1946 - 1979
Ahmad Zahir (Pashto/Dari: احمد ظاهر; 14 June 1946 – 14 June 1979) was an Afghan singer, songwriter and composer. Dubbed the "Elvis of Afghanistan", he is widely considered the all-time greatest singer of Afghanistan. The majority of his songs were sung in Dari, and he also sang many songs in Pashto, as well as a few in Russian, Urdu and English.Born in Kabul, Zahir recorded at least 14 studio albums before his abrupt death on his 33rd birthday in 1979. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ahmad Zahir has received more than 433,497 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 22 in 2019). Ahmad Zahir is the 490th most popular singer (down from 485th in 2019), the 72nd most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 55th in 2019) and the most popular Afghan Singer.
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Among singers, Ahmad Zahir ranks 490 out of 3,528. Before him are Gundula Janowitz, Darío Moreno, Betty Davis, Jackie Jackson, Jacques Pills, and Marianna Martines. After him are Kim Seok-jin, Angelica Catalani, Kevin Federline, José van Dam, Esther Ofarim, and Mari Boine.
1937 - Present
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 484
1921 - 1968
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 485
1945 - 2022
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 486
1951 - Present
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 487
1906 - 1970
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 488
1744 - 1812
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 489
1946 - 1979
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 490
1992 - Present
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 491
1780 - 1849
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 492
1978 - Present
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 493
1940 - Present
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 494
1941 - Present
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 495
1956 - Present
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 496
Among people born in 1946, Ahmad Zahir ranks 201. Before him are Udo Lindenberg, Lesley Gore, Antony Beevor, Terence McKenna, Nicole Garcia, and Jean-Luc Marion. After him are Jim Hines, Toquinho, Irena Szewińska, Lucien Van Impe, John Waters, and Ti Lung. Among people deceased in 1979, Ahmad Zahir ranks 82. Before him are Yvonne de Gaulle, Barbara Hutton, Joseph Kessel, Darryl F. Zanuck, Larisa Shepitko, and Carlo Abarth. After him are Dolores Costello, Victoria Ocampo, Wilfred Bion, Waldemar de Brito, Marcel L'Herbier, and James J. Gibson.
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 195
1946 - 2015
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 196
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 197
1946 - 2000
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 198
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 199
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 200
1946 - 1979
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 201
1946 - 2023
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 202
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 203
1946 - 2018
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 204
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 205
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 206
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 207
1900 - 1979
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 76
1912 - 1979
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 77
1898 - 1979
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 78
1902 - 1979
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 79
1938 - 1979
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 80
1908 - 1979
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 81
1946 - 1979
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 82
1903 - 1979
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 83
1890 - 1979
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 84
1897 - 1979
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 85
1913 - 1979
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 86
1888 - 1979
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 87
1904 - 1979
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 88
Among people born in Afghanistan, Ahmad Zahir ranks 72 out of 145. Before him are Eucratides I (-170), Jalal-ud-din Khalji (1220), Kujula Kadphises (20), Baysunghur (1397), Ashraf Hotak (1700), and Mohammad Yaqub Khan (1849). After him are Mirwais Hotak (1673), Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji (1101), Afghan Girl (1972), Abdul Ahad Mohmand (1959), Zalmay Khalilzad (1951), and Al-Sijzi (945).
170 BC - 200 BC
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 66
1220 - 1296
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 67
20 - 80
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 68
1397 - 1433
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 69
1700 - 1730
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 70
1849 - 1923
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 71
1946 - 1979
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 72
1673 - 1715
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 73
1101 - 1206
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 74
1972 - Present
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 75
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 76
1951 - Present
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 77
945 - 1020
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 78
Among singers born in Afghanistan, Ahmad Zahir ranks 1. After him are Aryana Sayeed (1970).