1966 - Today
Allah Rakha Rahman (; born A. S. Dileep Kumar; 6 January 1967) is an Indian music composer, record producer, singer, songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist and philanthropist, popular for his works in Indian cinema; predominantly in Tamil and Hindi films, with occasional forays in international cinema. He is a winner of six National Film Awards, two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, fifteen Filmfare Awards and seventeen Filmfare Awards South. In 2010, the Indian government conferred him with the Padma Bhushan, the nation's third-highest civilian award.With his in-house studio Panchathan Record Inn, Rahman's film-scoring career began during the early 1990s with the Tamil film Roja. Following that, he went on to score several songs for Tamil language films, including Mani Ratnam's politically charged Bombay, the urban Kadhalan, Thiruda Thiruda, and S. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of A. R. Rahman has received more than 17,563,110 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). A. R. Rahman is the 1,892nd most popular musician (down from 1,820th in 2019), the 710th most popular biography from India (down from 649th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Indian Musician.
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Among musicians, A. R. Rahman ranks 1,892 out of 2,662. Before him are Jimmy Heath, Al Foster, Jimmy Buffett, Mr. Oizo, Elvin Bishop, and Carita Holmström. After him are Gem Archer, Tom Paxton, Ringo Sheena, Anders Fridén, Steve Smith, and Woody Shaw.
1926 - 2020
HPI: 41.94
Rank: 1,886
1943 - Present
HPI: 41.92
Rank: 1,887
1946 - 2023
HPI: 41.91
Rank: 1,888
1974 - Present
HPI: 41.91
Rank: 1,889
1942 - Present
HPI: 41.91
Rank: 1,890
1954 - Present
HPI: 41.85
Rank: 1,891
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 1,892
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.83
Rank: 1,893
1937 - Present
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 1,894
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.75
Rank: 1,895
1973 - Present
HPI: 41.74
Rank: 1,896
1954 - Present
HPI: 41.74
Rank: 1,897
1944 - 1989
HPI: 41.71
Rank: 1,898
Among people born in 1966, A. R. Rahman ranks 321. Before him are Christian Kracht, David Mackenzie, Zlatko Yankov, Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, and Maurizio Gaudino. After him are Zhai Zhigang, Gem Archer, Betinho, Kevin Young, Lucrecia Martel, and Luca Marchegiani.
1966 - Present
HPI: 42.02
Rank: 315
1966 - Present
HPI: 42.00
Rank: 316
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.97
Rank: 317
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.94
Rank: 318
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.87
Rank: 319
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 320
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 321
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.83
Rank: 322
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.83
Rank: 323
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.81
Rank: 324
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.80
Rank: 325
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 326
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.65
Rank: 327
Among people born in India, A. R. Rahman ranks 710 out of 1,493. Before him are Rakhee Gulzar (1947), Hemanta Mukherjee (1920), Gopal Swarup Pathak (1896), Homi K. Bhabha (1949), Yellapragada Subbarow (1895), and Ruskin Bond (1934). After him are I. I. Chundrigar (1897), Tapan Sinha (1924), Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910), Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II (1734), Ravindra Prabhat (1969), and Shakti Kapoor (1952).
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.06
Rank: 704
1920 - 1989
HPI: 42.03
Rank: 705
1896 - 1982
HPI: 41.93
Rank: 706
1949 - Present
HPI: 41.87
Rank: 707
1895 - 1948
HPI: 41.86
Rank: 708
1934 - Present
HPI: 41.85
Rank: 709
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 710
1897 - 1960
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 711
1924 - 2009
HPI: 41.76
Rank: 712
1910 - 2000
HPI: 41.73
Rank: 713
1734 - 1803
HPI: 41.68
Rank: 714
1969 - Present
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 715
1952 - Present
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 716
Among musicians born in India, A. R. Rahman ranks 13. Before him are Bismillah Khan (1916), Barry Hay (1948), Christian Zacharias (1950), Hariprasad Chaurasia (1938), Ilaiyaraaja (1943), and Trilok Gurtu (1951). After him are Amjad Ali Khan (1945), M. Balamuralikrishna (1930), Mehdi Hassan (1927), Salil Chowdhury (1925), Naushad (1919), and Mohammed Zahur Khayyam (1927).
1916 - 2006
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 7
1948 - Present
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 8
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 9
1938 - Present
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 10
1943 - Present
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 11
1951 - Present
HPI: 43.75
Rank: 12
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 13
1945 - Present
HPI: 40.69
Rank: 14
1930 - 2016
HPI: 40.28
Rank: 15
1927 - 2012
HPI: 40.10
Rank: 16
1925 - 1995
HPI: 39.32
Rank: 17
1919 - 2006
HPI: 37.87
Rank: 18
1927 - 2019
HPI: 35.19
Rank: 19