthi (1954).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Rajkumar ranks 17. Before him are Mukesh (1923), Ajay Devgn (1969), Kareena Kapoor (1980), Sabu Dastagir (1924), Mumtaz (1947), and Shilpa Shetty (1975). After him are Hema Malini (1948), Amjad Khan (1940), Feroz Khan (1939), Johnny Lever (1957), Mithun Chakraborty (1950), and Dharmendra (1935).

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