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Bismillah Khan

1916 - 2006

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Ustad Bismillah Khan (born Qamaruddin Khan, 21 March 1916 – 21 August 2006), often referred to by the title Ustad, was an Indian musician credited with popularizing the shehnai, a reeded woodwind instrument. He played it with such expressive virtuosity that he became a leading Hindustani classical music artist. His name was indelibly linked with the woodwind instrument. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bismillah Khan has received more than 2,584,186 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Bismillah Khan is the 824th most popular musician (up from 881st in 2019), the 374th most popular biography from India (down from 354th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Indian Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Bismillah Khan ranks 824 out of 2,662. Before him are Stephen Heller, Snowy White, Ian Hill, James Ingram, Paul Gilbert, and José José. After him are Chuck Schuldiner, Doug Clifford, Burial, Link Wray, Daniel Steibelt, and Lindsey Buckingham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Bismillah Khan ranks 134. Before him are Erik Nilsson, Ri Jong-ok, Jack Arnold, Halet Çambel, Ugo Locatelli, and M. S. Subbulakshmi. After him are Paul Halmos, Werner Bischof, Veronika Dudarova, Wan Li, Svend Asmussen, and Lou Thesz. Among people deceased in 2006, Bismillah Khan ranks 166. Before him are Hugh Thompson Jr., Jean-François Revel, Anthony Franciosa, Dana Reeve, Maureen Stapleton, and Vera Aceva. After him are Chris Penn, Paul Halmos, Henri Colpi, Gennadiy Aygi, Bruno Kirby, and Kazimierz Górski.

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In India

Among people born in India, Bismillah Khan ranks 374 out of 1,493. Before him are Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904), Jayant Narlikar (1938), Swaminarayan (1781), Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (1892), Girija Prasad Koirala (1924), and Ram Manohar Lohia (1910). After him are Surendranath Banerjee (1848), Kadambini Ganguly (1861), Vikram Sarabhai (1919), Mala Sinha (1936), Anil Kapoor (1956), and Vallabha (1479).

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Among MUSICIANS In India

Among musicians born in India, Bismillah Khan ranks 7. Before him are Amir Khusrow (1253), Ravi Shankar (1920), Cliff Richard (1940), Pete Best (1941), Ram Narayan (1927), and Tansen (1493). After him are Barry Hay (1948), Christian Zacharias (1950), Hariprasad Chaurasia (1938), Ilaiyaraaja (1943), Trilok Gurtu (1951), and A. R. Rahman (1966).

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