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Amjad Ali Khan

1945 - Today

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Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (born 9 October 1945) is an Indian classical sarod player, best known for his clear and fast ekhara taans. Khan was born into a classical musical family and has performed internationally since the 1960s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Amjad Ali Khan has received more than 967,287 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Amjad Ali Khan is the 2,000th most popular musician (up from 2,010th in 2019), the 828th most popular biography from India (down from 744th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Indian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 970k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Amjad Ali Khan ranks 2,000 out of 3,175. Before him are Jonny Buckland, Mark King, Renée Fleming, Woody Shaw, Richard Barbieri, and Sven Erik Kristiansen. After him are Magic Slim, Jeff Ament, Richard Tandy, Danny Kirwan, Dhafer Youssef, and Gar Samuelson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Amjad Ali Khan ranks 586. Before him are Miklós Haraszti, Claes-Göran Hederström, Madhavrao Scindia, Vani Jairam, Hadja Saran Daraba Kaba, and Péter Marót. After him are Yves Herbet, Christy Moore, Cipriano Chemello, István Juhász, Randy Matson, and Georg Volkert.

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In India

Among people born in India, Amjad Ali Khan ranks 828 out of 1,861. Before him are Manorama (1937), Vani Jairam (1945), Smita Patil (1955), Lalita Pawar (1916), Nirmala Deshpande (1929), and E. M. S. Namboodiripad (1909). After him are George Caridia (1869), Sonu Sood (1973), Anil Ambani (1959), Akhtar Hameed Khan (1914), Harold Walden (1887), and V. K. Krishna Menon (1896).

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Among MUSICIANS In India

Among musicians born in India, Amjad Ali Khan ranks 16. Before him are Hariprasad Chaurasia (1938), Christian Zacharias (1950), Trilok Gurtu (1951), Mehdi Hassan (1927), A. R. Rahman (1966), and M. Balamuralikrishna (1930). After him are Salil Chowdhury (1925), Teejan Bai (1956), Naushad (1919), Mohammed Zahur Khayyam (1927), K. S. Chithra (1963), and Rajesh Roshan (1955).

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