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Vishnuvardhan

1950 - 2009

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Sampath Kumar (18 September 1950 – 30 December 2009), known by his stage name Vishnuvardhan, was an Indian actor who worked predominantly in Kannada cinema besides also having sporadically appeared in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam language films. Vishnuvardhan has a prolific career spanning over four decades, during which he has acted in more than 220 films. A popular cultural icon of Karnataka, and holds the status of a matinée idol among the Kannada diaspora. He is popularly called as Sahasa Simha, Dada and The Angry Young Man of Kannada Cinema. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Vishnuvardhan is the 11,151st most popular actor (down from 9,133rd in 2024), the 1,271st most popular biography from India (down from 1,027th in 2019) and the 312th most popular Indian Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Vishnuvardhan ranks 11,151 out of 13,578. Before him are Tara Buckman, Dominic Fumusa, Yang Zi, Beverley Mitchell, Darren Criss, and Ayane Sakura. After him are Liv Lisa Fries, Andy Nyman, Alisan Porter, Brittany Byrnes, Nick Sandow, and Arija Bareikis.

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Among people born in 1950, Vishnuvardhan ranks 751. Before him are David C. Hilmers, Jóhannes Eðvaldsson, Jimmie Wilson, Cynthia Myers, Raza Murad, and Malcolm Macdonald. After him are Ann Jillian, Rodney Crowell, Bombay Jayashri, Alan Keyes, Sharat Saxena, and Tom Alter. Among people deceased in 2009, Vishnuvardhan ranks 429. Before him are Mark Leduc, Vic Crowe, Shakti Samanta, Giovanni Parisi, Antonio de Nigris, and Nelly Arcan. After him are Abrar Alvi, Vic Chesnutt, Karine Ruby, Murder of Marwa El-Sherbini, Griffin Bell, and Kamila Skolimowska.

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In India

Among people born in India, Vishnuvardhan ranks 1,271 out of 1,861. Before him are Ahmed Rushdi (1934), Akhilesh Yadav (1973), Gopalkrishna Gandhi (1945), KK (1968), Anjali (1986), and Anushka Shetty (1981). After him are Anu Malik (1960), Dalip Tahil (1952), Gita Mehta (1943), Mahesh Babu (1975), Krishna Hutheesing (1907), and Flora Saini (1984).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Vishnuvardhan ranks 312. Before him are Nawazuddin Siddiqui (1974), Tina Datta (1986), Gauhar Khan (1983), Deepti Naval (1952), Anjali (1986), and Anushka Shetty (1981). After him are Dalip Tahil (1952), Mahesh Babu (1975), Flora Saini (1984), Alia Bhatt (1993), Pooja Bhatt (1972), and Honey Irani (1954).

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