







The Most Famous
Composers from India
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

R. D. Burman
1939 - 1994
HPI 63.4426 langsIndian musician
- #2

Zakir Hussain
1951 - 2024
HPI 59.0339 langsIndian tabla player, musical producer, film actor and composer.
- #3

Tyagaraja
1767 - 1847
HPI 58.6527 langsIndian composer of Carnatic music
- #4

Pritam
b. 1971
HPI 51.7722 langsIndian music director and composer
- #5

Anu Malik
b. 1960
HPI 44.6927 langsIndian music director and singer
- #6

Bombay Jayashri
b. 1950
HPI 44.5118 langssinger, music composer and teacher
- #7

Anirudh Ravichander
b. 1990
HPI 43.6517 langsIndian music composer
- #8

Yo Yo Honey Singh
b. 1983
HPI 42.1622 langsIndian rapper
- #9

Kailash Kher
b. 1973
HPI 38.7019 langsIndian pop-rock singer
- #10

Aadesh Shrivastava
1964 - 2015
HPI 37.3016 langsIndian composer (1966–2015)
Overlapping Lives
Which Composers were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 4 most globally memorable Composers since 1700.
