The Most Famous

Composers from India

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This page contains a list of the greatest Indians Composers. The pantheon dataset contains 1,451 Composers, 10 of which were born in India. This makes India the birth place of the 24th most number of Composers behind Romania and Brazil.

Top 10 Composers

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Indians Composers of all time. This list of famous Indians Composers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Indians Composers.

  1. #2
    Photo of Zakir Hussain

    Zakir Hussain

    1951 - 2024

    HPI 59.0339 langs

    Indian tabla player, musical producer, film actor and composer.

  2. #3
    Photo of Tyagaraja

    Tyagaraja

    1767 - 1847

    HPI 58.6527 langs

    Indian composer of Carnatic music

  3. #4
    Photo of Pritam

    Pritam

    b. 1971

    HPI 51.7722 langs

    Indian music director and composer

  4. #5
    Photo of Anu Malik

    Anu Malik

    b. 1960

    HPI 44.6927 langs

    Indian music director and singer

  5. #6
    Photo of Bombay Jayashri

    Bombay Jayashri

    b. 1950

    HPI 44.5118 langs

    singer, music composer and teacher

Overlapping Lives

Which Composers were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 4 most globally memorable Composers since 1700.

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