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Sivaji Ganesan

1928 - 2001

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Villupuram. Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001), better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, was an Indian actor and film producer. He was mainly active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Ganesan is acknowledged as one of the greatest Indian actors of all time and among the most imitated one by other actors. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sivaji Ganesan is the 5,554th most popular actor (down from 4,196th in 2019), the 748th most popular biography from India (down from 579th in 2019) and the 130th most popular Indian Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Sivaji Ganesan ranks 5,554 out of 13,578. Before him are Jenna Fischer, Joe Dempsie, Shemp Howard, Conrad Nagel, Renée Faure, and Erin Moriarty. After him are A. J. Cook, Toby Stephens, Tanuja, Muriel Robin, Sarah Shahi, and Margaret Dumont.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Sivaji Ganesan ranks 464. Before him are Martin Turnovský, Frigyes Hidas, Joseph Vissers, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Ennio de Giorgi, and Buddy Van Horn. After him are Lucyna Winnicka, Judith Krantz, Bernard Baudoux, Antonio Ozores, Marcos Calderón, and George Deukmejian. Among people deceased in 2001, Sivaji Ganesan ranks 265. Before him are Frans De Mulder, Oldřich Lajsek, Sara Ashurbeyli, Corinne Calvet, Ibrahim Shams, and Leonid Osyka. After him are Ahmed Sofa, Kateryna Yushchenko, Kim Stanley, Harry Winter, Kurt Hoffmann, and Boris Stenin.

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In India

Among people born in India, Sivaji Ganesan ranks 748 out of 1,861. Before him are Hemanta Mukherjee (1920), Girija Devi (1929), K. S. Chithra (1963), Rani Mukerji (1978), Jyoti Basu (1914), and K. Shivaram Karanth (1902). After him are Balaji Vishwanath (1662), Tanuja (1943), Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale (1947), Altaf Hussain Hali (1837), Trilok Gurtu (1951), and Hariprasad Chaurasia (1938).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Sivaji Ganesan ranks 130. Before him are Randhir Kapoor (1947), Saeed Jaffrey (1929), Trisha (1983), Amala Akkineni (1967), Dimple Kapadia (1957), and Rani Mukerji (1978). After him are Tanuja (1943), Tiger Shroff (1990), Sharman Joshi (1979), Chunky Panday (1962), Nana Patekar (1951), and Venkatesh (1960).

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