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Ali Akbar Khan

1922 - 2009

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Ali Akbar Khan (14 April 1922 – 18 June 2009) was an Indian Hindustani classical musician of the Maihar gharana, known for his virtuosity in playing the sarod. Trained as a classical musician and instrumentalist by his father, Allauddin Khan, he also composed numerous classical ragas and film scores. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ali Akbar Khan has received more than 682,659 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Ali Akbar Khan is the 1,492nd most popular singer (down from 1,258th in 2019), the 677th most popular biography from India (down from 539th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Indian Singer.

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  • 680k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Ali Akbar Khan ranks 1,492 out of 4,381. Before him are Sainkho Namtchylak, Rita Ora, Layal Abboud, Masashi Tashiro, Anuradha Paudwal, and Joy Fleming. After him are Mary Garden, Henri Dès, Sally Yeh, Tom Lehrer, Florence Ballard, and Danièle Dupré.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Ali Akbar Khan ranks 331. Before him are Musa Gareyev, Jacques Lataste, Ilmar Kullam, Stoyanka Mutafova, Lidiya Ponomarenko, and Luis Aponte Martínez. After him are Ria Baran, Giuseppe Casari, Osvaldo Fattori, Jack Kruschen, Muhammetnazar Gapurow, and Tony Leblanc. Among people deceased in 2009, Ali Akbar Khan ranks 274. Before him are Kazuhiko Nishijima, Idea Vilariño, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Luciano Emmer, József Sákovics, and Ji Xianlin. After him are Alfred Hrdlicka, René Bliard, Alan A'Court, John Martyn, Ernst Benda, and Türkan Saylan.

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In India

Among people born in India, Ali Akbar Khan ranks 677 out of 1,861. Before him are Shrilal Shukla (1925), Nirmala Joshi (1934), Zeenat Aman (1951), Asaf-ud-Daula (1748), Anuradha Paudwal (1954), and Joseph Coutts (1945). After him are Ardeshir Irani (1886), Neerja Bhanot (1963), Kareena Kapoor (1980), Manilal Gandhi (1892), Spike Milligan (1918), and Ashok Kumar (1911).

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Among SINGERS In India

Among singers born in India, Ali Akbar Khan ranks 18. Before him are Gangubai Hangal (1913), Kumar Sanu (1957), K. J. Yesudas (1940), Manna Dey (1919), Usha Mangeshkar (1935), and Anuradha Paudwal (1954). After him are Begum Akhtar (1914), Jasraj (1930), Peter Sarstedt (1941), Hemanta Mukherjee (1920), Vani Jairam (1945), and Sonu Nigam (1973).

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