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Raymond Chow

1927 - 2018

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Raymond Chow Man-wai (Chinese: 鄒文懷; 8 October 1927 – 2 November 2018) was a Hong Kong film producer and presenter. He was responsible for successfully launching martial arts and the Hong Kong cinema onto the international stage. As the founder of Golden Harvest, he produced some of the biggest stars of the martial arts film genre, including Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. In 2020, he was inducted into the Martial Arts History Museum Hall of Fame. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Raymond Chow is the 20th most popular producer (up from 24th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Hong Kong (up from 17th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Producer.

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Among PRODUCERS

Among producers, Raymond Chow ranks 20 out of 140. Before him are Toshio Suzuki, Joseph M. Schenck, Joel Silver, Gene Roddenberry, Samuel Goldwyn, and Aaron Spelling. After him are Branko Lustig, Darryl F. Zanuck, Albert R. Broccoli, William Fox, Irving Thalberg, and Aurelio De Laurentiis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Raymond Chow ranks 121. Before him are William Labov, Jorge Batlle, Wadie Haddad, Sabah, Carlos José Castilho, and Eldar Ryazanov. After him are Robert Plutchik, Óscar Míguez, Gordon Cooper, Prince Charles of Luxembourg, Colin Davis, and Ken Russell. Among people deceased in 2018, Raymond Chow ranks 110. Before him are Darío Castrillón Hoyos, Ermanno Olmi, Big Van Vader, Margot Kidder, Belisario Betancur, and Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza. After him are Nancy Roman, Paul Virilio, Robert Faurisson, Jozef Adamec, Joseph Kobzon, and Oliver Dragojević.

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In Hong Kong

Among people born in Hong Kong, Raymond Chow ranks 15 out of 115. Before him are Margaret Chan (1947), John Lone (1952), Andy Lau (1961), Katrina Kaif (1983), Tony Leung Chiu-wai (1962), and Nora Miao (1952). After him are James Wong (1959), Maggie Cheung (1964), John Tong Hon (1939), Carrie Lam (1957), Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg (1964), and Anita Mui (1963).

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Among PRODUCERS In Hong Kong

Among producers born in Hong Kong, Raymond Chow ranks 1. 

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